Mizuki Hiruta Signs With Most Valuable Promotions

Jake Paul's company just added one of the best fighters in the world, pound-for-pound, and she's 11-0. Most Valuable Promotions officially announced Thursday that Japan's Mizuki "Mimi" Hiruta, the WBO and Ring super flyweight champion, has signed with MVP.

Hiruta (11-0, 2 KOs) has made seven successful defenses of her WBO 115-pound title and was named The Ring's 2025 Female Fighter of the Year. MVP's announcement also lists her as a four-time Japan Female Fighter of the Year, out of Okayama.

"I'm so excited to chase my dreams with MVP," Hiruta said in a statement carried by ESPN. "I'll turn all this gratitude into strength, keep working hard, and never lose my smile or forget who I am."

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"Japan has some of the best boxers in the world, and Mizuki Hiruta has everything it takes to become a global superstar," Paul and MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian said in a joint statement published by ESPN and BoxingScene. "She's undefeated, a world champion with seven successful title defenses, a four-time Japanese Female Fighter of the Year and one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world."

Where She's Coming From

Her last fight was a unanimous decision over Mai Soliman in May in Giza, Egypt, on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven. MVP hasn't announced her promotional debut. BoxingScene reported that the company said she'll chase marquee championship fights while building her profile in Japan, the U.S. and worldwide, and that Paul and Bidarian look forward to an MVP event in Japan down the line.

She joins an MVP women's roster that already includes Amanda Serrano, who has her farewell fight set for Jan. 9, and Alycia Baumgardner, who headlines MVPW-07 this weekend in Arlington.

The Kimster's Take

Serrano is on her last walk, and MVP didn't wait to line up what comes next. Hiruta brings a belt, a Fighter of the Year trophy and seven defenses, plus a whole country's worth of fans the company hasn't reached yet. The Japan card talk is the tease. Who she fights first will tell us if MVP plans to build her slowly or throw her straight into a big unification.

When her MVP debut is booked, call it in Fight Picker.

Sources: Most Valuable Promotions on X, Nov. 5, 2026; ESPN; BoxingScene; The Ring. Graphic: Most Valuable Promotions.