Floyd Schofield vs Lucas Bahdi: Live blog and results, round-by-round updates!

Floyd Schofield and Lucas Bahdi will fight for the vacant WBA lightweight title tonight on DAZN, headlining a Golden Boy Promotions card from Chicago.

The unbeaten Schofield and Bahdi have both been inactive in 2026 until now, but they’re coming back with the biggest fight of their careers. We’ll also see Ricardo Sandoval defend his WBC and WBA flyweight titles against Sergio Mendoza and more!

Live updates will start at 8 pm ET, with results and analysis for the undercard, and then live, round-by-round updates for the main event. Join us!

Schofield vs Bahdi live blog and results

Floyd Schofield III vs Lucas Bahdi

• Round 11: Bahdi’s corner telling him he’s going to need the knockout. But before the round can actually start, they’re taking a look at damage done inside his mouth and also maybe the swelling around his eye. But we go on. Bahdi lands one and Schofield is ruled down within the first minute of the round! Not sure that was a clean knockdown, actually, but it makes up for the one that was actually missed. Schofield also didn’t argue much there. Replay shows it WAS a bad call, a foot stepped on. Schofield landing some counters but he does not seem to be in any big rush trying to land in return or whatever. Bahdi 10-8, Schofield 107-101

• Round 10: Schofield has done the smarter, more effective thing as this has gone along. He’s tried his best to stay disciplined, he’s not throwing as much, but he’s landing more and he’s still moving well, the gas tank looks solid in that regard. Bahdi may be buzzed a bit again with about 35 seconds left in the round, but Schofield doesn’t try to pounce, may not have even noticed that one. Schofield 10-9, 98-91

• Round 9: Another slower round. Bahdi lands a glancing blow late in the round, ugly and not how he meant to land it, but it landed, and Schofield’s right knee touched down. That one should have been a knockdown. But as it is, Schofield won the round. Schofield 10-9, 88-82

• Round 8: Schofield isn’t the best stance-switcher but he does have some effectiveness in this fight when he turns southpaw, which he does in this round, and it’s a good one. Again, Mannix on DAZN disagreed with my score last round, but I really think when this fight slows down it has favored Schofield. And I think it’s hard to sell a judge on Bahdi “trying to push the fight” in this mode because he’s also not throwing much. He’s not a volume guy, and he doesn’t really want to try leading the action here. He has to land big shots to win rounds. Schofield 10-9, 78-73

• Round 7: Feels like there’s something in the air right now. Lot of empty seats in the Wintrust — sad! — but there’s a little energy to them all the same, and you can feel those shifts. One of those fights. This is actually a very straightforward sort of fight, interesting to watch. Good damn fight, in other words. I feel like we see Schofield just a bit out of ideas, honestly. But I think the slower pace of the round favored him. Schofield 10-9, 68-64

• Round 6: Bahdi has some cleverness in his punch choice. He pulls little surprises here and there. He’s better than just a guy that scored one KO. And Bahdi is clipping him and hurt him a bit, and I think Schofield felt something real there, because he started throwing back and landed good shots, too. Good right hands again from Bahdi. Schofield needs work in the closer quarters. Bahdi with a right and Schofield is hurt badly! Schofield falls but it’s called a slip. His eyes don’t look great, though. There’s a little panic in there and Schofield is on his bike. But Schofield throws back now! Hell yeah! That’s one way to survive the round. Bahdi 10-9, Schofield 58-55

• Round 5: The bouncing of Schofield may be him burning energy at a rate that will not be helpful late. Bahdi probably getting hit more overall, but he’s not “wasting” any energy with his pace. But if Schofield can hold this with his stamina, it’s a major advantage, obviously. Some booing this round as Schofield is more purposely avoiding action; he’s doing it strategically, but yeah, it’s him purposely trying not to get touched on the way in or out. And it worked this round. Schofield 10-9, 49-45

• Round 4: On a look back, a shot did land, and Schofield did feel it to the body. But it did land after the bell, period. Schofield with a really good shot late in the round. And then Bahdi lands a good one and that wobbled the knees of Schofield a little. Good round. It’s a good fight! Bahdi 10-9, Schofield 39-36

