{"id":414827,"date":"2026-01-17T07:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/414827\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T07:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:19:07","slug":"zuffa-boxing-announces-first-fight-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/414827\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuffa Boxing Announces First Fight Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MixCollage-17-Jan-2026-12-40-AM-9869.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23923566\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Zuffa Boxing<\/p>\n<p>Zuffa Boxing is officially here.<\/p>\n<p>After months of preparation, TKO\u2019s Zuffa Boxing, led by UFC CEO Dana White and WWE President Nick Khan, has announced its first card and released its first trailer for the event.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Max Kellerman narrates Zuffa Boxing\u2019s kick-off promo \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T1f5ZMi54V\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/T1f5ZMi54V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ringmagazine\/status\/2012343056326906173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first Zuffa Boxing event is filled with the best up-and-coming talent, hungry and excited to prove that they will be future world champions,\u201d said UFC President and CEO Dana White. \u201cThe top three fights feature four fighters who are undefeated, including 15-0 Callum Walsh as he takes on the 38-3 Carlos Ocampo, who has more knockout victories than Callum has total professional fights and his last three wins have come by knockout. I\u2019m looking forward to bringing great fighters and incredible fights back to fight fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zuffa Boxing 1 will air on Paramount+ on Friday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">History starts here \ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n<p>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ZuffaBoxing01?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ZuffaBoxing01<\/a> main card is SET!<\/p>\n<p>Watch LIVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paramountplus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ParamountPlus<\/a> | 9pmET <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9JPZ1qb1Cf\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9JPZ1qb1Cf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zuffa_Boxing (@Zuffa_Boxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zuffa_Boxing\/status\/2012336571156922823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zuffa Boxing also announced that it had signed IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia to the promotion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Welcome to the Zuffa Boxing family! \ud83e\udd4a<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaiopetaia1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@JaiOpetaia1<\/a> is officially inked! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OcSPN9e5p9\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/OcSPN9e5p9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zuffa_Boxing (@Zuffa_Boxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zuffa_Boxing\/status\/2012319620641026150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zuffa Boxing Zuffa Boxing is officially here. 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