Nakisa Bidarian
On MVP achieving the Guinness World Records of most world championship belts ever contested on a fight card, male or female, for Taylor vs. Serrano 3:
“MVP has been around for four years and [just got] its own Guinness World Record. Amanda already has her own Guinness World Record, so we’re glad to join her. Thank you everybody for being here. Nobody lost tonight. Nobody lost. First of all, we want to thank Madison Square Garden for their partnership. It’s been an unbelievable journey with them starting in 2022 to calling them six months ago and saying, “We want to do an all women’s card.” And they jumped right in. And even though many within the boxing landscape, including Eddie Hearn, have said, “Why would you do an all-women’s card? It doesn’t work.” Guess what? It fucking worked. Okay? You saw unbelievable talent out there fight after fight and we were honored to be working with these athletes. Sold out 19,721 people in attendance. A gate of $2.63 million. The biggest gate of any boxing event headlined by two women. And this is an all women’s card. So let’s hear it for Amanda Serrano, Katie Taylor, and all the other amazing athletes on this card. Twice, double the gate of Taylor-Serrano 1. That’s how far they’ve come. Amanda said to us, “You guys have changed my life. I’m forever grateful.” But the reality is, she’s changed our life. We started in this business less than four years ago, and we had a vision for women’s boxing, and she’s the trailblazer that helped us achieve it. To be at this point here today, Her and Katie obviously have played a role together, but that’s a 115 pound woman who’s fought at 126 for most of the past three years, coming up to 136 pounds to fight Katie Taylor and putting on an incredible show every time.”
On the performance of the night:
“A lot of debate between Jake, myself, and Laila [Ali] on the performance bonus. I think there’s an argument to be made that, you know, the money should be split. There’s an argument to be made that this person or that person won. But ultimately when we sat back and looked at it, who was the biggest underdog? Who was taking on the biggest challenge and who surprised people the most> Congratulations to The Sweet Terminator, Shadasia Green on winning $250,000. I still want you to sleep in cotton sheets though, because those silk sheets make you a little lazy sometimes.
Ultimately, the way we looked at it is [that] there were a lot of good fights, but really when you looked at Shadasia and Savannah and Katie and Amanda, those were very very close fights from our perspective that you didn’t know what was going to happen. Look, people say MVP, yeah, they signed Amanda Serrano, but she was already, you know, a seven division champion uh fighting for over 12 years, but we believed in Shadasia Green and we thought she could become champion and she had a loss and came back and became the WBO champion and tonight she became the unified champion and proved everybody wrong.”
On if Shadasia will fight Claressa Shields next:
“It’s really up to the fighters, right? We have a ton of respect for Clarissa regardless of the bullshit that goes back and forth on both sides. She’s a great fighter. She’s very accomplished. She’s a great showperson actually, right? She’s her own marching band in many ways. Grabs attention and that’s needed in the sport. It really is. So, we respect that. If Shadasia wants to do it, Jake and I are 100% down to do it.”
On Jake Paul as a promoter:
“There’s no promoter like him. and what he does in terms of charitable contributions, what he does in terms of Boxing Bullies, what he does for other athletes. There’s times when there’s news of some athlete being sick or needing help in the UK and he hits me up and he’s like, “Hey, let’s help this person out.” And I say, “Okay, no problem.” It’s his money, but sure.”
On what’s ahead for Puerto Rican talent with MVP:
“There’s so much amazing talent. Like it’s incredible. And we’re just working with Amanda Serrano behind the scenes as well as Jordan Maldonado to just continue to curate all the best Puerto Rican fighters. The roster continues to grow. More Puerto Rico events to come. And I think the fighters speak for themselves and continue to dominate and have amazing performances.”
