{"id":502863,"date":"2026-02-25T09:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502863\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:49:09","slug":"conor-benns-signing-is-flex-from-dana-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/502863\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor Benn\u2019s signing is ‘flex’ from Dana White"},"content":{"rendered":"

Demetrious
\nJohnson<\/a> believes Dana White wanted to show his competitors his
\nmight by signing Conor Benn to Zuffa Boxing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Benn, who is still far from the pinnacle of boxing, recently made
\nheadlines by signing with Zuffa Boxing. Benn parted ways with
\nlongtime promoter Eddie Hearn and signed with Zuffa overnight for
\nreportedly a $15 million one-fight deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Johnson, Benn\u2019s signing is a flex from the
\nUFC<\/a> head honcho. Johnson believes White isn\u2019t concerned about
\nthe sustainability of deals like Benn\u2019s. \u201cMighty Mouse\u201d believes
\nWhite just wanted to show his competitors what they are up against
\nby signing Benn for $15 million.<\/p>\n

Because He Can
\n
\n\u201c$15 million for one fight is crazy,\u201d Johnson said on YouTube.
\n\u201cBecause, what\u2019s gonna happen after this fight? Is the $15 million
\nworth having Conor Benn? It’s the first time I’ve heard of him.
\nFrom what everybody tells me, he is a very good boxer. But is
\nKhamzat
\nChimaev<\/a> making $15 million? Is Ilia
\nTopuria<\/a> making $15 million? Is Merab
\nDvalishvili<\/a> making $15 million? We don’t know because those
\nnumbers are always hidden, but I truly believe it’s a flex from
\nDana White paying Conor Benn $15 million\u2026 Dana White did it out of
\nspite. Dana White did it because he can do that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Demetrious Johnson believes Dana White wanted to show his competitors his might by signing Conor Benn to Zuffa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[4225,64,63,802,44,85],"class_list":["post-502863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502863","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=502863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}