Turhan vs. Baumgardner Fight Week Set: Free Workout, Presser and Weigh-In in Arlington

Free is a good price. That's the pitch for fight week in Arlington.

Most Valuable Promotions and ESPN on Thursday laid out the full fight week schedule for MVPW-07: Turhan vs. Baumgardner, and all three public events are free, open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis, and set for Texas Live! in Arlington, Texas. The card itself goes Sunday, Nov. 8 at College Park Center.

The fight week schedule

• Open workout: Thursday, Nov. 5, 6 p.m. CT. Elif Nur Turhan, Alycia Baumgardner, Ramla Ali, Mikiah Kreps, Skye Nicolson and undercard fighters are scheduled, plus what MVP calls a surprise workout from a new, to-be-announced MVP athlete.
• Press conference: Friday, Nov. 6, 6 p.m. CT, with Turhan, Baumgardner, Ali, Kreps, undercard fighters and MVP CEO Nakisa Bidarian.
• Public weigh-in: Saturday, Nov. 7, 6 p.m. CT, with all fighters on the card.

All three stream live on MVP's YouTube channel and the ESPN App.

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The fight

Turhan (14-0, 8 KOs), the unbeaten IBF lightweight champion out of Turkey, defends against Dallas' own Baumgardner (18-1, 7 KOs), the unified super featherweight champ who is moving up to 135 to try to become a two-division world champion. It's 10 rounds, and they're three-minute rounds, not the usual two. That detail matters. Baumgardner has been the bigger name for a while, but she's the one stepping up in weight against a champion who hasn't lost, and an extra minute every round gives the naturally bigger fighter more time to work.

Here's the part I like: it's a hometown fight for Baumgardner, and the whole build-up is free to walk into. If you're in the Metroplex, there's no excuse.

The co-main is Ali (11-2, 3 KOs) against undefeated Mikiah Kreps (11-0, 3 KOs) for the vacant WBO and IBF super bantamweight titles at 122. That fight moved up to co-feature after Ellie Scotney's injury knocked her out of the Tiara Brown fight. MVP is billing the night as five world championship bouts.

How to watch

The prelims start at 5:15 p.m. ET (4:15 CT) on the ESPN App. The main card starts at 8:30 p.m. ET (7:30 CT) on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and at 12:30 a.m. GMT on Sky Sports in the UK. Tickets are on sale at AXS.

It's been a busy month for MVP. The company already has Jake Paul's Christmas Eve return in Dubai and Amanda Serrano's final fight on Jan. 9 on the calendar.

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Source: Most Valuable Promotions media alert, Oct. 29, 2026.