On shining a spotlight on women’s boxing:
“ From top to bottom, we’re so proud of every fighter on this card, MVP or not. But Tamm came out and did what Tamm does. Congratulations to Tam on another dominant performance. Ramla Ali came back after 13 months against a very tough game opponent and put on a great show and we’re proud of her obviously. Chantelle Cameron had an extremely, extremely difficult fight week. She was in a hotel room at Heathrow for three days waiting to depart. She was on a plane on Wednesday night. So the jet lag hasn’t at all adjusted. and she came in and took on a very tough opponent. Alicia Bombgardner told me how tough Jessica was and Chantelle showed out. I mean, that’s a world class athlete right there. It was unbelievable. And then look, shout out to Shurretta Metcalf to get to where she got to. She’s signed to MVP. She will be fighting with us again. And Sugar’s made history as the first Australian male or female undisputed champion. And then you look at the main card and look, we kept saying Ellie Scottney is the most talented fighter in the UK under the age of 30 and she looked unbelievable out there against a very, very tough opponent in Yamieth. And then the rest of the card, obviously Shadasia and Savannah both signed to MVP, put on a spectacular show and we believed she ultimately won the performance bonus. Alycia was fighting Jennifer Miranda who was coming up from 126lbs, but Jennifer looked like the much bigger fighter in that ring. It was kind of surprising and you know, Alycia dominated as we expected that she would. And then Amanda and Katie followed a new game plan and a new strategy and they really showed the world what skill in boxing is, right? Someone sent me a message and said, “Are they being hesitant?” I said, “No, they’re just not brawling. That’s all it is.” And I think it was an impressive display.”
Jake Paul
On the historic card tonight:
“The fights have been all very, very close, and I’m just proud of the women in general. I think that’s what I said to them in the ring. I said everybody won tonight—women’s boxing, MVP, all these people here. And I think we pretty much won every fight on the card. So there’s so much amazing talent coming up. Alycia, Ellie Scotney, Sugar, Neekz.. So it was just overall a win, and I’m just super proud to be a part of this. But it’s really just all credit to them.
On Guinness World Record
It’s incredible. We got a Guinness World Record. I used to fake these on my YouTube videos, acting like I won like 20 of them. I’m just happy to be here and it was an incredible night all the way through. We made history, broke numbers and this is what MVP’s done in just four years—less than four years—of us two [Nakisa and I] and just doing it ourselves. It’s just a testament to what we’re capable of. But it’s really the women at the end of the day and the rest of our fighters continuing to put on amazing performances. After every fight, I just kept on, you know, saying to myself, I was like, “Dude, this is why women’s boxing is on top. I’m more entertained watching all these fights tonight than multiple other promotional events from our competitors.”
On Shadasia Green being MVP’s second-ever signee and winning performance bonus
It’s absolutely amazing. She’s a legend and she went out there and performed in the biggest moment yet. And we’re just so honored that we’ve been with her, rocking with her for a while now. and she believed in us and we just continue to prove ourselves as promoters.
On if Shadasia can beat Claressa Shields and if she’ll fight her next
“Clarissa? She’s going to beat the shit out of her.”
Yeah, let’s get it. Let’s do it. You know, business is business and that’s one of the biggest fights that can be made in boxing. So, we’re here to do that. That’s what we do at MVP. The name speaks for itself and we’re ready.”
On Canelo vs. Crawford
“No one knows who Terence Crawford is. I think my mom has more followers than him, not even kidding.”
Katie Taylor
On Amanda Serrano
I’m just so grateful for Amanda Serrano. What an amazing champion. And we created history together three times. My name will always be embedded with hers forever. I’m very very happy about that. What we’ve been able to create over these last few years has been unbelievable. It’s amazing to have a rival like that in the sport. And this has brought [the world to] an event like this tonight, an all-female card, because of what myself and Amanda have been able to do to produce over the last few years. Both myself and Amanda are just sitting back very very proud right now.
The whole game plan tonight was to not let her feet set. I knew I was capable of a performance like that in the other two fights as well, but I just got caught up in a bit of a war [in our first] two fights. I’m so happy that I was able to stay disciplined tonight and just outbox her.
On headlining an all female card:
“Absolutely unbelievable to be part of a show like this and to be headlining an all female card. It was an absolute privilege. These are the sort of opportunities that people didn’t think were even possible a few years ago.”
On her performance
“I thought I showed a very smart performance, a very clever performance. This performance I knew I was capable of against Amanda. The two fights previously ended up as complete wars and I came out of the ring battered and bruised and I’m thinking, what? Why am I just standing there fighting with our newest cable and moving my legs like that? I’m just outboxing her and I’m just happy I was able to produce that tonight and execute the game plan that Ross has been telling me to do all along. So yeah, I’m very very satisfied right now.”
“I think just my movement was causing her a bit of trouble. My footwork was causing her trouble and she wasn’t able to set her feet. I’m not sure what was going through her mind. But I think I just made the fight a bit easier for myself. […] I used the ring a lot better tonight. My feet were very good tonight. I felt fresh in there. I felt sharp in there. I [could see] that the punch was coming. So yeah, I definitely felt like it was my kind of fight.”
