Ex-UFC star Paige Vanzant floored by OnlyFans model Elle Brooke in boxing debut

Former UFC fighter Paige Vanzant made her boxing debut on Sunday, with things going pear-shaped in the opening round.

Elle Brooke fought to an epic draw against Paige VanZant despite scoring a big knockdown.

The pair of OnlyFans stars headlined on Misfits 15 in Houston, Texas and put on a thriller over five rounds, The Sun reports.

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Brooke, 26, got off to the perfect start by putting VanZant, 30, on the seat of her pants with a huge right hand in the opening round.

But ex-UFC contender VanZant used her experienced to claw back to a split-decision draw.

“I said it would be a tough fight, the whole camp. I knew how tough she was, I took the fight for a reason,” Vanzant said after the bout.

“I was excited, I watched her past fights I knew it would be tough. It is what it is it sets up the perfect rematch.”

The moment Elle rocked Paige.

Brooke believed she did enough to secure a win on the cards but credited former bare-knuckle boxer VanZant for her resilience.

“I think I started strong but one of Paige’s best assets is she doesn’t let a bad round effect the next one, I think if anything she got stronger at the end of the fight whereas I dipped,” Brooke said.

After being floored in round one, VanZant came out in the second and landed a big left hook but took one in exchange.

Brooke scored with a flurry of shots in the third round to leave VanZant needing to turn things around in the final four minutes.

Elle Brooke celebrates after the final bell.

But the American rallied back in the fourth and fifth with the busier work between the two to take the bout to the cards.

And after all three judges failed to separate the pair, both called for a rematch.

“I signed a multi-fight contract for a reason, so yeah it looks like we’re going to do it one more time in Dubai it sounds like,” VanZant said.

Brooke added: “I mean it’s one of those things, you have to rewatch it because when you’re in there you’re getting hit but you’re also hitting.

“I don’t think I’m experienced enough to think, ‘I’m 100 per cent winning this.’

“But because of the knockdown I can see me winning it but I’ll have to watch it back.

“I was just saying to Paige, we now we get a big money rematch! This is perfect.”

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission.

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