Overview

• Valentina Shevchenko will defend the flyweight title against Zhang Weili on the UFC 322 card, with Zhang vacating her strawweight belt.
• UFC 321 on Oct. 25 in Abu Dhabi will crown a new strawweight champion when Virna Jandiroba meets Mackenzie Dern.
• The Madison Square Garden main event is Della Maddalena’s first defense since winning welterweight gold over Belal Muhammad at UFC 315.
• Islam Makhachev vacated the lightweight title earlier this year after four straight defenses, the most in the division’s history.
• Former welterweight champion Leon Edwards is booked to face Carlos Prates on the UFC 322 lineup.