UFC veteran Paige VanZant hit the canvas early, however rallied to go away the judges unable to find out a winner within the MF & DAZN: X Collection 15 predominant occasion vs. Elle Brooke.
The middleweight boxing bout at NRG Area in Houston went the total 5 rounds, however VanZant was in bother within the first spherical after Brooke dropped her with a stable punching mixture punctuated with a pointy proper hand. After the ultimate bell, dueling 48-46 scores have been submitted, whereas the third choose scored the battle 47-47, leading to a cut up draw.
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VanZant recovered and did her greatest to erase the reminiscence of touching the canvas. Over the following 4 rounds, “12 Gauge” pressed ahead, weathering a couple of extra massive punches from Brooke.
Two judges have been cut up in figuring out a winner, whereas the third noticed the battle even. Consequently, the cut up draw permits Brooke to retain her Misfits middleweight title.
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“It’s what it’s. It units up the proper rematch,” VanZant stated throughout her in-ring post-fight interview. “… It appears to be like like we’re going to do it yet another time, I feel in Dubai, it feels like.”
Brooke wasn’t upset on the consequence, though she thought her early knockdown would have given her the nod. Regardless, she’s excited concerning the potential “massive cash” rematch within the close to future.
The battle was VanZant’s first fight sports activities outing since a unanimous choice loss in a bareknuckle boxing bout in opposition to Rachael Ostovich at BKFC 19. Though she has been aggressive in her final 4 outings throughout MMA, boxing and bareknuckle, VanZant has not recorded a win since submitting Ostovich after they met within the UFC in 2019.
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