{"id":619051,"date":"2026-04-21T15:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/619051\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:18:17","slug":"zuffa-boxing-planning-first-event-outside-of-the-apex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/619051\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuffa Boxing planning first event outside of the Apex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxing-social.com\/news\/zuffa-boxing-news-failed-experiment-fighters-warning\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zuffa Boxing<\/a> is closing in on a key milestone. The promotion is finalizing plans for its first event outside of the UFC Apex.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources who spoke with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brunchboxing\/status\/2046585353998311729?s=46\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brunch Boxing,<\/a> the company is targeting an early summer date. The event is expected to take place in California. That move signals a shift toward a broader live audience.<\/p>\n<p>Zuffa appears ready to showcase one of its top signings. Brandun Lee is being lined up for the card. His inclusion would give the event immediate credibility.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6314.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123959\"\/>Brandun Lee. Photo Credit: Showtime <\/p>\n<p>Lee enters the Zuffa Boxing spotlight with an unbeaten record of 30 wins and 23 knockouts. He has built a reputation as a dangerous and disciplined, albeit recently inactive, fighter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last June, Lee delivered a dominant showing in Newark, New Jersey. He outpointed Elias Araujo over eight rounds without losing a single frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, Lee has competed exclusively at junior welterweight. However, his upcoming fight will mark a change. He is expected to move up to welterweight for his\u00a0Zuffa debut. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm text-body dark:text-gray-300 m-0 mb-2\">Matthew Brown is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, and head writer of Brunch Boxing Media.  Matthew also serves as the host of the Brunch Boxing podcast, where he co-hosts with Ezra Hernandez to deliver in-depth interviews, discussions on fights, prospects, and industry developments. He is a member of the TBRB, and is based in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-wider no-underline text-primary dark:text-white\/80 hover:opacity-70\" href=\"https:\/\/boxing-social.com\/author\/brunchboxingqagmail-com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View all articles \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zuffa Boxing is closing in on a key milestone. The promotion is finalizing plans for its first event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,711,232479,49,48,82,75400],"class_list":["post-619051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-brandun-lee","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-zuffa-boxing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}