Berlanga (23-2, 18 KOs) and IBF junior welterweight world champion Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) have agreed multi-fight deals with the company, who've teased their promotional debuts to take place sometime this summer.

"Zuffa Boxing is changing the game. I'm here for the biggest fights on boxing's best platform, here to put the super middleweight division on notice," Berlanga said in a press release.

Berlanga, who was previously aligned with Top Rank and later Matchroom Boxing, has suffered two high-profile defeats against Canelo Alvarez in September 2024 and Hamzah Sheeraz atop The Ring III card last July.

Hitchins, whose proposed title defense against Oscar Duarte in February was shelved at the eleventh hour having fallen ill, shares similar levels of gratitude for the opportunity to test himself elsewhere after a previous long-term association with Matchroom Boxing turned sour last summer.

He proclaimed his free agent status, having stopped former unified lightweight champion George Kambosos in his first title defense, angering promotional chief Eddie Hearn and appeared manufactured by manager Keith Connolly, who also has Conor Benn among his clientele.

Benn makes his Zuffa debut against two-time junior welterweight beltholder Regis Prograis in the chief support preceding Tyson Fury-Arslanbek Makhmudov this weekend.

"This is a major step forward in my career, I'm very grateful for this opportunity and with Zuffa Boxing in my corner, I'm going to show the world that I am a pound-for-pound, generational fighter."

Zuffa recognize eight divisions and the 140-pound class isn't among them, meaning Hitchins will likely vacate his IBF belt and officially move up to welterweight as he has previously hinted at doing. The same applies for Berlanga, who has campaigned at 168 pounds since 2020, though light heavyweight appears to be his new home.

This coming Friday, the 28-year-old pair will do a live Q&A with Zuffa Boxing's Max Kellerman preceding the UFC 327 ceremonial weigh-ins at Miami's Kaseya Center, as plenty will no doubt have questions about their roadmap towards success the rest of the year and beyond with Zuffa's roster steadily building with time.