Clark to fight in UFC despite burglary

BERNARD Tomic has followed his traumatic Australian Open qualifying defeat by apparently again boasting about his wealth.

“All I do is count my millions, you try doing what I do,” Tomic said after fading to Melbourne Park defeat against unheralded Italian Lorenzo Sonego. Ranked 218th in the world, Sonego inflicted Tomic’s latest tennis INNISFAIL fighter JessicaRose Clark will press ahead with her UFC flyweight bout against Paige VanZant in St Louis, despite having her home burgled and losing a pet.

Clark will fight on Monday afternoon (AEDT), a few days after losing $US30,000 ($A42,000) worth of goods and having her cat Dwight put down after it was attacked during the incident in her Las Vegas apartment.

It occurred after the 30year-old Queenslander had left for St Louis, where she will contest just her second UFC bout.

“The police are launching a full investigation,” Clark tweeted. She showed a dark sense of humour, joking she had to fight to pay for new shoes.

Clark is ranked 10th in the new women’s flyweight division following her UFC debut win over compatriot Bec Rawlings in Sydney last November.

VanZant, who is ranked 11th in the lighter strawweight division, has moved up to flyweight. The 23-year-old American hasn’t fought in over a year, but has inside the distance wins over Australians Rawlings and Alex Chambers.

But Clark isn’t concerned VanZant has any weapons which will pose her problems.

“I don’t really think that there are any,” Clark said last week. “But ... you can’t predict how easy it’s going to happen, you can’t predict what anyone is going to do.”

VanZant appeared on the American version of Dancing with the Stars in 2016.