On retirement:
“I don’t know. I’m just going to enjoy this victory right now and um sit back, reflect, and then I’ll make a decision and that’s it. But very very happy with tonight’s performance and just the amount of work that we put in over the last few months, myself and Ross. It was uh a grueling few months in preparation for these kind of fights and I’m so glad I was able to showcase what I could do tonight.”
On future Croke Park match:
“Maybe in Croke Park. That would be unbelievable.”
On the support from fans:
“These people are spending their hard earned money to go over and support me. It just means the world honestly. I can’t believe that this is my life. I’m headlining the show at Madison Square Garden. I’m looking back on the whole journey. What an absolute what an amazing life. These are nights that I dreamed of as a kid and sitting here again as a winner. I’m so happy, so grateful.”
On if a trilogy with Chantelle Cameron is possible
I think Chantelle has to see if she can sell out 10,000 seat arena first. I don’t think she can sell out any stadium at all. I think I made her more money than she really deserves.
Alycia Baumgardner
On being co-main to Taylor-Serrano 3
“I first want to say I am so thankful to be here as a part of a historic event. I’m so thankful that MVP has taken the time and given the women the opportunity to showcase their skills and just be under the lights tonight was an awesome experience.”
On getting back in the ring
“Yeah, I was happy to be back in there. You guys have to understand it’s been two years since I’ve done a 10 round fight. So, just to be back in there to get those rounds meant everything to me. So, I was just enjoying every round that I could when I was in there.”
On if she’d challenge Amanda Serrano or Katie Taylor
“I definitely would love the challenge with either fighter.”
On what drove her successful undisputed title defense
“It was the grit. It was the bite down. [My trainer] said, you know, go forward. I knew that I couldn’t get my jab off the way I typically do to find that range and so we just kept the fight to go forward and just, you know, dig deep.”
On the main event Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano
“I thought the main event was perfect. A lot of fans were probably expecting a fight like the second fight, but these are two smart fighters. You know, they know how to box. They know how to use the ring. They have experience and I think they made the fight very clear on who the winner was. And again, they box smart. You guys have to understand, I know y’all like a blood bath, but you know, we got brains at the end of the day that we got to take care of. So, they did a great job in there boxing and showing the skill set that women do have.
On Jennifer Miranda
She had a smarter game plan in terms of what to engage in and what not to engage in. You know what I mean? So, you know, she definitely kept her distance on not wanting to come in. And just like anything, you make adjustments as you go. We have an idea on what somebody’s going to fight like, but we also make the adjustments each round. And so that’s what I was doing [My corner] was saying, you know, boxing, pressing, and making it ugly.
On working with Derrick James
Yeah, it’s been a great experience. When you start with a new trainer, you have to get a feel of everything. You have to understand how that’s going to feel in the fight. It’s one thing to be in training camp. It’s another thing to be in a fight. And I liked what I had in the corner this time. At the end of the day, it is up to Alycia Baumgardner to do what she has to do. I can have you in my corner, but it is up to me to to decide what I got to do. So, at this stage in my life, I need a team that’s going to encourage me in there and let me know what I need to do. But ultimately, it’s up to me. So, I enjoyed my corner tonight.
On what’s next for her
“Listen, the sky is the limit, y’all. I’m so excited to be with MVP and I know they have something exciting for me coming up and for the future. So many options to move up to 135, make these big super fights. These are the challenges that I need. I want to fight, and I want to fight an experienced fighter who’s going to bring just as much challenge as I am. That’s what’s going to make me great and that’s what’s going to make me be set apart from the rest of the women in boxing.
“My inspiration just comes from the growth that I want for myself as a woman, as an athlete and what I’m able to possess in the ring. You know, I’ve been boxing for 23 years and I’m still growing. I don’t even think I’ve hit my prime yet. So, there’s just so much more to tap into and I have a great team who’s allowing that to come out.”
On the evolution of women’s boxing and what’s next for the sport
“The next evolution is just women knowing who they are each and every day. I think we’ve seen through the fight week with the looks and being a beauty, being a beast, being in our femininity, but also being the warriors that we are when it comes to fight night. So, it’s just like showing two
different sides, but also knowing that we have a job to do and to clock in.
