FEATURED BOUTS:
(C) JACK DELLA MADDALENA vs. ISLAM MAKHACHEV
(C) VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO vs. ZHANG WEILI
UFC® 322: DELLA MADDALENA vs. MAKHACHEV
TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Las Vegas – UFC returns to Madison Square Garden with a historic card headlined by pair of championship super fights. In the main event, UFC welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena looks to fend off former UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. The co-main event will see No. 1 ranked women’s pound-for-pound fighter and UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko defend her title against No. 2 ranked pound-for-pound Zhang Weili.
UFC 322: DELLA MADDALENA vs. MAKHACHEV takes place Sat., November 15 at Madison Square Garden in New York City with the main card at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on ESPN+ PPV. The prelims will be available on ESPNNEWS, ESPN Deportes and Disney+, as well as simulcast in English and Spanish on ESPN+, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The early prelims will kick off at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on ESPN+, Disney+ and UFC Fight Pass.
UFC 322: DELLA MADDALENA vs. MAKHACHEV will go on sale Fri., September 19 at 10 a.m. ET and are available for purchase at ticketmaster.com. Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person. UFC Fight Club® members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets Wed., September 17 at 10 a.m. ET via the website www.ufcfightclub.com. A special Internet ticket pre-sale will be available to UFC newsletter subscribers Thurs., September 18 starting at 10 a.m. ET. To access this presale, users must register for the UFC newsletter through UFC.com.
UFC welterweight titleholder Della Maddalena (18-2, fighting out of Perth, Western Australia) aims to kick off his reign as champion with an all-time performance. Currently on an 18-fight winning streak, he has proven he has all the tools to hold the belt for the foreseeable future with victories over Belal Muhammad, Gilbert Burns and Kevin Holland. Della Maddalena now looks to etch his name in the history books by taking out Makhachev in highlight-reel fashion.
Former UFC lightweight champion Makhachev (27-1, fighting out of Makhachkala, Russia) takes his 15-fight winning streak to the welterweight division, aiming to join a select group of fighters in UFC history to win belts in two divisions. The No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter in 2023, 2024 and 2025, Makhachev earned his distinction as one of the best of all time with notable victories over Dustin Poirier, Alexander Volkanovski and Charles Oliveira. He now has his sights set on leaving no doubt that he is the most skilled fighter in the UFC with a win in The World’s Most Famous Arena.
Shevchenko (25-4-1, fighting out of Bishkek, Chuy Province, Kyrgyzstan) plans to add to her remarkable resume with another win over a fellow champion. The greatest flyweight in UFC history, Shevchenko holds several divisional records, including most wins, most knockouts, most takedowns, most strikes and most control time. She now intends to cement herself as one of the greatest of all time with a dominant display against Zhang.
Two-time UFC strawweight champion Zhang (26-3, fighting out of Beijing, China) seeks to become just the second woman to win UFC belts in two different divisions. One of the most dominant athletes in the 115-pound division’s history, she rose through the pound-for-pound ranks with impressive victories over Tatiana Suarez, Carla Esparza and Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Zhang now aims to start another reign in a new division by stopping Shevchenko.
Additional bouts on the card include:
- Former UFC welterweight champion and No. 4 ranked contender Leon Edwards (22-5 1NC, fighting out of Birmingham, England) returns to action against No. 9 ranked Carlos Prates (22-7, fighting out of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
- Top flyweight contenders collide as No. 4 ranked Erin Blanchfield (13-2, fighting out of Saddle Brook, N.J.) meets No. 8 Tracy Cortez (12-2, fighting out of Scottsdale, Ariz.)
- An exciting middleweight bout sees No. 15 ranked contender Roman Kopylov (14-4, fighting out of Bachatsky, Kemerovo, Russia) battle Gregory Rodrigues (17-6, fighting out of Deerfield Beach, Fla. by way of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil)
- Bo Nickal (7-1, fighting out of Pleasant Gap, Penn.) and Rodolfo Vieira (11-3, fighting out of Orlando, Fla. by way of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) lock horns in a clash of middleweight grapplers
- Undefeated Dana White’s Contender Series signee Baisangur Susurkaev (10-0, fighting out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. by way of Chechnya, Russia) returns against Eric McConico (10-3-1, fighting out of Phoenix, Ariz.) at middleweight
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