Overview
- UFC 322 is set for Saturday, Nov. 15 at Madison Square Garden, with the main card on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET and prelims on ESPNEWS, Disney+ and the ESPN App.
- Jack Della Maddalena and Islam Makhachev completed their pre-fight staredown at Thursday’s press conference in New York two days before the five-round title bout.
- Makhachev vacated the lightweight title to pursue a second championship at 170 pounds and can tie Anderson Silva’s UFC winning-streak record with a victory.
- Della Maddalena makes his first welterweight title defense after beating Belal Muhammad in May and enters on an 18-fight winning run.
- Oddsmakers favor Makhachev, who said this was the hardest camp of his career and that he sees himself as comparable in size to the champion; the co-main event features Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili for the women’s flyweight belt.