24 hours earlier than their Misfits Boxing title battle, former UFC fighter turned BKFC brawler Paige VanZant and defending champion Elle Brooke stripped down for one ultimate staredown.
Emanating from the NRG Area in Houston, Texas, MF & DAZN: X Sequence 15 will function a middleweight championship major occasion as Brooke, the reigning and defending titleholder, places her belt on the road in Misfits’ first-ever feminine headliner.
Earlier than the 2 blonde bombshells step contained in the ring and make historical past in The Lone Star State, VanZant and Brooke stepped on the size throughout Friday afternoon’s official weigh-in ceremony.
Competing underneath the Kingpyn and Misfits Boxing banners, Elle Brooke has amassed a strong 4-1 file, together with her title-winning efficiency in opposition to Andrea-Jane Bunker in January. Up to now, all of Brooke’s boxing bouts have been exhibitions. Her scrap with VanZant would be the first skilled battle of his profession.
As for Paige VanZant, the social media sensation has a major benefit over her opponent in relation to expertise. ’12 Gauge’ competed contained in the Octagon from 2014 to 2020, incomes victories over the likes of Felice Herrig, ‘Rowdy’ Bec Rawlings, and Rachael Ostovich.
Strolling away from the promotion on a 1-3 skid, VanZant signed with the Naked Knuckle Combating Championship, making her debut in 2021. Sadly, issues didn’t enhance for ’12 Gauge’ as she misplaced back-to-back fights contained in the squared circle. Although she has expressed curiosity in knuckling up for a 3rd and sure ultimate time, she has not locked down an official return date.
Le’Veon Bell and Bi Nguyen Be part of Elle Brooke and Paige VanZant for loaded Misfits Boxing lineup
Along with Elle Brooke vs. Paige VanZant, followers will even see the return of former NFL operating again Le’Veon Bell as he takes on Canadian influencer Tristan Hamm, finest identified for his first-round shellacking of Rodney Petersen Jr. AKA ‘Not Logan Paul.’
Additionally combating within the card is a reputation ONE Championship followers might acknowledge — Bi Nguyen. Going by the moniker ‘Killer Bee,’ Nguyen is without doubt one of the most completed fighters competing on the occasion, having 15 blended martial arts bouts underneath her belt. With greater than a decade of expertise, Nguyen has gone toe-to-toe with a few of the greatest names in ladies’s MMA, equivalent to Stamp Fairtex, Jihin Radzuan, Ritu Phogat, Jenelyn Olsim, and Lin Heqin.
Take a look at the complete lineup under:
Elle Brooke(c) vs. Paige VanZant – Misfits Boxing Middleweight Ladies’s Championship
Le’Veon Bell vs. Tristan Hamm
Ree Moo vs. Elijah Smith
Jeremy Park vs. Anthony Vargas
‘Killer’ Bi Nguyen vs. Silvia Fernandez
OJ Rose vs. Brendan KellyÂ
Alaena Vampira (Potocnik) vs. LOZA
Alysia Magen vs. Jessica Duban
