A top Welterweight contender might\u2019ve just been shafted.<\/p>\n
No. 2-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight Sean Brady will collide with undefeated No. 8-seeded Michael Morales at UFC 322<\/a> on Sat., Nov. 15, 2025, inside the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City. MMA Latinoam\u00e9rica<\/a> first reported the matchup, and Home of Fight<\/a> later confirmed the news with UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell.<\/p>\n By all accounts, Brady (18-1) seemed to be next in line for a Welterweight title shot after dominating and finishing former champion Leon Edwards earlier this year (watch highlights<\/a>). That was until the division hit pause when Islam Makhachev vacated his Lightweight title<\/a> to move up and challenge reigning Welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena \u2014 on the same card.<\/p>\n Now, Brady, riding a three-fight winning streak, takes on one of the riskiest fights in the division against Morales \u2014 putting his potential title opportunity on the line.<\/p>\n Morales (18-0) has been flawless so far in the Octagon, winning all six of his UFC bouts. He\u2019s coming off the biggest win of his career after running through Gilbert Burns, scoring a knockout in under four minutes (watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n The 26-year-old Ecuadorean phenom boasts a 78 percent finish rate with 14 knockouts, and thankfully, he\u2019ll be competing for the second time since 2023.<\/p>\n With the addition of this Welterweight scrap, here is what UFC 322 looks like:<\/p>\n Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili
Leon Edwards vs. Carlos Prates
Sean Brady vs. Michael Morales
Beneil Dariush vs. Benoit Saint Denis
Erin Blanchfield vs. Tracy Cortez
Bo Nickal vs. Rodolfo Vieira
Malcolm Wellmaker vs. TBD
Roman Kopylov vs. Gregory Rodrigues
Eric McConico vs. Baisangur Susurkaev
Kyle Daukaus vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Fatima Kline vs. Angela Hill<\/p>\n