BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – AUGUST 29, 2026 – Most Valuable Promotions’ (MVP) MVPW-06 UK vs. USA took place on Saturday, August 29, at bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham, England, delivering an action-packed night of championship boxing live on Sky Sports in the UK and ESPN+ in the US. Headlined by the UK’s Chantelle Cameron (23-1, 8 KOs), who became the new unified WBA, WBC and WBO super welterweight world champion with a career-best performance and unanimous decision victory (97-93 x2, 96-94) over MVP’s and USA’s Mikaela Mayer (22-3, 5 KOs), the event also saw MVP and London’s Caroline Dubois (14-0-1, 5 KOs) successfully defend her unified WBC and WBO lightweight world titles with a dominant unanimous decision victory (99-90 x2, 98-91) over the USA’s Amelia Moore (4-1, 1 KO). Additionally, MVP and the UK’s three-division world champion Terri Harper (17-3-2, 7 KOs) delivered a dominant second-round TKO victory over MVP and the USA’s Miranda Reyes (9-4-1, 3 KOs), stopping Reyes at 0:47 of the round to establish herself as a top contender at 140 lbs as she continues her pursuit of a world championship in a fourth weight division.
The evening marked the five-year anniversary of Most Valuable Promotions following the company’s inception in 2021 and saw Team UK defeat Team USA 4-1 across the main card. Harper earned a £10,000 MVP Performance of the Night bonus and the £5,000 OOOSCH Moment of the Night bonus, while Reina Tellez and Jessica Barry split an additional £10,000 Performance of the Night bonus following their hard-fought 10-round battle. Also, Dubois, Harper, Barry and Tysie Gallagher each earned an additional £5,000 for Team UK’s victory in the UK vs. USA competition.
At the press conference following the fights, MVP co-founders Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul, MVP’s Head of Boxing Mike Leanardi, Cameron, Dubois, and Harper had much to discuss following the historic night of boxing in Birmingham. For more information, follow on X via @MostVPromotions or on Instagram via @MostValuablePromotions.
JAKE PAUL QUOTES:
On MVP’s impact on women’s boxing:
I’ve always loved, you know, the women and Amanda Serrano. That’s where it really started. It’s grown into something that will forever be remembered. It’s a testament to self-belief and knowing what you’re capable of.
On MVP’s growth:
They didn’t think I’d be a promoter. They didn’t think we were taking this seriously, and here we are as arguably the biggest promotion, at least the best at throwing the biggest events in the sport of boxing.
On MVP’s last five years:
Five years ago, our first event to now…we attribute it all to the fans, all of the people that have followed along the whole entire time, and the MVP team who work so hard on a consistent basis. We just love outworking people, doing things differently, and shaking the sport up. I’m just excited to see where we’ll be in five years.
On continuing to expand women’s boxing supporters:
We’ll just continue to grow and build out that fan base. When you put on good events like this, this is when people start to come and show up more and more. So what it’s all about for us is growth.
On whether Alycia Baumgarnder is scared of facing Caroline Dubois:
Alycia [Baumgarnder] is not scared of anyone. We’re sitting there talking about what she’s going to do when they fight. So, I know it’s going to happen, and Alycia [Baumgarnder] has to get through November 8th, and then we can have those discussions. I think it’s funny when fans or critics say that certain people in fighting are scared of someone. It’s like they’re fucking fighters. They’re not scared. This is what they do for a living.
NAKISA BIDARIAN QUOTES:
On five years of MVP:
We’re excited that women’s boxing has gotten to this point as we today [August 29, 2026] hit our fifth year of inception. MVP was started August 29th of 2021 when this young man [Jake Paul] headlined our first-ever event, a Showtime pay-per-view, which was an incredible event on its own.
On MVPW-06:
Fast forward 5 years later… to be here tonight in Birmingham with Sky Sports and ESPN in the US and see those two incredible warriors and Chantelle [Cameron] and Mikaela [Mayer] go toe-to-toe every second, every minute of every round means we’ve done something right, and women’s boxing is here to stay. MVPW is only going to grow from here.
On MVPW-06’s main card:
Everybody came out, showed out. That main card was exciting from beginning to end.
On Team UK’s dominant performance at MVPW-06:
Obviously, the UK won in dominant fashion, but I really want to recognize Reina Tellez and Jessica Barry for their performance. They’ll be getting a performance bonus.
