Paige VanZant received the shock of a lifetime after she suffered a shocking knockdown within the first spherical of her battle towards Elle Brooke in the principle occasion at Misfits Boxing 15.
Regardless of coming into the battle because the overwhelming favourite, VanZant ate an enormous proper hand that sat her down on the canvas. VanZant ultimately recovered and managed to storm again within the later rounds, particularly with Brooke operating on fumes.
Nonetheless, the grownup entertainer turned boxer stayed within the battle from the primary minute till the final with the judges finally scoring the battle as a break up draw. One choose gave the battle 48-46 to Brooke, a second choose went 48-46 for VanZant and the third official had it 47-47.
In the long run, Brooke retains her Misfits middleweight title with VanZant already anticipating a rematch within the close to future.
“Truthfully I mentioned it might be a tricky battle the entire camp,” VanZant mentioned after her boxing debut. “I knew how robust she was. I took the battle for a purpose. I used to be excited. I watched her previous fights. I knew it’d be robust. It’s what it’s. It units up the right rematch.
“I signed a multi-fight contract for a purpose. It appears to be like like we’re going to do it yet one more time, I feel in Dubai it seems like.”
As for Brooke, she might have walked into the battle because the incumbent champion however with all her previous expertise coming towards social influencers and actuality TV stars, she was a heavy underdog towards a UFC and BKFC veteran like VanZant. She didn’t let any of that have an effect on her within the battle as Brooke ended up scoring the one knockdown earlier than going to a break up draw with VanZant.
“It’s a kind of issues the place you must rewatch it,” Brooke mentioned in regards to the determination. “As a result of in there, you’re getting hit however you’re additionally hitting. I don’t assume I’m skilled sufficient to assume yeah, I’m 100% profitable this however with the knockdown, I may see me profitable it however I’ve to observe it again. I used to be simply saying to Paige we get a giant cash rematch! That is excellent!”
Because the skilled fighter, VanZant confirmed much more self-discipline early with a lead jab and mixtures as she regarded to overwhelm her much less skilled opponent. The momentum shifted in a rush after Brooke uncorked an enormous proper hand that blasted VanZant within the chin and put her down on the canvas.
VanZant received again to her toes to make the ten rely however clearly she was rattled from the surprising knockdown.
Because the second spherical received began, VanZant knew she needed to make a comeback and that’s precisely what she delivered with an enormous shot that snapped Brooke’s head round. Brooke ended up grabbing onto VanZant within the clinch to decelerate the tempo and provides herself a second or two to get better.
Together with her nook insisting that Brooke was dropping steam, VanZant actually began to unleash energy punches in each mixture. She was main with a left jab after which a giant proper hand behind it as Brooke struggled to maintain up in these exchanges.
Simply earlier than the third spherical ended, Brooke confirmed that she nonetheless had some pop behind her punches as she cracked VanZant with a pair of proper palms to maintain the previous UFC fighter trustworthy.
VanZant’s quantity continued to function her greatest offense however she nonetheless needed to be cautious as a result of each time she received a bit of too aggressive, Brooke fired again with a tough shot of her personal. A slick inside uppercut from VanZant mashed Brooke within the nostril as blood began to dribble down her face.
With two minutes remaining, VanZant’s nook urged to go away all of it within the ring and Brooke was actually beginning to decelerate. The fighters continued buying and selling blows, punch for punch till the ultimate bell rang.
Whereas the consequence virtually definitely results in a rematch, VanZant has to stroll away considerably disillusioned because the skilled fighter going to a draw with an influencer even when this was her skilled boxing debut. VanZant has promised that she expects to return for one more bare-knuckle battle sooner or later as properly however now it appears to be like like she’ll keep targeted on boxing till she clashes with Brooke once more later this yr.
