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Unified super featherweight world champion Alycia \u201cThe Bomb\u201d Baumgardner and trainer Derrick James in an open workout at LIV at Fontainebleau Miami Beach on Dec. 16, 2025.<\/p>\n
Rey Del Rio\/Rey Del Rio\/Most Valuable Promotions<\/p>\n
The full fight card is set as Dallas’\u00a0Alycia \u201cThe Bomb\u201d Baumgardner<\/a> prepares to challenge for the IBF lightweight title in one of multiple world championship bouts at MVPW-07 in Arlington\u00a0next month<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n In a new\u00a0co-main event alongside\u00a0Baumgardner (18-1, 7 KOs) squaring off with champion Elif Nur\u00a0Turhan (14-0, 8 KOs), Most Valuable Promotions informed The Dallas Morning News<\/a> on Tuesday the 10-round championship bout between\u00a0Ramla Ali (11-2, 3 KOs) and Mikiah Kreps (11-0, 3 KOs) for the vacant\u00a0WBO and IBF super bantamweight titles at College Park Center on Sunday, Nov. 8, has been elevated into the role.<\/p>\n The fight replaces the previously scheduled WBC featherweight title match<\/a> between Tiara Brown and Ellie Scotney, following Scotney’s withdrawal due to injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cWhile we’re disappointed Ellie Scotney is unable to compete, we wish her a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing her and Tiara Brown back in the ring soon,” Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul, co-founders of MVP, said in a statement.<\/p>\n “Ramla Ali now has the biggest opportunity of her professional career against an undefeated Mikiah Kreps.”<\/p>\n Joining the MVPW-07 main card on\u00a0ESPN will be IBF super flyweight world champion Irma Garcia (26-5-1, 6\u00a0KOs) vs. WBA super flyweight world champion Nataly Delgado (21-7-2, 5 KOs) in a 10-round world championship unification bout at 115 pounds.<\/p>\n Garc\u00eda, an attorney, police officer, and member of the Secretariat of Citizen Security of Mexico City in addition to her boxing career, is both a former and current world champion, having previously won the\u00a0WBA bantamweight title.<\/p>\n “Pursuing the unification of the world titles represents a major challenge. We are working with discipline, dedication, and a hunger for victory, determined to come out on top. Opportunities are not something you wait for. You work for them, you fight for them, and you seize them. And we have no intention of letting this opportunity slip away,” Garcia said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Delgado, a 31-year-old pro boxer from Panama, has faced top competition throughout her career. She won the Interim\u00a0WBA super flyweight world title in 2025 and made two defenses before defeating then-champion Jasmine\u00a0Artiga to win the WBA world title at MVPW-04 in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n “There’s a special meaning behind this next unification bout, and not just because I can be the first Panamanian female boxer to become a unified world champion,” Delgado said. “As the only Panamanian boxing world champion at this moment in time, it is, once again, an opportunity that comes once in a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n MVPW on ESPN showcases championship bouts and a main card composed entirely of female fighters, with an undercard including a mix of female and male bouts. The Arlington Sports Commission will serve as host partner for the event, and tickets are on sale now at AXS.com.<\/p>\n On the preliminary card,\u00a0MVP’s No. 1\u00a0WBA contender Brittany Sims (10-3, 5 KOs) will take on MVP’s newest signee Shera Mae Patricio (10-0, 3 KOs) for the vacant WBA regular world title at 118 pounds\u00a0in a 10-round contest.<\/p>\n Dallas contender Fernando Garcia (14-5, 8\u00a0KOs) will also join the card in a six-round featherweight bout vs. Alexander Castellano (12-2-2, 2 KOs).<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The first fighter taken under the wing of former unified world champion\u00a0Errol Spence Jr.<\/a>, Garcia has competed on major boxing stages including AT&T Stadium in Arlington. He currently trains at World Class Boxing Gym in Dallas under the leadership of acclaimed trainer Derrick James<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Dallas is home, and I know my family, friends, and fans have been patiently waiting for this announcement,” Garcia said. “From AT&T Stadium to College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, I’m grateful to have the opportunity to fight at home, in front of the people who have supported my career. The show continues. Nov. 8.”\u00a0<\/p>\n MVP’s\u00a0Nat “No Love” Dove (8-0-1, 2 KOs) will return to face Nayeli Rodriguez (7-2-1) in a highly anticipated rematch following their draw at the Most Valuable Prospects 12 event last year. The two will meet again in an eight-round flyweight bout at 112 pounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rounding out the card will be a clash of other rising prospects from Dallas as Javier Guerrero (7-0, 5 KOs) takes on Aiden Anderson (4-3, 3 KOs).<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n In the Baumgardner main event, the unified super featherweight world champion will step up to 135 pounds looking to become a two-division world champion when she challenges Turhan.<\/p>\n The fights can be seen live on ESPN and the ESPN app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unified super featherweight world champion Alycia \u201cThe Bomb\u201d Baumgardner and trainer Derrick James in an open workout at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,732,104382],"class_list":["post-465250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-article","tag-tp-boxing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n