MVP Appeals to WBA for Bahdi Rematch After Disputed Schofield Loss
Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions filed video evidence with the WBA claiming uncalled knockdowns cost Lucas Bahdi the lightweight title.
Most Valuable Promotions has formally challenged the result of Lucas Bahdi's loss to Floyd Schofield III and is requesting an immediate rematch.
Bahdi lost the vacant WBA lightweight world title fight on October 10 in Chicago by unanimous decision, with scorecards of 116-110, 115-111 and 119-108. According to MVP, the result would have been different if the referee had called what the promotion says were multiple uncalled knockdowns.
MVP submitted video footage and documentation to the WBA, claiming the evidence demonstrates "multiple significant officiating errors that directly impacted the outcome of the fight." The promotion's argument centers on the referee rather than the judges, per Boxing News 24. MVP says the missed knockdown calls prevented the judges from scoring mandatory 10-8 rounds, which skewed the totals across all three cards.
"Had these knockdowns been properly ruled and scored," MVP stated, Bahdi "would have been crowned champion." The promotion claims its adjusted analysis shows Bahdi would have won by majority decision.
MVP has formally requested an immediate rematch with the WBA. The sanctioning body has not yet ruled on the video review.
A rematch is far from guaranteed. Schofield won clearly on the official cards, and compelling him to face an opponent he already beat on points would require the WBA to find the officiating errors significant enough to warrant overturning the result in practice.
I watched the Bahdi vs. Schofield fight. It was competitive in stretches, and there were a couple of moments where you could argue Bahdi caught Schofield clean enough to warrant a knockdown call. But let's be real about the scorecards here.
One judge had it 119-108. That is a shutout. You are not flipping a shutout with two or three missed knockdown calls. Even if the WBA agrees the referee blew a couple of calls, the gap on the cards is enormous. MVP's math only works if you assume the judges would have scored those specific rounds 10-8 and every close round breaks Bahdi's way.
I like the move from a promotional standpoint. Jake Paul's team is doing what good promoters do: they are fighting for their fighter and keeping his name in the conversation. But expecting the WBA to order an immediate rematch based on a couple of debatable knockdowns against a fighter who won on all three cards? That is a heavy lift. Schofield earned that belt. If they want it, they should earn it back in the ring.
https://www.boxingnews24.com/2026/10/lucas-bahdi-seeks-schofield-rematch-over-knockdown-calls/
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