Shadasia Green
On what Savannah Marshall told her post-fight–and if Marshall thinks Green can beat Claressa Shields
“Savannah told me something today. I don’t know if I should share it, but she said she said to me today—which I didn’t even realize that she might have had noticed—-but she said “You need to have more belief in yourself. I’ve never been in the ring with somebody like you, that hits as hard as you do.” She said, “I’ve been in the ring with [Claressa Shields] and you could take her out.” And I’m like damn, you know hearing that from Savannah? And Savannah can punch too. I’m not sitting up here saying making it seem like that wasn’t a tough fight. So I would love to fight Clarissa Shields and when the time comes and it’s big, let’s do it.”
On receiving the $250k Performance of the Night bonus, and if she’ll buy anything
“I don’t live like that. […] I’m going to relocate my wife and my family to a better neighborhood so we can be safe before I get kidnapped. Maybe take my nieces and nephews to the water park, do something for my mom and pop. I got you, coach. I hear y’all. I see y’all looking.”
On training to face Savannah Marshall
“I’m just blessed and honored, man. Going into tonight, I meant everything I said this week, you know, and camp’s really been different, these last couple of camps dealing with my coaches being sick, in and out, and we showed up together as a unit today and we displayed greatness.”
On facing Savannah Marshall
“Shout out to Savannah Marshall. She was a tough cookie, man. She caught me with a good shot, too. Buckled my left leg. I ain’t never been hit like that before, but I’m just honored to be here today and be victorious. Thanks to the man upstairs, and thanks to these two fellas [Nakisa and Jake] for making this happen, Katie and Amanda, for real.”
On coming back from Franchon Crews-Dezurn loss to come out victorious tonight
“I had to go back to the drawing board and get my mental together. This game is definitely 90, 95% mental. If your mental ain’t intact, then you know… […] So that’s what I did. I went back to the drawing board, got myself together, reunited with my coaches and just tried to show up and be a better person. And self-belief. It’s funny. I was watching Jake fight Chavez Jr. last week and he said it in the ring and I shook my head. I was sitting in front of the TV and he just kept saying ‘self-belief, self-belief, self-belief.’ I think that’s what’s been missing from my career for a long time. Sometimes I’m hard on myself and I don’t always believe, but today I believe, and I’ve been believing all camp. I kept saying I’mma beat this girl. I kept saying that.”
On facing Claressa Shields
“I would love to fight Clarissa Shields. Of course, I want to go and rest or whatever, but I think that’s the fight to be made.”
On playing up or down to her competition:
“I just think it’s a lot of my ability you guys haven’t been able to see. I’ve always had this thing about me. Even when I play basketball, I always either play down to my competition or played up. It’s been a bad habit all my life. My mother has told me this my whole life. So, when you throw some names out there like I know I’ve got to be on my A game, and I find myself not slacking and my coaches don’t let me slack either. The best competition is always going to bring the best out of me.”
On what she learned from herself tonight
“I learned that that dog is still in me no matter what. I’m up for every challenge. I got that mean streak back—I thought I lost it. […] The mean streak is still alive and I’m glad to know that.”
Ellie Scotney
On adding the WBC title to her unified collection
“My nan—I always mention her because she was my biggest fan—and we always said ‘complete the collection’. So, I’m one step away from Undisputed and that’s what I want next.”
On being on Netflix and getting her name in front of the world
“Thanks to Netflix and MVP, they gave me a platform where I can really announce myself and I felt like I did that tonight. This is such a big journey with them and I feel like this is just the start.”
On 3-min rounds for women’s boxing
“’I’m 11-0 and I ain’t got a stoppage. I think I’d get a stoppage over 3 minutes and my brother would be a lot richer. He’s lost a fortune betting on it. So, yeah, if we had three minutes I’d get a stoppage. That’s my excuse.”
On preparing for facing Yamileth Mercado
“I’ll be honest with you, it’s been a hard camp. So, I felt like this camp showed me more who I am than anything else. I went in that ring and I felt like I [had been holding] a lot in, and it was let out tonight. So, it just showed me that I’m number one in the division. I believed that before, but I feel like this has cemented it—and it’s just the start.”
On when she’ll be back
“Definitely by the end of the year. I want to enjoy my Christmas this year.”
On losing friend Georgia O’Connor and having Georgia’s dad join her during her walk out
“Georgia was a a soul of the earth. Like if you ever met her or even if you heard her story, you’d realize what she was. And you know, we made a promise just before she passed. It was a blessing to see her get married. And you know, she battled cancer like it was nothing. I just felt like having her dad with me tonight was something that will live forever. I felt her there [in the ring with me]. So yeah, tonight was so much bigger than me. It was all for her. And I just yeah I felt like she was watching over me and that would be the biggest takeaway from tonight.”
