Paige VanZant is back in business.

VanZant (7-4 MMA, 4-3 UFC), a member of the UFC women’s flyweight division, has been out of action since suffering a broken arm in her January loss to Jessica-Rose Clark. “12 Gauge” required multiple surgeries to repair the damage, making the recovery process more than twice as long as originally diagnosed.

As recently as this past week VanZant, 24, disputed reports of a fight booking against Rachael Ostovich for January, claiming that she hadn’t received clearance and the matchup was “fake news.” She’s visited her doctor since then, though, and got the positive news she’s been waiting for.

“The verdict is I can go for it,” VanZant said on the first video blog of her recently launched YouTube page. “I can punch people again – well I’m not able to punch people yet – but in like six weeks I can punch people. But I can start training and working out again and I’m going to be fighting in January.”

The 125-pound matchup with Ostovich was reported to take place Jan. 18 at an unannounced UFC event. The card is expected to be the first in the UFC’s new broadcast deal with ESPN, which begins at the start of 2019.

Although VanZant didn’t specifically mention Ostovich’s name, she confirmed a bout agreement for the previously mentioned date is on the table, and now that she’s been cleared, she is prepared to sign it.

“I can officially announce, you heard it here first, that I will be taking a fight on Jan. 18 on the first-ever ESPN card,” VanZant said. “We’re going to be getting an opponent matched up.”

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