September 2, 2026 – Zuffa Boxing today announced the preliminary card for the Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn welterweight championship showdown on Saturday, September 12, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. 

The five-fight preliminary card will start at 5 pm ET/2 pm PT and features a 10-round welterweight showdown between former unified super lightweight world champion Jose Ramirez (29-3, 18 KOs) and longtime contender Alexis Rocha (26-2-1, 16 KOs). Ramirez, from California’s Central Valley, also represented Team USA at the 2012 London Olympics. Rocha is unbeaten in four fights since the lone loss on his ledger.

Southern California standout Pablo Rubio (15-0, 5 KOs) will take on Mexico’s Oswaldo Molina (9-0, 4 KOs) in a six-rounder that will be contested at a catchweight of 132 pounds. Rubio is coming off a stirring decision win over Adan Palma on ZUFFA BOXING 4 that was named Fight of the Night, while Molina shut out Joshua Clark over six rounds in February on ZUFFA BOXING 3. 

The entire Garcia vs. Benn card will stream exclusively on Paramount+ at no additional cost to subscribers in all markets globally outside the UK and Ireland, where it will be available via DAZN PPV.

The other preliminary bouts are as follows:

• Abel Gonzalez (8-0, 6 KOs) vs. Raul Salomon (16-4-1, 14 KOs) – 8 Rounds, Super Middleweights
• Vlad Panin (24-2, 16 KOs) vs. Dakota Linger (17-7-3, 13 KOs) – 6 Rounds, Super Welterweights
• Sean Garcia (7-1-1, 2 KOs) vs. Abraham Morales (4-1, 2 KOs) – 6 Rounds, Lightweights

The four-fight main card (8 pm ET/5 pm PT) also includes the world championship co-feature between The Ring and Zuffa cruiserweight king Jai Opetaia (30-0, 23 KOs) and two-time world champion Noel Mikaelian (28-3, 12 KOs), as well as a 10-round lightweight tilt between Filipino former world champion Mark Magsayo (29-2, 19 KOs) and Las Vegas native Andres Cortes (25-0, 13 KOs).

The eight-round heavyweight slugfest between 21-year-old phenom Da’Mazion Vanhouter (12-0, 9 KOs) and KO artist Raphael Akpejiori (19-3, 18 KOs) has been added to the main card.

Tickets are on sale now via AXS.com.

Efe Ajagba scored a fourth round stoppage over former titlist Charles Martin in a heavyweight bout at The Meta Apex in Las Vegas,

In round three, Ajagba dropped Martin with a short right to the head, On round four, two more big rights put Martin on his backside. Ajagba then landed two more sweeping shots with each hand and the fight was stopped at 1:11.

Ajagba, 254 lbs of Nigeria is 21-1-1 with 15 knockouts. Martin, 250 lbs of Las Vegas is 30-5-1.

Dzambekov Viciously Knocks Out Elbiali in 2

Umar Dzambekov stopped Ahmed Elibiali with one vicious uppercut in round two of their 10-round lightweight bout.

In round two, Dzambekov landed a crunching right uppercut on the jaw that turned the face of Elbiali and sent him crashing down to the canvas. The back of Elbiali’s head slammed on the canvas and his left leg was shaking and the fight was stopped at 58 seconds.

Dzambekov, 176.5 lbs of Los Angeles via Vienna, AUS is 14-0 with 10 knockouts. Elbiali, 176 lbs of Las Vegas is 24-2.

PE Benito Stops Mejia in 3

Jabrio Pe Benito stopped Abel Mejia in a battle of undefeated lightweights.

In round two, Pe Benito dropped Mejia with a counter left on the jaw. In round three, Pe Benito landed a short right hand that folded Mejia slowly to thw canvas and the fight was stopped at

Pe Benito, 134.5 lbs of Hollywood, CA 7-0 with five knockouts. Mejia, 137 lbs of El Modena, CA is 10-1.

Leo Ruiz stopped Caseu Streeter in round four of their eight-round middleweight bout.

In round three, Ruiz battered Streeter to the point where the referee had Streeter on a short leash. In round four, Ruiz rocked Streeter with a hard right and the fight was stopped at 1:23.

Ruiz, 159 lbs of San Bernadino, CA is 17-1 with nine knockouts. Streeter, 158 lbs of Portland, ME is 15-3.

Mark Beuke won a eight-round split decision over Antonio Woods in a middleweight bout.

Bieke, 159 lbs of Corpus Christi, TX won by scores of 77-75 twice. Woods won a card 77-75.

Buuke is now 13-3. Woods, 159 lbs of Minneapolis is 14-2,

Oswaldo Molina won a six-round unanimous decision over Josh Clark in a lightweight bout.

Molina outlanded Clark 79-43.

Molina, 135 lbs of Mexico won by 60-54 scores on all cards and is now 9-0. Clark, 134.5 lbs of Minnesota via Ecuador and Ireland is 9-2.

18-year-old Emiliano Alvarado stopped Devin Gantt in round four of their six-round super bantamweight bout,

In round four, Alvarado landed a hard flurry that forced Gantt to crouch in the corner for a ruled knockdown. When asked if he wanted to continue, Gantt said no and the fight was over at 1:25.

Alvarado, 122 lbs of Coachella, CA is 10-0 with six knockouts. Gantt, 121.5 lbs of Camden, NJ is 5-3.

Dariial Kuchmenov stopped Jorge Luganas in round four of their scheduled six-round lightweight bout.

In round three, Kuchmenov dropped Luganas with a left hook to the body

Early in round four, Kuchmenov scored another knockdown when he landed a flurry that finished by a right a right to the head. The fight was stopped after Kuchmenov continued the assault at 1:32.

Kuchmenov, 134.5 lbs of Hollywood, CA is 10-0 with eight knockouts. Luganas, 135 lbs of Tijuana, MEX is 19-8.