ufc fighter paige vanzant gets engaged to her mma fighter boyfriend austin vanderford paige vanzant engaged to mma fighter austin vanderford 1282018 paige vanzant just got engaged to her mma fighter boyfriend and her last name aint gonna change all that much the ufc figther posted a photo sunday of her guy austin vanderford getting on one knee to propose with the caption i said yes waiting for your permission to load the instagram media the couples been going out since at least this past summer when she posted a photo of the two of them together in august with the caption mine mine indeed congrats to the future vanzantderfords