Keep up with live results and observations from the first-ever Zuffa Boxing event at Meta APEX in Las Vegas.

Dana White is not a person who sugarcoats failure, and he clearly has no plans to start doing it now. Zuffa Boxing’s debut was not what the UFC brass expected.

Fronted by White, bankrolled by Saudi Arabia and operated by Nick Khan, Zuffa promises to be a formidable presence in the sport.

“I’m making my Zuffa debut on March 8 here in the (Meta) APEX,” Opetaia confirmed to hosts Molly Qerim and Mike Coppinger during the post-fight show. The bout will also serve as the anticipated U.S. debut for the 30-year-old southpaw from Sydney.

WWE commentator Joe Tessitore has now been announced as a part of the upcoming Zuffa Boxing broadcast team.

Zuffa Boxing 1, headlined by Callum Walsh vs Carlos Ocampo, is the promotion’s official first event, and kicks off a ground-breaking broadcast deal with Paramount+. The streamer aired the show in the US and UK, but international fans were able to watch on a free YouTube stream.

Dana White promised disruption with his foray into the world of boxing, and fans got it, just not in the way many expected. Zuffa Boxing officially went live with Zuffa Boxing 01 on Paramount+, marking the first event under White’s long-teased boxing venture and the UFC’s new broadcast era.

Eddie Hearn believes Dana White's two biggest products are about to clash with one another. The Matchroom Boxing promoter continues to insist that he is not thr