{"id":915745,"date":"2026-10-04T11:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T11:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/915745\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T11:20:09","slug":"natalia-silva-wins-vacant-flyweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/915745\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalia Silva Wins Vacant Flyweight Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-msn-disclosure=\"commission\">This author receives a commission through recommended links in this content. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/affiliate-disclosure\/\" class=\"underline hover:text-bone transition-colors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">affiliate disclosure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Natalia Silva became the new UFC women&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/division\/flyweight\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">flyweight<\/a> champion with a unanimous decision over Wang Cong in the <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/event\/ufc-332-2026-10-04\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/event\/ufc-332-2026-10-05\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 332<\/a> main event. <\/p>\n<p>Silva used her striking to control much of the five-round fight, though her pace dipped in the championship rounds. Cong, who entered on a four-fight win streak, struggled to pressure Silva enough to make up ground, appearing hesitant to enter Silva&#8217;s range given the kicks and punches landing early.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f Get tickets: <a href=\"http:\/\/boxingnews.com\/api\/tickets\/click?country=us&amp;target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DUFC%2520332&amp;slug=ufc-332-2026-10-04&amp;placement=article-body-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" data-affiliate=\"ticketmaster\" data-placement=\"article-body-1\">Buy tickets to UFC 332 on Ticketmaster \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The standout moment came when Silva dropped Cong with a surprise switch high kick that landed flush on the jaw as she exited an exchange. Cong survived, but the knockdown helped seal the decision and showcased Silva&#8217;s Taekwondo-based skill set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This author receives a commission through recommended links in this content. See our affiliate disclosure. Natalia Silva became&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":915746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-915745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}