Seven weeks into the competition on Season 22 of “Dancing with the Stars,” UFC strawweight Paige VanZant was perfect.

Dancing a jive on “Icons Night” set to Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary,” VanZant and pro partner Mark Ballas set a new personal best with a perfect 30/30 – just the second perfect score of the season.

Earlier in the episode, “Good Morning America” meteorologist Ginger Zee and pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy also had a perfect 30 for their Viennese waltz.

VanZant talks to Ballas about confidence concerns

VanZant’s perfect score put her temporarily into first place overall, but the remaining dancers still had to perform a second dance – a group routine. The group dance paired the female stars and their partners – Team Beyonce – against the male stars and their partners – Team James Brown.

VanZant, Ballas get their first perfect score of season

The male stars’ dance picked up a 28/30 from the judges, but the female stars’ dance (watch below) left the judges slightly underwhelmed. The 25/30 – two 8s and a 9 – they received meant a three-point deficit for VanZant in that routine compared to Boyz II Men singer Wanya Morris and deaf model Nyle DiMarco. And that meant only a half-hour after she moved into first place past Morris, who scored a 27 in his individual routine, VanZant was back into second place, just two points behind him.

Overall, Morris still leads with 204 points. But VanZant and DiMarco are right behind with 202. Zee is in fourth place with 195. (Those scores do not take into account the numbers given by the two guest judges in Weeks 4 and 5.)

One big change from Week 6, though, was that VanZant didn’t have to sweat out the final moments of the live show. On the double-elimination episode, Morris was listed in jeopardy despite having the top overall score, as were actress Kim Fields and reigning Super Bowl MVP Von Miller. Miller and Fields were eliminated, leaving the competition with six couples heading into next week’s quarterfinals.

Len Goodman says VanZant’s jive is “UFC: Under Full Control”

Bruno Tonioli elated with VanZant’s jive

From a judges’ scores perspective, the eliminations have mostly played out the way they should have on paper. Contestants advance on the show based on their scores with the judges as well as fan votes. Each week, the dancer with the lowest combined score of the judges’ tallies and the fans’ votes is eliminated – but next week, there will be a double elimination.

Going into the season, VanZant was the betting favorite to win the show at Bovada, which had the 22-year-old at 2-1 to win the long-running ABC dancing competition.

VanZant (6-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) most recently fought in December, when she suffered a submission loss to Rose Namajunas. It halted a three-fight winning streak that had moved the heavily promoted fighter up the 115-pound ranks. “Dancing with the Stars” runs through May, which means VanZant is unlikely to be booked for a fight until her time on the show is over. However, July’s big UFC 200 event would still be in the running for her next fight.

Above, check out VanZant’s seventh dance in full. Below, check out video clips featuring VanZant from Monday night’s “Dancing with the Stars” sevent Season 22 episode. And stay tuned to MMAjunkie later today for VanZant’s exclusive wrap-up Q&A with MMAjunkie from Episode No. 7.

Voting is open online at ABC.com and at the “Dancing with the Stars” Facebook page until 8 p.m. ET. Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas can be followed on Twitter (@paigevanzantufc, @MarkBallas) and Instagram (@paigevanzantufc, @markballas) and through their team hashtag #PowRightInTheKisser.

Also see:

• USA TODAY: ‘DWTS’: Two couples got perfect scores, two got eliminated
• UFC strawweight Paige VanZant recaps Episode No. 6 of ‘Dancing with the Stars’
• USA TODAY: ‘DWTS’: Wanyá Morris, Lindsay Arnold say ‘Bye Bye Bye’ to their competition
• UFC’s Paige VanZant gets her first 10 on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ moves into second
• Week 5 of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ sees UFC’s Paige VanZant in tight race at top
• USA TODAY: See Nyle DiMarco’s ‘DWTS’ performance that had everyone in tears
• UFC strawweight Paige VanZant recaps Episode No. 4 of ‘Dancing with the Stars’
• Paige VanZant closes Week 4 of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ with season’s top scores
• USA TODAY: ‘DWTS’: The clock struck midnight for this couple on Disney Night
• UFC strawweight Paige VanZant recaps Episode No. 3 of ‘Dancing with the Stars’
• Paige VanZant’s ‘bad ass’ paso doble keeps her among ‘Dancing with the Stars’ leaders
• USA TODAY: ‘DWTS’ – Nyle DiMarco claims the top spot, Mischa Barton goes home
• UFC strawweight Paige VanZant recaps Episode No. 2 of ‘Dancing with the Stars’
• Paige VanZant, with new partner, gets top score so far on ‘Dancing with the Stars’
• USA TODAY: ‘DWTS’ – Our top 5 dances, Mark Ballas sits out, Geraldo goes home
• UFC strawweight Paige VanZant recaps Episode No. 1 of ‘Dancing with the Stars’
• UFC’s Paige VanZant opens ‘Dancing with the Stars’ run tied for 4th place
• Paige VanZant will accept UFC fight during ‘DWTS’ – if she gets full camp after show
• USA TODAY: New ‘Dancing with the Stars’ cast wows judges on the premiere
• Go behind the scenes with Paige VanZant, Mark Ballas ahead of ‘Dancing with the Stars’
• Sorry, Geraldo: Paige VanZant now the odds-on favorite to win ‘Dancing with the Stars’
• Geraldo Rivera has better shot to win ‘Dancing with the Stars’ than Paige VanZant?! (Updated)
• UFC’s Paige VanZant joins Season 22 of ‘Dancing with the Stars’

And for more on the UFC’s upcoming schedule, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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