{"id":396748,"date":"2026-01-07T04:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/396748\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T04:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:40:14","slug":"dana-whites-zuffa-boxing-debuts-jan-23-at-ufc-apex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/396748\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing debuts Jan. 23 at UFC Apex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), the inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/3\/5\/24378404\/done-deal-ufc-dana-white-turki-alalshikh-create-new-boxing-promotion-historic-announcement-tko\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zuffa Boxing<\/a> event will take place on Fri., Jan. 23, 2026 \u2014 one day before UFC 324 \u2014 inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/382564\/paramount-cbs-is-the-front-runner-for-zuffa-boxing-media-rights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stream live on Paramount+<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">MMA Fighting\u2019s Damon Martin first reported the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While no bouts have been officially announced and a main event has yet to be revealed, several names have already signed with the promotion, according to veteran boxing reporter Dan Rafael. Those fighters include former WBA super Lightweight champion Jose Valenzuela (14-3), former WBA (Regular) Welterweight champion Radzhab Butaev (15-1), undefeated super Featherweight Justin Viloria (11-0), WBO NABO super Featherweight titleholder Eridson Garcia (23-1), WBO Global Middleweight champion Vito Mielnicki Jr. (22-1), and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Misael Rodriguez (14-0).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Zuffa Boxing plans to hold 12 events throughout 2026, with every card airing exclusively on Paramount+, further strengthening the platform\u2019s growing relationship with the UFC and its combat sports portfolio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">White has long teased his desire to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/9\/25\/24253969\/dana-white-offers-details-on-2025-boxing-plans-im-coming-in-guns-blazing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fix<\/a>\u201d boxing by applying the UFC\u2019s promotional model to the sweet science, and this launch represents his first real attempt to do so since the original Zuffa Boxing concept was shelved nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI\u2019m excited to bring great boxing events to a global audience,\u201d White said. \u201cThere are millions of boxing fans that will now be able to watch competitive fights with up-and-coming boxers as well as the biggest stars in the sport. Paramount will be the home for UFC and boxing fans to watch the greatest fights in combat sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">To checkout the latest boxing-related news and notes click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), the inaugural Zuffa Boxing event will take place on Fri.,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,43957,40762,85],"class_list":["post-396748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}