Live coverage of UFC 322 begins at 6:00 PM ET/3:00 PM PT ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass. If you watch the early prelims on linear television, FX will show this part of the card live.
Late prelims follow at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT on ESPN+ and ESPNNEWS before the evening concludes with a five-fight main card on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT. After a successful weigh-in yesterday morning, tonight’s 14-fight series will go ahead as planned.
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UFC 322 Main Event: UFC Welterweight Championship: [C] Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev
At the top of the bill tonight at UFC 322, the promotion’s welterweight championship will be on the line in tonight’s headliner fight. Current 170-lb champion Jack Della Maddalena (18-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) meets former 155-lb titleholder Islam Makhachev (27-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) for the title. This main event advertises a maximum of five rounds of five minutes per round to close out the show.
UFC 322 Co-Main Event: UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship: [C] Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili
Immediately beforehand, the co-main event of the evening takes place at the women’s flyweight. Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1 MMA, 14-3-1 UFC) makes her 13th straight title fight when she defends her belt against former UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili (26-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) in the latter’s 30th career fight. This is also a fight of five rounds of five minutes per round.
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Also tonight on the main card of UFC 322, you’ll be treated to a welterweight matchup between No. 2 contender Sean Brady (18-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) and No. 8 contender Michael Morales (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC), a welterweight bout that matches No. 4 contender Leon Edwards (22-5, 1 NC MMA, 14-4, 1 NC UFC) with No. 9 contender Carlos Prates (22-7 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and lightweight fighting pair No. 9 Beneil Dariush (23-6-1 MMA, 17-6-1 UFC) against No. 13 contender Benoit Saint-Denis (15-3, 1 NC MMA, 7-3 UFC). Before the show, our staff made choices for tonight’s menu. See if their choices match yours.
UFC 322 Results:
Main Card: (Tonight, 10:00 PM ET/ 7:00 PM PT- ESPN+ pay-per-view)
UFC 322 Main Event: Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev, UFC Welterweight Championship.
UFC 322 co-main event: Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili, UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship.
Sean Brady vs. Michael Morales
Leon Edwards vs. Carlos Prates
Beneil Dairush vs. Benoit Saint-Denis
Late Preliminaries: (Tonight, 8:00 PM ET/ 5:00 PM PT, ESPN+ and ESPNNEWS-United States only)
UFC 322 Featured Preliminary: Bo Nickal vs. Rodolfo Vieira
Co-featured preliminary round: Roman Kopylov vs. Gregory Rodrigues
Erin Blanchfield vs. Tracy Cortez
Malcolm Wellmaker vs. Ethyn Ewing Ewing: Makes a UFC promotional debut tonight at UFC 322.
Early Preliminaries: (Tonight, 6:00 PM ET/3:00 PM PT, ESPN+ – United States only, UFC Fight Pass – Worldwide)
Recommended early qualifying round: Kyle Daukaus vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Co-featured early heat: Pat Sabatini vs. Chepe Mariscal
Angela Hill vs. Fatima Klein
Baisangur Susurkaev vs. Eric McConico
Matheus Camilo Def. Viacheslav Borschev by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27.)
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