After a cut up attract her return to aggressive fight sports activities Saturday, Paige VanZant seems to be on board with a rematch later this yr towards Elle Brooke.
Brooke retained her Misfits Boxing middleweight title within the MF & DAZN: X Collection 15 predominant occasion at NRG Enviornment in Houston. Brooke and VanZant every bought a 48-46 rating within the five-round battle. A 3rd decide scored the bout a 47-47 draw.
Whereas the discuss instantly after the battle was on a possible rematch in Dubai, on Sunday VanZant posted on social media an August timeline for a rematch – however on Brooke’s U.Ok. residence turf at The O2 in London, which Misfits Boxing reposted.
Individually, VanZant stated she’ll be transferring ahead planning on a second battle with Brooke, who dropped her within the first spherical and landed a number of different large punches within the battle.
“Clearly, we didn’t get the consequence that we predicted final night time,” VanZant stated in a video posted to Instagram. “I actually thought that I did sufficient on the finish. My complete crew thought we did sufficient. I feel lots of people did. The judging: a little bit bit nuts.
“However it appears prefer it units up the right rematch. I’ve simply bought to go on her turf and take the belt there. So I’ll see all of you guys in London. … I’m simply ready for the bruise to heal, however needs to be again to camp and I’m excited. Let’s do that yet another time.”
The battle was VanZant’s first fight sports activities outing since a unanimous determination loss in a bareknuckle boxing bout towards Rachael Ostovich at BKFC 19 in July 2021. Though she has been aggressive in her final 4 outings throughout MMA, boxing and bareknuckle, VanZant has not gained a battle since she submitted Ostovich in January 2019 within the UFC.
Brooke is a social media influencer and OnlyFans mannequin who crossed over into boxing. VanZant took the other route, however has stated in current months that she made more cash in 24 hours on OnlyFans than she did in her whole UFC profession, which spanned 9 fights over round six years.
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