Kicking off this UFC Shanghai edition of TTP is our interview with Dana White's Contender Series welterweight, Wes Schultz. Schultz talks about his first run on the Contende Series, where he faced Mansur Abdul-Malik. Then he shares where his head went in between fights and whether or not he'd be invited back to the show. After that "Party Time" breaks down his upcoming fight with Mario Mingaj, which takes place during an October episode of Dana White's Contender Series.
The death of UFC lightweight Fares Ziam's grandmother has seen him withdraw from UFC Paris this Saturday. Ziam (17-4) had been expected to face Kaue Fernandes at the Fight Night event, in a main card bout. The French star sits on a five-fight win streak that includes victories over Jai Herbert and Matt Frevola, among others. To date, he had fought on (and won at) every single one of the UFC's trips to Paris, starting with the promotion's debut at the Accor Arena in 2022.