Women’s UFC flyweight Paige VanZant recently came forward to reveal that she was raped as a young adult. Now former opponent Bec Rawlings has come forward to offer her support to the fighter.
Bec Rawlings and Paige VanZant faced off back at UFC on FOX 21. The fighters put on an octagon war that had the crowd on their feet. Taking to Twitter, Rawlings has now decided to stand up for VanZant following negative feedback received online after coming out with her recent news.
Check out what Rawlings had to say within the social media posts below:
“Some fight ‘fans’ are absolutely disgusting humans. It takes so much strength & courage to open up about this & im sure she has helped & inspired a lot of victims by doing so.”
Some fight “fans” are absolutely disgusting humans. It takes so much strength & courage to open up about this & im sure she has helped & inspired a lot of victims by doing so.
— Bec Rawlings (@RowdyBec) April 10, 2018
“The amount of people out there her story has & will help is worth more than the pathetic assholes on social media hiding behind fake accounts.”
The amount of people out there her story has & will help is worth more than the pathetic assholes on social media hiding behind fake accounts.
— Bec Rawlings (@RowdyBec) April 10, 2018
