By this time next week, Paige VanZant will either be a finalist on Season 22 of “Dancing with the Stars,” or she’ll have fallen just short. If the UFC strawweight doesn’t make it to the final three, it won’t be because of her scores in the ballroom, though – underlining the importance of the fan voting process on the long-running ABC dance competition. On Monday night, VanZant and pro partner Mark Ballas survived elimination on the season’s eighth episode. They were declared safe even before they danced, which no doubt made the rest of the night a little easier for them
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Competition tight, but UFC’s Paige VanZant in final 5 of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ – MMA Junkie