By Quitano Gonzalez
Thu, Aug 13 2026
Mark Magsayo-Andres Cortes on PPV Garcia-Benn PPV undercard
A 10-round lightweight bout between former WBC featherweight champion Mark Magsayo and unbeaten Andres “Savage” Cortes has been added to Zuffa Boxing’s September 12 card as the broadcast opener, ahead of the Ryan Garcia-Conor Benn welterweight main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The show airs on Paramount+, with the card available in the UK and Ireland on DAZN PPV.
Magsayo is 29-2 (19 KOs) and Cortes 25-0 (13 KOs). They join an undercard headed by the 12-round co-main event between cruiserweight world champion Jai Opetaia and two-time world champion Noel Mikaelian.
Magsayo won the WBC featherweight title in January 2022 with a majority decision over Gary Russell Jnr. He has taken five straight bouts since moving up to lightweight in 2023, most recently stopping Northern Ireland's Feargal McCrory in five rounds at Zuffa Boxing 05 in April, where the fight served as the co-main event.
Cortes, a 29-year-old from Las Vegas, headlined that same April card, beating once-beaten Dominican prospect Eridson Garcia by unanimous decision.
“I've waited for a night like this my whole career,” Magsayo said. “I signed with Zuffa to be on the biggest shows. Andres Cortes called me out, and I answered. He won't have his ‘0’ after I get done with him.”
Cortes said the fight was his chance to show what he can do. “I'm going to destroy Mark Magsayo on September 12,” he said. “Growing up in the gyms in Las Vegas, I dreamed of fighting on a platform like this in front of my people. The time has come.”
The show airs on Paramount+, with the card available in the UK and Ireland on DAZN PPV.
Magsayo is 29-2 (19 KOs) and Cortes 25-0 (13 KOs). They join an undercard headed by the 12-round co-main event between cruiserweight world champion Jai Opetaia and two-time world champion Noel Mikaelian.
Magsayo won the WBC featherweight title in January 2022 with a majority decision over Gary Russell Jnr. He has taken five straight bouts since moving up to lightweight in 2023, most recently stopping Northern Ireland's Feargal McCrory in five rounds at Zuffa Boxing 05 in April, where the fight served as the co-main event.
Cortes, a 29-year-old from Las Vegas, headlined that same April card, beating once-beaten Dominican prospect Eridson Garcia by unanimous decision.
“I've waited for a night like this my whole career,” Magsayo said. “I signed with Zuffa to be on the biggest shows. Andres Cortes called me out, and I answered. He won't have his ‘0’ after I get done with him.”
Cortes said the fight was his chance to show what he can do. “I'm going to destroy Mark Magsayo on September 12,” he said. “Growing up in the gyms in Las Vegas, I dreamed of fighting on a platform like this in front of my people. The time has come.”