Islam Makhachev debuts welterweight frame
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to the pay-per-view (PPV) market later TONIGHT (Sat., Nov. 15, 2025), staging UFC 322 from inside Madison Square Garden in New York City, streaming live on ESPN+.
Here's when to expect Jack Della Maddalena and Islam Makhachev to walk out to the cage for their welterweight title fight at UFC 322.
In the main event, Islam Makhachev will make a long-awaited jump to 170 pounds, where he will challenge welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena. A victory for Makhachev would tie Anderson Silva’s record with 16 consecutive UFC wins and become the latest fighter to win belts in multiple divisions, having previously held the lightweight title.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov: Islam Makhachev vs. Ilia Topuria ‘biggest fight,’ not Jon Jones vs. Alex Pereira
As highly anticipated as Jones vs. Pereira would be, Nurmagomedov still thinks it falls short of Makhachev vs. Topuria, which would pit arguably the current top 2 pound-for-pound fighters in the world against one another. “Still a big fight, but not on that level,” Nurmagomedov said of Jones vs. Pereira. “I don’t think it’s same level.”
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