Dana White is setting vital plans in movement as he prepares for the inaugural Zuffa Boxing occasion.
White is establishing his presence within the boxing promotion panorama underneath the TKO banner, along with his partnership alongside Turki Alalshikh placing Zuffa Boxing firmly in movement. That imaginative and prescient takes its first massive step this weekend because the UFC CEO helps steer the extremely anticipated Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford showdown on Saturday, September 13, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
@Canelo vs @TerenceCrawford
[ #CaneloCrawford | Live ONLY on @Netflix | SEP 13 | 9pmET | #RiyadhSeasonCard ] pic.twitter.com/EXfNEWPlmu
— Zuffa_Boxing (@Zuffa_Boxing) September 12, 2025
Throughout a latest look on the Stephen A. Smith Present, introduced that undercard fighters could be eligible for Efficiency of the Evening and Struggle of the Evening bonuses, with $100,000 awarded for every honor.
The Canelo vs. Crawford undercard incorporates a whole of 9 bouts, that means each boxer apart from the headliners is eligible for the $100,000 bonuses supplied by Alalshikh.
UFC Followers Slam Dana White After He Pronounces $100K Bonuses For Canelo vs. Crawford Undercard
Dana White’s plan to award $100,000 bonuses completely to undercard fighters on the Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford boxing card contrasts with the UFC setup, the place usually two Efficiency of the Evening bonuses and one Struggle of the Evening bonus are handed out and all fighters are eligible.
Nevertheless, the announcement has ignited a wave of shock on social media, with MMA followers sharply criticizing the UFC CEO for not extending related $100,000 bonuses to UFC fighters.
UFC fighters seeing this, after going to struggle attempting to win a 50k bonus
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— RedWolf
(@RedWolfMMA) September 12, 2025
To allow them to’t do that for mma fighters too lol?
— Los
(@HushBulla) September 12, 2025
Is that this a joke? Can we get this dude like faraway from head of the UFC then?
— goofy ahh
(@OriyaMid) September 12, 2025
gotta really feel very dangerous for all of the ufc fighters he’s been selling for a lot longer
— Ben
(@butze_) September 12, 2025
UFC fighters are the step youngsters now
— DazMMA (@DazMMA) September 12, 2025
Final 12 months, Dana White issued one-off will increase to post-fight bonuses for choose pay-per-view occasions. Notably, for the historic UFC 300, bonuses have been raised to $300,000. Equally, at UFC 304, White doubled the same old $50,000 bonus to $100,000 on the request of King Inexperienced.
The UFC CEO has hinted that UFC fighters may see a rise of their post-fight bonuses underneath the promotion’s groundbreaking $7.7 billion TV rights cope with Paramount, which is slated to take impact in 2026.
