Following a split draw in his return to competitive combat sports earlier this year, Paige Van Zant I was expecting a rematch against Ella Brooke.
Misfits Boxing might also agree. The promotion appeared to be in the immediate aftermath of MF & DAZN: X Series 15 in Houston, where VanZant and champion Brooke scored the five-round bout 48-46. A third judge scored the bout a 47-47 draw.
The fight was VanZant’s first in a combat sport since a unanimous decision loss in a bare-knuckle boxing fight against Rachael Ostovich at BKFC 19 in July 2021. Though she’s been competitive in her last four fights across MMA, boxing and bare-knuckle, VanZant hasn’t won a fight since submitting Ostovich in January 2019 in the UFC. She tried her hand — literally — at Power Slap recently and picked up a win.
Brooke is a social media influencer and OnlyFans model who switched to boxing. VanZant took the opposite route, but has said in recent months that she made more money in 24 hours on OnlyFans than she did in her entire UFC career, which spanned nine fights in about six years.
While the rematch isn’t official, the social media stars are part of a third episode of OnlyFans TV’s “Rise & Grind,” which looks back at their fight in Houston. Watch the first fight behind the scenes in the video below. Only fans television.