Melissa Mortensen left MVP x TikTok LIVE with a new belt, a cleaner record, and the kind of split decision that will have boxing fans arguing into breakfast. Mortensen edged Mayelli Flores for the vacant WBA super bantamweight title at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, California, winning on two cards by 95-94 while the third went 95-94 for Flores.
The official result only tells half the madness. Flores dropped Mortensen in round two, hurt her again later, and still watched the title leave with the unbeaten Danish fighter. Then the post-fight medical twist hit, with BoxingScene reporting that Flores was treated for a broken jaw after the title fight. That turns a close scorecard scrap into something much nastier than a normal undercard belt swing.
Watch the official event replay below.
Mortensen Survived The Knockdown And Stole The Belt
Mortensen came in unbeaten at 9-0 with five stoppage wins, but this was her first major world-title shot. Flores entered at 13-2-1 and had already been through the big-fight blender, including title shots against Yuliahn Luna Avila and Ellie Scotney. On paper, that made Flores the experienced problem. In the ring, it looked exactly that uncomfortable.
Round two nearly flipped the whole night. Flores dug in with body work, landed a hook downstairs, and put Mortensen on the canvas. Mortensen beat the count, but this was not some flash knockdown that vanished from the fight. Flores kept finding power moments, especially when she forced exchanges instead of letting Mortensen box at range.
Mortensen had her own answers. She banked combinations, kept working when Flores pressed, and did enough over ten rounds to convince two judges she had pulled the thing back by a single point. The official call was Melissa Mortensen def. Mayelli Flores by split decision, with scores of 95-94, 95-94 and 94-95. That is basically boxing’s version of arguing over the last slice of pizza, except everyone involved is bruised and one fighter reportedly needed treatment for her jaw.
The ring-walk clips show how much this fight mattered before the scorecards made it messy.
MAYELLI FLORES ENTERS THE RING!
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MELISSA MORTENSEN ENTERS THE RING!
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The result also keeps MVP’s women’s boxing push moving after Amanda Serrano and Lucrecia Manzur were booked to headline the TikTok launch. Mortensen now has a world title and a real name on her record, while Flores has a brutal medical headline attached to a fight she had every reason to believe was within reach.
There is a business layer here too. MVP has been loading up the women’s side of the sport, including its women’s boxing alliance with Matchroom and another major title schedule built around Mikaela Mayer vs. Chantelle Cameron. Mortensen just gave that machine a new champion, but Flores made sure nobody gets to call this one clean without ducking the debate.
