{"id":201193,"date":"2025-10-09T22:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T22:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/201193\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T22:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T22:25:09","slug":"malcolm-wellmaker-vs-serhiy-sidey-set-for-ufc-322-at-madison-square-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/201193\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Wellmaker vs. Serhiy Sidey set for UFC 322 at Madison Square Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red-hot knockout artist Malcolm Wellmaker is set to return to action for the third time this year, taking on Canada\u2019s Serhiy Sidey at UFC 322<\/a> on Sat., Nov. 15, 2025, inside the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City. Eurosport<\/a> was first to report the matchup.<\/p>\n

Wellmaker (10-0) has enjoyed a phenomenal rookie campaign and might already be the front-runner for UFC Rookie of the Year. The 31-year-old \u201cMachine\u201d made a statement in his debut at UFC Kansas City<\/a>, flattening Cameron Saaiman in under two minutes to earn a $50,000 \u201cPerformance of the Night\u201d<\/a> bonus (watch highlights<\/a>). He followed that up with another highlight-reel finish in his home state of Georgia, crushing a returning Kris Moutinho in less than three minutes (watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n

A former full-time worker who quit his day job earlier this year to chase MMA glory<\/a>, Wellmaker has been on a tear with an 80 percent finish rate, including six knockouts, five of which came in the opening round. His explosive style and fan-friendly personality have quickly made him one of the most talked-about prospects in the sport.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Sidey (12-2) enters the bout riding a two-fight winning streak, most recently defeating Cameron Smotherman via unanimous decision at UFC Des Moines. The tough Canadian has yet to earn a finish inside the Octagon, but he\u2019ll have a major opportunity to derail Wellmaker\u2019s hype train when they throw down in \u201cThe Big Apple.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is what UFC 322 looks like thus far.
Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili
Leon Edwards vs. Carlos Prates
Beneil Dariush vs. Benoit Saint Denis
Erin Blanchfield vs. Tracy Cortez
Bo Nickal vs. Rodolfo Vieira
Malcolm Wellmaker vs. Serhiy Sidey
Roman Kopylov vs. Gregory Rodrigues
Eric McConico vs. Baisangur Susurkaev
Kyle Daukaus vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Fatima Kline vs. Angela Hill<\/p>\n

For the rest of the UFC\u2019s upcoming schedule of events click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red-hot knockout artist Malcolm Wellmaker is set to return to action for the third time this year, taking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,49483,702],"class_list":["post-201193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-fight-announcements","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}