Scotney's Out, Brown's Benched: How One Injury Reshuffles MVP's Nov. 8 Card, and Three Names I'd Call Instead

The fight the hardcores circled on MVPW-07 is gone.

Ellie Scotney (12-0) has pulled out of her WBC featherweight title shot against Tiara Brown (21-0, 11 KOs) with an injury, Most Valuable Promotions confirmed Tuesday. MVP didn't say what the injury is. It did say the fight will be rescheduled, and that tells you the most important thing: no replacement has been named for Brown, and none is expected. Brown comes off the Nov. 8 card in Arlington rather than defending against a stand-in.

What changes on the card

• New co-main: Ramla Ali (11-2, 3 KOs) vs. unbeaten Mikiah Kreps (11-0, 3 KOs), 10 rounds for the vacant WBO and IBF super bantamweight titles at 122. Those belts are vacant because Scotney gave up her 122-pound titles to move up to 126. That's the irony here. The belts she left behind are now carrying the card she was supposed to co-headline.
• Added to the ESPN main card: IBF champ Irma Garcia (26-5-1, 6 KOs) vs. WBA champ Nataly Delgado (21-7-2, 5 KOs), a super flyweight unification at 115. That keeps MVP's "four world title fights" pitch intact.
• Unchanged: Alycia Baumgardner (18-1, 7 KOs) still moves up to challenge IBF lightweight champ Elif Nur Turhan (14-0, 8 KOs) in the main event. Skye Nicolson (16-1, 3 KOs) still defends her WBC 122 belt against Miyo Yoshida (19-5, 1 KO).
• Prelims: Brittany Sims vs. newly signed Shera Mae Patricio for the vacant WBA "regular" 118 title, plus Nat Dove's rematch with Rodriguez, Fernando Garcia vs. Castellano, and Guerrero vs. Anderson.

The Kimster's read: The card loses its best pure fight, but not its spine. Baumgardner going up to 135 against an unbeaten champ was always the reason to buy this card. Ali-Kreps is a fair co-main for a promotion that likes stars, because Ali brings attention and Kreps has nothing to lose. One thing to watch: this is the second time in about a year that Scotney has pulled out of a big date. She withdrew from the first Flores fight in fall 2025, then came back and won all four belts in April. I'm not worried yet, but it's worth keeping an eye on.

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Who I'd like to see in there with Brown

To be clear, MVP is waiting for Scotney. Nobody has reported any of the names below. These are The Kimster's opinion picks only, and none of them is confirmed as available.

1. Amanda Serrano (49-4-1, 32 KOs), WBA/WBO featherweight champion. If you're going to replace a big fight, replace it with a bigger one. Serrano is MVP's flagship fighter and holds two of the other belts at 126, so Brown-Serrano would be a three-belt fight inside one promotion. Short notice is the problem. Serrano's camp schedule hasn't been confirmed, and nobody turns a fight like this around in four weeks for fun.

2. Nina Meinke (21-3, 4 KOs), IBF featherweight champion. She's the realistic champion-vs-champion option. Meinke last fought March 20, when she shut out Dyana Vargas in Hamburg, and she has no announced next date. Her promoter is Ringside Zone, so it would take a cross-promotional deal, but a WBC-IBF unification on ESPN is a strong selling point.

3. Nobody: let Brown wait for Scotney. This one is boring, but it may be the right call. Brown is unbeaten and holds the belt. Scotney-Brown is a better fight in, say, February than any stand-in fight is on Nov. 8. If Brown takes a risky short-notice fight and loses, the rescheduled fight goes away.

Vote for your pick: 1, 2 or 3. Put your number in the comments, or start a thread on the Boxbid community pages and make your case.

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Sources

• MVP press release via Fightnews
• ESPN (Oct. 13, 2026)
• Sky Sports
• Most Valuable Promotions
• BBC Sport
• Box-Sport