Alan Dawson Uncrowned Updated Mon, November 9, 2026 at 5:57 AM UTC About Our Ads Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Alycia Baumgardner delivered a career-best performance Sunday at MVPW-07 when she dominated the rugged Elif Nur Turhan, shutting the IBF lightweight champion out over 10 three-minute rounds in Arlington, Texas, to claim the belt for herself as a two-division titleholder.
Baumgardner entered her 135-pound debut as Uncrowned's No. 6-ranked pound-for-pound fighter in the world , having previously won all the titles at super featherweight. But victory was not guaranteed; not when Turhan (14-1, 8 KOs) was more experienced at the weight, was a contender for 2025's Fighter of the Year award , and had shown herself to be capable of delivering some of the most ferocious knockouts in the women's code.
Baumgardner (19-1, 7 KOs), meanwhile, had flattered to deceive since joining MVP in 2025 and had failed to replicate the excitement from her prior fights.
Perhaps the weight cut was holding her back, perhaps her link-up with renowned Texas-based coach Derrick James is paying dividends — but not long after the opening bell sounded Sunday, it became clear the excitement was back. Baumgardner was "The Bomb" once more, detonating countershots on Turhan's chin and cheekbones again and again, nullifying the Turk's wild shots with positioning, defensive acumen and counterpunching.
Turhan's biggest problem was that she never changed a losing strategy of throwing haymakers that often hit nothing but air. It allowed Baumgardner to stay at a safe distance and hammer Turhan with counters — a full array of jabs, straights, uppercuts and body shots from the challenger that backed Turhan up from rounds one through 10.
"This is the face of women's boxing," Baumgardner said after taking Turhan's IBF championship with scores of 100-90 across the board. "I stepped up."
Without naming names, Baumgardner then said her target list includes the remaining champions in the division.
"What's next is undisputed, just like I did at 130 [pounds]. Let's go," she said.
In the current landscape of the lightweight division, a fight for undisputed means a fight against the winner of the three-belt unification on Feb. 20 between WBC and WBO champion Caroline Dubois and WBA titleholder Stephanie Han. As fate would have it, Dubois was ringside Sunday for Baumgardner's win and immediately snatched a microphone to throw down the gauntlet for the division's newest champion.
A potential fight for undisputed status between the two rivals, Baumgardner and Dubois, would undoubtedly be one of the biggest fights of 2027 in women's boxing.
Elsewhere on Sunday's MVPW-07 main card, Ramla Ali (12-2, 4 KOs) won the unified IBF and WBO super bantamweight championships with a debatable win on points over Mikiah Kreps (11-1, 3 KOs), Skye Nicolson (17-1, 3 KOs) lifted the WBC super bantamweight title after outpointing Miyo Yoshida (19-6, 1 KO), and Irma Garcia (27-5-1, 6 KOs) showed life begins at age 45 when she beat Nataly Delgado (21-8-2, 5 KOs) for the IBF and WBA super flyweight championships.
Check out complete MVPW-07 results and highlights below, as well as Uncrowned's round-by-round play-by-play for the entire main card.
IBF lightweight championship: Alycia Baumgardner def. Elif Nur Turhan via unanimous decision (100-90, 100-90, 100-90)
IBF/WBO super bantamweight championships: Ramla Ali def. Mikiah Kreps via split decision (96-93, 91-98, 97-92)
WBC super bantamweight championship: Skye Nicolson def. Miyo Yoshida via unanimous decision (99-91, 98-92, and 100-90)
IBF/WBA super flyweight championships: Irma Garcia def. Nataly Delgado via unanimous decision (97-92, 97-92, 97-92)
Super lightweight: Albina Moldazhanova def. Kirstie Bavington via fourth-round TKO
WBA "Regular" bantamweight championship: Brittany Sims vs. Shera Mae Patricio ends in split draw (95-95, 90-100, 97-93)
Featherweight: Fernando Garcia def. Alexander Castellano via unanimous decision (59-55, 58-56, 58-56)
Flyweight: Nayeli Rodriguez def. Nat Dove via split decision (75-77, 77-75, 77-75)
Strawweight: Jocelyn Camarillo def. Nazarena Serra via unanimous decision (58-56, 58-56, 59-55)
Welterweight: Javier Guerrero Cruz def. Aiden Anderson via second-round TKO
"This is the face of women's boxing," Baumgardner said, post-fight.
"I stepped up. I'm a two-time world champ. What's next is undisputed, just like I did at 130. Let's go."
She later relished a challenge from Caroline Dubois, who was ringside, and called for a Baumgardner vs. Dubois fight next.