Cherneka Johnson
On being part of history on Taylor vs. Serrano 3
“When I was out there and Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano were walking out, that stadium was absolutely electric. I had goosebumps and it was like ‘wow this is truly happening.’ To see that moment and to experience that feeling? It’s special.
“It’s absolutely awesome what everyone is doing. Everyone has their own, I guess, agendas and they obviously want to win the fights. But we all put in the hard work to get here and it’s not easy, but we show up anyway and we get the job done.”
On becoming the first Australian undisputed champion, male or female, in the 4 belt era
“It hasn’t hit me yet, I don’t think. It still sort of feels surreal to even be here and to be in this position.”
Ramla Ali
On the future of women’s boxing
“I think the future of women’s boxing is only growing. Look at the outcome tonight. Look how many people showed out to support women’s boxing. It’s exciting to be a part of and to see the growth and you know that those numbers are definitely growing and being more active with fights.”
On which fight was most special
“You have to give credit to every woman who stepped into the ring tonight, who showed out, who put in the 10, 12 weeks of hard work, who put everything on the line. You can’t fault that. So, I think every fight uh deserves its flowers.”
On her next fight
“I’ve been out of the ring for like 13 months now and I’ve also changed coaches. I was living in LA for 3 years. My father got sick so I moved back to London. I’ve got a new coach now. And when I started training with him, he asked me, “What is it you want to do?” And I just said to him, “I just want to take one fight at a time.” Cuz a couple years ago, I was like, “This is what I want. This is what I want. This is what I want.” And it never quite worked out. So I just became a bit superstitious. And now I’m just like, I just want to take whatever fight comes and just take it one by one.”
Tamm Thibeault
On what Taylor vs. Serrano 3 meant to her
“To be honest, I just feel really grateful like we were in a card stacked with women just as talented as each other. And, you know, [we] created new dreams tonight. I truly believe that what’s going to make women’s boxing grow is to get more people into it, start at the grassroots, and we’ve got to create dreams for that. We’ve got to create dreams for little girls who want to come up and be just like us, right?
I’ve said that from such a long time ago. The only way women’s boxing grows is if other women come out and support us. And they did today. Every woman in the crowd was cheering and it was just such a phenomenal movement to be a part of.
On fighting 3 min rounds
I fought three minute rounds for like eight years. Like we talk about this in the professionals, but we don’t talk about this in Olympic style boxing. The gap between men and women has been erased essentially. There’s equal value in both. And like we’re doing all right. Olympic champion as a female, Olympic champion as a male is the same. I’m not saying three minutes or two minutes is what’s best. Look, I’m not a doctor. It’s not my expertise. I’ve done three minutes
forever for most of my amateur career. I want to keep doing it. And if people want to do it, then so be it. But that’s on them.
On which fight she liked most
I think every fight was special in itself. That’s what makes this card so historic. You can’t really choose because you have people like Shadasia who are coming up as the underdog surpass themselves and you have two legends like Katie and Amanda fighting each other for a third time and you have Neeks [Johnson] over here who just became undisputed. [Every fight was] so big in itself, and they all deserve to be honored equally.
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About Most Valuable Promotions (MVP)
MVP was founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian in 2021. With the mission to provide more creative control to fighters, MVP works to identify, grow, and maximize return for its own events and talent partners. One year into its inception, MVP was nominated as one of the prestigious Sports Breakthroughs of the Year in 2022 by Sports Business Journal. MVP have produced Jake Paul’s last six global pay-per-view events, including the recent Paul vs. Perry match. The promotion company also signed one of the most decorated Hispanic athletes of all time, Amanda Serrano in its first year. Serrano and MVP made history in April of 2022 when Serrano went head to head with Katie Taylor, marking the first female fight to headline at Madison Square Garden, earning a nomination for Event of The Year by Sports Business Journal. MVP made history again in November 2024 with Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson and Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 2, the first-ever live professional sports event on Netflix. MVP’s Paul vs. Tyson streamed live globally on Netflix and shattered records, becoming the most-streamed sporting event ever with 108 million live viewers globally. Co-founder Nakisa Bidarian was an executive producer of Paul vs. Tyson and the historic Triller Presents Mike Tyson v. Roy Jones Jr., which was the 8th most bought pay-per-view event in history.
