Overview

• On Nov. 15 in New York, Jack Della Maddalena will make his first welterweight title defense against former lightweight champion Islam Makhachev at UFC 322.
• Valentina Shevchenko will defend the women’s flyweight belt against Zhang Weili in the co-main event after Zhang vacated her strawweight title to move up.
• Former welterweight champion Leon Edwards will face recent knockout artist Carlos Prates on the UFC 322 card.
• With the 115-pound title vacant, Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie Dern will meet for the strawweight championship at UFC 321 on Oct. 25 in Abu Dhabi.
• Makhachev vacated the lightweight belt earlier this year after a record four defenses, while Della Maddalena captured the 170-pound crown in May by defeating Belal Muhammad.