On Terri Harper:
Katie Taylor, one of the goats, not the GOAT, but one of the goats, has her final fight. So, that 140 division becomes wide open, and Terri Harper just became a real contender in that division again.
On Chantelle Cameron:
You have to tip your hat to Chantelle Cameron. She needs to get more recognition. People need to give her her props, her respect. She’s an unbelievable fighter.
On MVPW-06’s viewership:
The truth is more people saw Mikaela Mayer and Chantelle Cameron fight tonight than the other fight because that’s on pay-per-view behind a paywall, and we’re on Sky Sports here [in the UK] and ESPN 2 and ESPN+in the US. So, we feel like we gave our fighters a great platform to showcase their abilities.
On MVP’s marketing:
Platform, positioning, and push. That’s what we’re doing with these athletes, and we’re going to continue to invest in them. This is a long-term play, but from day one, we’ve told the world and represented that these are some of the best fighters, and ESPN agrees, Sky agrees, and fans from time to time have agreed with big events. Sometimes fans need a little bit more convincing on women’s boxing, but we’re here to stay. These athletes are showing you the reason that you need to show up to these events.
On MVP’s partnership with Sky Sports:
I think we have a great partnership with them. It’s the best platform in the UK from our perspective for sports, and we’re thrilled to grow this relationship.
On MVP’s dominance in women’s combat sports:
We have a leadership position in women that we’re only going to triple down on. The reality is there are two maybe three fighters in the world that are not a part of our brand that prohibit us from being the 100% reference point for the sport. So, that’s a position we’re going to protect and grow.
MIKE LEANARDI (HEAD OF BOXING, MVP) QUOTES
On Terri Harper:
So, as Nakisa [Bidarian] alluded to earlier, something that we’ve been speaking about with Terri [Harper] and her team is going up to super lightweight for an opportunity for Terri [Harper] to become a four-weight world champion. Don’t have to tell you all. It’s a very rare thing. I think super lightweight looked pretty good on you tonight, Terri.
CHANTELLE CAMERON QUOTES:
On her performance:
I think that probably was one of my best performances. I think obviously I need to watch it back, but I did get a bit silly in there. I think emotions, my energy, I just switched off a bit, and I shouldn’t have done that because I ended up getting cut. I was having fun, and I enjoyed it. That’s what boxing is about. Go in there, have fun, and get the wins.
On the terms of her future rematch vs. Mayer:
Hopefully, if we’re going to do this rematch, we’re going to do three-minute rounds. This fight was on Mikaela’s [Mayer’s] terms. She wanted the twos. She wanted the weight. She wanted to have her name first, which was absolutely fine because we’re going to get into that. If it was on her terms, I think now the rematch we’ve got to do the three-minute rounds. If we’ve got to vacate the WBC, which hopefully, if the WBC can come to terms with three-minute rounds, then we can put that on, but I’m going to speak to my team, Mike [Leanardi], Nakisa [Bidarian], and I would like to fight for three-minute rounds. If that means vacating the WBC again, I don’t mind doing that.
On enjoying her bout vs. Mayer:
I hope everyone enjoyed the fight. I really enjoyed it.
On her preparation for the bout:
I’m dedicated when I’m in the gym, and I do everything I’m told. I just had to go in there and enjoy it. That’s what I did.
On Mayer’s performance:
I was feeling her energy that she didn’t want to be there. I do think she did start coming on in the end rounds, but I could feel that she didn’t want to be in there. She knew that she was in with the wrong girl, and she knew that I was just going to outclass her all night, and I was going to beat her up, and I did that.
On where this win ranks amongst her best wins:
I’m going to say it’s my best win.
On becoming unified for the second time:
To become unified again for the second time is pretty special.
On Mayer:
I did genuinely really respect her, and I was a fan of her, but the way she’s carried on, I just think she’s made a bit of a fool of herself and egged me. I was looking at her before the bell rang and I just thought I really am gonna beat you up and smash your head in if I’m honest.
On Mayer’s strength:
So the way I realized that she’s not as strong as me was because she was trying to like badge me and push me, but I was going nowhere, and I wasn’t really trying. I thought a bit embarrassing for you. So, I knew that when we were going to go into the fight tonight, she wasn’t going to be pushing me back. I’ll just box her head off.