• Round 3: Bahdi hurt, and Schofield is throwing hands! Bahdi trying to cover up, legs aren’t gone on him, but he got buzzed in there. But he forces a break and a little reset in the action. Schofield clips him again, Bahdi again bulldozes Schofield to the floor when hurt. Referee better get control of that fast, that’s just such an easy way for someone to tear an MCL or something. Bahdi knocked back and into the ropes, and the ref rightly calls a knockdown! Big, statement round for Schofield, and Bahdi does land late, and Schofield falls, but it was after the bell even if it was a punch. Schofield 10-8, 30-26

• Round 2: Schofield starting a bit more aggressive this round, but Bahdi doesn’t seem afraid of that, he has the heavy hands and he’s looking for the spots to use them. Gets close a couple times. Bahdi getting clipped between punches too, though, and Schofield is winning the fight. There’s not nothing to worry about coming back from Bahdi, but Schofield seems very well prepared for this, he’s moving around, getting shots in, and controlling the tempo. Schofield 10-9, 20-18

• Round 1: Feeling out opener, really. Think Schofield in particular wanted to gauge what Bahdi might want to do, wanted to see what he might show. Not much! But Schofield won the round, what there was in it. Schofield 10-9

Sergio Mendoza def. Ricardo Sandoval by TKO in Round 5

• Mendoza wins WBC and WBA flyweight titles

• This was an upset, but it was a fight I had a little inkling about coming in. Sandoval was supposed to fight Oscar Collazo, who pulled out with an injury. Sandoval hadn’t fought in 15 months, he needed to fight, needed to defend his belts. In place of Collazo — a 5’2″, 105 lb champ coming up two divisions — he faced Mendoza, who is 5’8″ and a natural flyweight. That’s a jarring change in the opponent you at least started preparing to face, and combine that with a long layoff, and you had the makings of a tough night for Sandoval, which it was. Mendoza (28-1, 24 KO) put Sandoval (27-3, 18 KO) down three times in total and earned the stoppage. Sandoval did try to get back into it after a pair of second round knockdowns, and he looked good in the fourth, but then he got caught again. Mendoza was patient, saw the opening, and decked him again, took advantage of it. It was a tremendous performance for Sergio Mendoza, obviously the biggest win of his career, he’s now a unified world champion — you got to see a 26-year-old fighter step into a huge situation unexpectedly, and he delivered in at least one of the greatest nights of his young life. Congratulations to him.

Jahmal Harvey def. Pedro Castaneda by TKO in Round 3

• Harvey (5-0, 4 KO) continues to look sharp as he develops and gets his career going. It’s lower level, absolutely, but he’s showing some one-shot power to go with his finely-tuned skills from being a standout amateur and spending years now honing his craft. He’s one to be excited about at 135, a serious prospect and was a really good get by MVP.

Jan Paul Rivera def. Abraham Perfecto by Unanimous Decision

• Official Scores: 99-89 from all three judges

• Solid win for the 25-year-old Rivera, who improves to 17-0 (7 KO). Not sure of his ultimate upside, but I think he might be a fairly high-floor kind of guy, too. He has a pleasant style, not an action star, but easy to watch, doesn’t allow for lulls. Not a big puncher, but throws his hands and stays active in there. And this was an easy fight to watch. Perfecto (14-3, 9 KO) got dropped once and Rivera was penalized a point, so it was really a clean sweep for Rivera, and deserved.

How to watch Schofield vs Bahdi

Start time: 8 pm ET

Streaming: DAZN (subscription required)

Location: Wintrust Arena – Chicago, IL

Schofield vs Bahdi full lineup

Main Event

• Floyd Schofield vs Lucas Bahdi, lightweights, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA title

Undercard

• Ricardo Sandoval vs Sergio Mendoza, flyweights, 12 rounds, for Sandoval’s WBC and WBA titles

• Jahmal Harvey vs Pedro Castaneda, lightweights, 8 rounds

• Jan Paul Rivera vs Abraham Perfecto, super featherweights, 10 rounds