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NIck Khan Explains How Zuffa Boxing Can Benefit Fighters
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NIck Khan Explains How Zuffa Boxing Can Benefit Fighters

KO On SI·Rashad Grove·about 1 month ago
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Since its January 2026 launch, Zuffa Boxing is looking to change the game with its centralized, UFC-style league model. Backed by TKO Group Holdings and Saudi Arabia’s Sela, the promotion has secured major broadcast deals with Paramount+ and Sky Sports, disrupting traditional promotional monopolies. By signing elite talent like Jai Opetaia and Conor Benn, Zuffa aims to utilize a "best-versus-best" matchmaking philosophy that shifts the global power dynamic of professional boxing.  If that’s not enough, Nick Khan, President of the WWE, revealed all the perks that Zuffa boxers will receive. Jai Opetaia | IMAGO / AAP Khan lays out what Zuffa Boxers can expect "This provides an additional option,” Khan said to the Senate Commerce Committee . “So, the current state of boxing would continue to exist. If the fighter wants to go into that, please feel free to sign with those promoters." “If you want a chance to be something bigger over a shorter period of time, on a platform.…

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