Paige VanZant Shares Bizarre OnlyFans Request That Earned Her $25

From UFC Fighter to OnlyFans Success

Paige VanZant, the former UFC star, has carved out a highly unusual career path since leaving the Octagon. The 32-year-old fought in both strawweight and flyweight divisions, finishing with a 5-4 record before exiting the UFC in 2020. Since then, she has competed in bare knuckle boxing, Power Slap, Misfits Boxing, and AEW wrestling.

Yet it is outside of fighting where VanZant has found her biggest financial success. A recent TikTok video gave fans a peek into one of the strange requests she gets on her OnlyFans page—a request that earned her $25.

A Strange Custom Request

VanZant launched an independent subscription site in 2021 but moved to OnlyFans before her first Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship fight. The switch paid off immediately. Within hours, she gained more than 50,000 subscribers and saw instant financial benefits.

Talking to MMA Fighting, she said, "I was showing my husband, and I was like, ‘Oh my word!’ That moment driving back [to the hotel], I was of course extremely excited to fight, but I was like, ‘Our lives just changed forever’. I was like, ‘This is OK, this is going to work out. All the risks are worth it. If I never work with another sponsor again, we’re going to be fine'."

Today, VanZant has around 3 million Instagram followers and nearly two and a half million likes on her OnlyFans. She charges $29.99 a month for subscriptions and once sold a kiss card for $13,000. Fighting has become more of a hobby compared to her earnings from the platform.

Still, some fan requests catch her off guard. One user paid $25 for a video where she stepped on her phone and called him a "bad boy." VanZant captioned the clip, "He really just paid $25 for this," which went viral with over 3.8 million views and 119,000 likes.

Financial Shift Beyond the UFC

VanZant has been clear about how much her income has shifted since joining OnlyFans. In 2023, she told OnlyStans, "OnlyFans has definitely been my largest source of income, I would say combined, in my fighting career. I think I've made more money in 24 hours on OnlyFans than I did in my entire fighting career combined.”

She also told TMZ that OnlyFans "is what's providing everything for me," making her priorities clear.

After ending her relationship with former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt, VanZant is now married to UFC middleweight Austin Vanderford. She continues to appear in combat sports events, but financially, she’s far better off than during her UFC days. Earning $25 for stepping on a phone is just part of her new normal.