Overview
- Zuffa Boxing 09 is scheduled for Sunday, July 26, 2026, at the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden and will air on Paramount+ with prelims starting in the late afternoon and the main card at 8 p.m. ET.
- Edgar Berlanga will make his promotional debut for Zuffa in the 10-round super middleweight main event as he seeks to show a more mature style after a stoppage loss last year.
- Steven Butler, a 38-5-1 Canadian known as “Bang Bang,” moved up to super middleweight after a 2024 loss and arrives on a four-fight stoppage streak while saying he preferred the fight be held in Montreal.
- A heated fight-week faceoff required separation and DraftKings lists Berlanga as the favorite, with media outlets offering predictions that favor Berlanga to stop Butler.
- The card includes a co-main of Richardson Hitchins moving up to welterweight to face Ricardo Salas and a stacked undercard, and the MSG booking signals Zuffa/TKO’s rapid effort to compete for larger boxing audiences.