Elle Brooke and Paige VanZant’s face-off turn awkward with lengthy silence after ex-UFC star given savage nickname
ELLE BROOKE and Paige VanZant were plunged into an awkward silence after being asked to give one another a new nickname.
The duo are set to throw down on the latest Misfits Boxing event in Houston, Texas in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Brooke and VanZant, 26 and 30 respectively, faced off for the second time since the announcement of their Texas tussle earlier this week.
They then took part in a face-to-face interview, during which they were traded several verbal jabs.
Brooke’s most stinging dig was her claim that VanZant – who has lost her last two bareknuckle fights and three of her final four UFC outings – had “fallen off.”
She continued: “I think recently you’re not as talked about anymore.
“You had your hype when you were in the UFC but now you’ve lost that pull.
“Whether it is views or people just being interested in you, I think you have fallen off.”
An awkward silence ensued as VanZant processed the jibe and tried to counter up with a retort.
She smirked before replying to her fellow OnlyFans star: “I mean, we’re the main event for a reason.
She then proceeded to ask Brooke: “Is this your first time in a main event?”
The Brit responded by saying: “Yeah, I’ve been co-main, but yeah.”
Both Brooke and VanZant have leaned heavily into the fact they both sell racy content on OnlyFans ahead of their showdown.
And MMA fighter VanZant jokingly claimed they should have an OnlyFans-themed side bet for the fight.
She recently told MMA Fighting: “There should be.
“There should definitely be a side bet to this. But I don’t know.
“She wouldn’t shake my hand (at) fight week. So we’ll have to touch back on this conversation after the fight.”
Brooke enters the biggest fight of her influencer boxing career on the back of a third-round TKO victory over former Love Island star AJ Bunker.