Baumgardner gets it done! Three scores of 100-90 across the board!
Baumgardner jabs her way into range at the beginning of the 10th. Jabs and one-twos and controls Turhan's shots. But Turhan catches her! And again. Baumgardner shakes it off. That jab is still so snappy even after 28 and a half minutes. Only 90 seconds left until Baumgardner wins her first title at lightweight, after moving up to this division for the first time tonight. Good defense from Baumgardner. This is domination! Against a pound-for-pound caliber opponent! What a showing from Baumgardner. Possibly her best ever.
Baumgardner landed a nasty bodyshot with a minute remaining on the clock in the ninth. Turhan felt that! Baumgardner goes after it, wanting more. Perhaps she's seen possible signs of tiring and wants to make that worse. Big right hand from Baumgardner. Too easy.
Baumgardner pops Turhan's head back with the jab. And like I mentioned in the seventh, Turhan is looking fatigued. Whether that was from that activity, or the fact these are actually three-minute rounds, remains to be seen.
I've got to keep it a buck. Turhan has power. Aggression. But the shots are so wild and telegraphed that they will never do what's needed to win a fight against a boxer like Baumgardner. It also runs the risk of tiring herself out. Might give Turhan the round there, though.
Baumgardner so good with the jab. Turhan still wild. Turhan is busy throwing with so much force that she's just focusing on one punch. One after the other. But it's not working and she needs to put combinations together. Baumgardner otherwise will just pick her apart all night. Round 6: 60-54 — Baumgardner
Oh! Turhan made Baumgardner EAT an uppercut! That was a brutal connection. Baumgardner absorbs it. Good punch resistence but Turhan throwing some of her better stuff now. Baumgardner's jab is so nasty. Now she uppercuts and Turhan dangles her tongue out at her. Turhan overextends and Baumgardner counters. Some step-back counters, too. I don't think I can give Turhan the round just for the uppercut. Not when Baumgardner turned it around.
Baumgardner strong with the jab in the fourth and Turhan is circling towards it to seemingly get away from the power punching that follows. Baumgardner doubles on the jab, popping Turhan's head back, instead. If this is Baumgardner back to her best, perhaps credit should also go to Derrick James, her boxing coach. Baumgardner has had a few stinkers, but she's on her game right now.
Considering Turhan's style, the shots Baumgardner is having most success with are the straight ones. Jab. Straight right. They land. Baumgardner is backing Turhan up! She's hurt her! Wait. What is the referee doing? The 10-second bell rang and the referee called it. It allowed Turhan more time to recover. Baumgardner was hurt BAD! Staggering!
Oh my GOODNESS! Baumgardner HAMMERS Turhan from the off! Turhan took it like a champ. Wow. Welcome to Texas. Turhan swings and misses. Swings and hits. These are wild hooks. Baumgardner can pick Turhan apart with counters as she sees these big overswung shots from a distance.
Oh my GOODNESS! Baumgardner HAMMERS Turhan from the off! Turhan took it like a champ. Wow. Welcome to Texas. Turhan swings and misses. Swings and hits. These are wild hooks. Baumgardner can pick Turhan apart with counters as she sees these big overswung shots from a distance.
We've got one of 96-93 to Ali and one of 91-98 to Kreps. That's a 10-point swing! Then Ali's second score of 97-92 to secure the win.
… and it's Ramla Ali. She wins the IBF and WBO world titles but the scorecards are WILD!
The fight comes alive in the tenth with both women SWINGING! Big shots connecting! It's hard to keep track as they're just swanging and banging, this is like Holloway-Gaethje! Bang, bang, bang! Just trading these hooks non-stop! The bell sounds and we go to the scorecards.
Ali lands a good three-punch combination. Nice right hand lasered onto Kreps's chin. That could be a crucial round! If the judges score it for Ali, it could make things interesting.
Kreps just doesn't stop throwing! Ali has quite accurate jabbing but it's a tough look for her when one lands and then Kreps is there, throwing combinations that never seem to stop. Kreps has won every round since the knockdown in the third, on our unofficial scorecard.
Ali starts with a double jab. She needs to be more forceful with it. It's too half-hearted. More like it's to measure distance but then not throw the follow up. Kreps keeps her face and body relatively well-guarded. Ali lands a right hook. Kreps is out-throwing and out-landing throughout the course of the fight. Ali's going to need another knockdown unless she finds a way to start winning more rounds than she's losing. Round 7: 67-65 — Kreps
Ali with a good body shot but whenever Ali has solid single punches that land, Kreps seems to respond with a burst of energy and, like, 10 thrown shots on the fly.
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