On her attitude during fight week:
I say it all the time, talk is cheap. I think the way I did act this week was probably out of character because I don’t like to like go on like that. I think it’s a bit foolish, but she [Mikaela Mayer] did. She pushed the wrong buttons.
On potentially fighting in the US:
I wouldn’t mind a little trip to the USA.
CAROLINE DUBOIS QUOTES
On figuring out Moore’s plan in the ring:
I felt like I figured her out from the first round. I felt like I knew what she was going to do. I’m not someone who’s going to come out and throw a million and one punches.
On Moore’s performance:
I felt like she was a lot tougher than what I expected. She came to win, and she tried her hardest, but at the end of the day, it’s not about being the toughest; it’s about being the most skillful. And that’s what I was tonight.
On where she ranks Moore amongst her past opponents:
I think that Amelia [Moore] is maybe not as technically sound as Terri Harper, but I think she’s braver. I think she has more heart, so I would probably rank her as the highest.
On implementing her training in the ring:
I want to go back and watch this fight, but I hope that I was able to show what we worked on a little bit and the development.
On women fighting two-minute rounds:
It’s a shame that women only fight two-minute rounds because we’re not able to build as much, but I feel like I build as the fight goes on.
On wanting to fight Stephanie Han next:
Nakisa [Bidarian] flew me out earlier this year to watch Stephanie [Han] fight against Holly Holm. I went to the press conference afterwards. I wasn’t afraid to come to the press conference, and I called her out openly there and then. She promised me, we shook hands on it, that this is the fight that’s going to happen, and I intend to hold her to that. I want to fight Stephanie Han next.
On Alycia Baumgardner:
She’s [Alycia Baumgardner] tried as hard as she can to dismiss me and make it seem like I’m not on her level, but I am. I’m the world champion, and she’s [Alycia Baumgardner] moving up to my division. I think that this is the biggest fight in women’s boxing.
On Baumgardner vs. Turhan:
I hope that she [Alycia Baumgardner] wins against Elif [Nur Turhan], but you never know; maybe it’s Elif [Nur Turhan] who wins, and it’ll be me and her facing off for undisputed. So, let’s not try and overlook Elif [Nur Turhan].
TERRI HARPER QUOTES:
On what she wants for her future:
I think I just want it all to be fair. Legacy, big fights, world titles, and just to enjoy what I do.
On her performance vs. Miranda Reyes:
It was just a punch perfect performance for me. I think I just got into the flow straight away from the first bell.
On following her game plan:
I think the game plan worked perfectly, and it went much better than I anticipated.
On fighting at 140 lbs:
I think that performance tonight shows how 140 feels. Obviously I have to cut for the weight and be on a strict diet and stuff, but it’s a lot more comfortable to make, and I feel big and strong and I refueled good after yesterday’s weigh-in.
On who she’ll fight next:
Whatever fight is offered to me, I want to take.
On her plans for the future:
I think for me, I’ll just sit back, enjoy this win, and wait for MVP to tell me who I fight next.
On wanting to fight in the US:
I’ve boxed in Sheffield all my life, and a dream of mine is to box in the US. So whatever fight I could have in the US, I would appreciate that.
On the highs and lows of boxing:
Boxing’s tough. It’s a tough sport. I won’t lie, there’s probably about 50 times this camp where I think, right, I’m done. I’m retiring. I needed that performance tonight. I needed that win. It’s pushed me back up, and it’s all part of the sport, the highs and the lows. I love it.
About Most Valuable Promotions (MVP):
Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) is a global combat sports and entertainment company built for the next generation of athletes and fans. The company operates across boxing, mixed martial arts, live events, media, content, athlete development, and global distribution, with a fighter-first philosophy centered on equitable compensation, maximum visibility, and long-term brand building.
Led by co-founders Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian and Chief Executive Officer John Martin and backed by founding investors 885 Capital & Knighthead, MVP promotes some of the world’s biggest combat sports events and represents a roster of nearly 400 elite athletes, including world champions, titleholders, contenders, and emerging stars. MVP’s portfolio includes MVP, MVPW, and MVP MMA, bringing together premier boxing and mixed martial arts properties under one global brand.
Through partnerships with leading media and distribution platforms including Netflix, ESPN, Sky Sports, and an extensive international network reaching fans across more than 170 countries, MVP delivers world-class competition and entertainment to audiences worldwide. By combining elite athletes, premium live events, compelling storytelling, and global media reach, MVP is building the future of combat sports.
