Vanessa Demopoulos made the most of her second fight in the UFC by putting on quite a memorable performance. The now full-time fighter managed a huge submission comeback after getting dropped and jumped into Joe Rogan's arms.

Vanessa Demopoulos made sure that even people who don't watch the prelims knew about her after the crazy fight. Demopoulos even revealed that she quit her job as a stripper in order to become a fighter full-time.

“I don’t think it’s a secret that I was an exotic entertainer for 13 years,” Demopoulos said during her post-fight scrum via MMAFighting. “I didn’t get the chance to say this on the [microphone after the win] but I’d like to say it right now, I walked away from being a stripper to continue this camp.

“I quit dancing about six to eight weeks ago just so I could focus full-time on MMA, take this extremely seriously in the gym every single day, but that’s where that background comes from, that’s where those splits come from, and a lot of my jiu-jitsu actually comes from my expertise as a pole dancer.”

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There are many fighters that have come from a stripping background into MMA and the UFC. It's not just the women, Bellator fighter Akonne Wanliss used to be a stripper before he started competing in MMA seriously.

Vanessa Demopoulos stated some of the advantages of having an exotic dancer background and even credited it for the win. She definitely won many fans over for her big victory and fun personality.