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MVPW07 Results: Baumgardner Defuses Turhan, Unification Fight Looming

In Sunday’s main event on the Most Valuable Promotions MVPW07 card, Alycia Baumgardner of Detroit stepped up and showed out in her first fight as a lightweight.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 9, 2026, 6:08 AM UTC
Key points
  • It was the first loss for “The Golden Turkish Warrior” Turhan (14-1, 8 KOs) at the hands of Baumgardner (19-1, 7 KOs), who has never looked more in control.
  • Turhan swings for the fences, relying on her power much like a male heavyweight who can lose every round but win the fight with a single punch.
  • It paid off: her punch output increased through the fight, and she threw and landed the most punches in the final round as Turhan faded.

Caught her with the hook 😳 What a knockdown from Ramla Ali 🔥 #MVPW07 https://t.co/hNPzbDfDPJ — ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) November 9, 2026 Ali said the won the fight for her father, who passed away in May.

“This was somebody that I was very humble to fight, and I needed this fight to keep me humble, to keep me hungry, and be the best fighter that I can be,” said Baumgardner.

Additional details
  • “I was prepared for that fight, and so when I’m in there, I just think, man, I trained for this,” said Baumgardner.
  • Alycia Baumgardner took Elif Nur Turhan to the cleaners with three shutout scorecards in a dominating performance.
  • Turhan did not win a single round on any of the three scorecards against Baumgardner, a triple 100-90 shutout.
  • Baumgardner and trainer Derrick James trained hard and put together the ideal game plan against Turhan.
  • Baumgardner landed 43% of her punches thrown in combination to just 16% for Turhan.

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