Paige VanZant has had another set back in her quest to get back inside the UFC Octagon. The flyweight is scheduled to undergo another operation on her right arm on June 13th.

VanZant fractured her arm for a second time in January but was told initially that she would not require surgery again. However, as she was getting closer to a planned comeback in July, she learned that the bone hadn’t healed properly. As she explained to ESPN.

“I actually sparred last month and was doing strength and conditioning. I wanted to be on the UFC card on July 20th in Texas, but my chiropractor wanted me to get my arm checked out again before accepting a fight. I saw a surgeon who works with the Portland Trail Blazers, and he told me, ‘Yes, you 100 percent need surgery.'”

“After the second surgery, I said, ‘If I break my arm again, I’m quitting. I’m just not meant to fight. But now that I’ve done it again, I’m at a point where it’s like, ‘No. I just don’t give a s*** anymore. My stupid arm is not going to stop me.’ I need one more surgery, and I’m going to be fine.

“I think the most frustrating part is I feel so blessed to have the team around me. I know how much my coach, Fabiano Scherner, cares about me and I want to perform for him. It’s hard not to be jealous of everyone fighting because ultimately, this is still what I want to do right now.”

The 25 year old broke her right arm for the first time during her fight with Jessica-Rose Clark, in January of 2018. After undergoing two operations last year, including the insertion of a metal plate, the initial injury healed. Unfortunately for VanZant though, she fractured the same bone again in January, below the placement of the metal rod.

PVZ, who submitted Rachael Ostovich at UFC Brooklyn, in January in her only fight since January of 2018, expects to be sidelined for three months.

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