The 22nd (!!!) season of "Dancing with the Stars" premiered Monday night on ABC, and while a lot of the talk today is about the show's trio of football players (Von Miller, Antonio Brown and Doug Flutie) and Stephanie Tanner's -- er, Jodie Sweetin's -- moves, UFC fighter Paige VanZant gave an impressive performance of her own.
She was teamed up with Mark Ballas, and the duo earned 21 points out of 30 for their foxtrot, which put them in a tie for fourth place. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba called her "fearless" and a "goldmine" for the season, so that sounds like high praise to me. But watch the performance below, and judge for yourself.
Looks like VanZant could be one of the dancers to beat the season. Way to rep for the female athletes, Paige!
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