Overview

• UFC 320 is set for October 4 at T-Mobile Arena with Magomed Ankalaev vs. Alex Pereira 2 headlining and Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cory Sandhagen as the co-main, with the main card airing on ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET.
• Dvalishvili says the Sandhagen title fight will be “90 percent” on the feet, contradicting coach John Wood’s stance that their takedown-heavy approach is unchanged.
• Ankalaev’s coach Sukhrab Magomedov downplays Pereira’s tools, calling him an “old kickboxer” without true one-punch power, while Ankalaev vows a dominant performance and Pereira pledges to “put on a show.”
• Khabib Nurmagomedov praises Ankalaev as already among Russia’s best ever and says the champion is still improving ahead of his first title defense.
• UFC 322 on November 15 at Madison Square Garden is reported to feature Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev for the welterweight title with Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili also listed, and Beneil Dariush vs. Benoît Saint-Denis reportedly added.