"The Big Apple gets two massive title fights for UFC 322 on Nov. 15 at Madison Square Garden as Jack Della Maddalena defends his welterweight title against Islam Makhachev in the main event. The co-main event will see Valentina Shevchenko defend her flyweight title against Weili Zhang in New York. UFC CEO Dana White made the announcement on social media on Thursday."
"Makhachev (27-1) dropped his lightweight title when he announced he'd be moving up to welterweight. He steps right into a world title fight against Maddalena for his first UFC bout at 170 pounds. Maddalena (18-2) is coming off taking the title off Belal Muhammad at UFC 315 in May. He takes on Makhachev who dominated the lightweight division defending his belt 4 times before moving up to welterweight."
UFC 322 will take place Nov. 15 at Madison Square Garden featuring two world title fights: Jack Della Maddalena defending the welterweight championship against Islam Makhachev, and Valentina Shevchenko defending the flyweight championship against Weili Zhang. Makhachev vacated the lightweight title to move up and will make his welterweight debut against Maddalena, who captured the belt from Belal Muhammad at UFC 315. Shevchenko regained the flyweight title at UFC 306 after losing it to Alexa Grasso at UFC 285 and has since defended it once in her second reign. Weili vacated her strawweight title to compete at flyweight. The card also adds Carlos Prates vs. Leon Edwards.
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