Jessica Rose-Clark’s UFC days may be behind her, but she has unfinished business with a fellow UFC alumnus. Since Paige VanZant’s move to bareknuckle boxing, Rose-Clark’s interest in the squared circle has been piqued.
Rose-Clark and VanZant fought back in 2018, and Rose-Clark called her old opponent out in a recent episode of The MMA Hour.
Jessica-Rose Clark Wants To Box Paige VanZant
““I want to rematch Paige VanZant in boxing and I know she’s spoken a lot about wanting to rematch me. I have zero desire to fight bare knuckle. I’m not interested in fighting bare knuckle, but if I can get her to… [and] I know she’s making so much money off her fan sites and everything that I think she needs.
I know I’ve seen that she wants to fight again, and I just think it needs to be the right opportunity for her to be excited about it.
She has mentioned before wanting to rematch me again because I did beat her in the UFC and I think that that could be the opportunity if we get the right promotion behind it, I think it would be a massive fight, honestly.”
Rose-Clark did indeed defeat VanZant when the pair fought, winning their 2018 fight via unanimous decision. Clark will fight under Muay Thai rules this weekend, but has yet to fight under boxing rules, and wants a fellow mixed martial artists for her boxing debut.
“When I fought her the first time, it was a turning point in my career.
With the reputation she has, the celebrity status that she has, with the fact that she’s a legitimate competitor, I’m a legitimate competitor, I want to make some money. I’ve been doing this for 15 years, and I want to make some money.
I’ve been doing this a long time to be fighting for peanuts. I think she would want that fight, I want that fight, I want to try my hand in boxing.
I’ll fight a boxer, but I’d rather fight an MMA girl for my first fight in boxing and then transition to full-time boxing. I think that would be a cool fight to make.”
As for who could host the bout, Rose-Clark has a clear idea. “Honestly, I would love to fight for MVP.
I would love to fight for Jake Paul. That’s who I would love to go to. People can say whatever they want about being an influencer boxer, or whatever, but he’s doing big things in boxing right now — especially for women in boxing right now — so that’s who I want to fight for.
I don’t know him, I don’t know anyone who knows him, so I figure after this Muay Thai fight, I’ll just start spamming his Instagram.”
