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Including UFC 322, five of his last six fights have taken place at pay-per-view shows.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Beno\u00eet Saint Denis\u00a0<\/p>\n He enters UFC 322 off the back of two consecutive wins over Kyle Prepolec<\/a> and Maur\u00edcio Ruffy<\/a>, both of whom he submitted in the second round. This will be the first United States-based event that he has competed at since UFC 299 back in 2024.<\/p>\n He is 1-2 against ranked lightweight opponents.\u00a0<\/p>\n UFC 322: Leon Edwards vs. Carlos Prates<\/p>\n Leon Edwards<\/p>\n His upcoming match with Prates<\/a> will be the first time he has faced an adversary from Brazil since Rafael dos Anjos at UFC on ESPN 4. He makes his return to pay-per-view after previously locking horns with Sean Brady<\/a> at UFC Fight Night 255 this past March.<\/p>\n He has not won a tilt since defending his former championship for the second time opposite Colby Covington<\/a> at UFC 296.\u00a0He has never lost a fight by KO\/TKO.<\/p>\n \u00a0 Carlos Prates<\/p>\n Prates\u2019 match at UFC 322 is going to be his third in 2025. His past 11 victories have ended by knockout.\u00a0<\/p>\n He has only gone the distance five times throughout his professional mixed martial arts career that currently spans 29 bouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n UFC 322: Sean Brady vs. Michael Morales<\/p>\n Sean Brady<\/p>\n He walks into the cage this weekend on a three-fight win streak with triumphs over Kelvin Gastelum, Gilbert Burns and Leon Edwards<\/a>, notably becoming the first man to submit the latter in competition. He has compiled three stoppages in his past five victories, all of them ending via submission.\u00a0<\/p>\n This will be the first time he has faced an undefeated foe since squaring off with Gilbert Urbina at LFA 49 back in 2018.<\/p>\n Michael Morales<\/p>\n He is currently in the midst of an 18-bout win streak after beginning his professional career in 2017. In his six appearances in the Octagon, all of his opponents have been older than him; the oldest of those men being Gilbert Burns, who was 13 years Morales\u2019s senior in their encounter last May.<\/p>\n This will be his first pay-per-view assignment since UFC 277 in 2022 after previously competing solely at the Apex facility in his last four contests.<\/p>\n UFC 322: Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili\u00a0<\/p>\n Valentina Shevchenko<\/p>\n Shevchenko\u2019s fight at UFC 322 serves as the second title defense of her second reign as women\u2019s flyweight champion after retaining her strap seven times during her first. She has the most fight time of any female athlete in the promotion, as well as the second most in UFC title match history at 4:23:22, behind only Jon Jones at 4:56:20.<\/p>\n She also holds the most wins in UFC women\u2019s flyweight history with 11.<\/p>\n Zhang Weili\u00a0<\/p>\n Zhang has not lost a contest in over four years after losing to Rose Namajunas<\/a> at 115-lb at UFC 268. She possesses the record for most ground strikes landed in a UFC women\u2019s strawweight fight with 225.<\/p>\n She leaves the strawweight division off the back of a five-fight win streak and three championship defenses.\u00a0<\/p>\n UFC 322: Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev<\/p>\n Jack Della Maddalena<\/p>\n Maddalena\u2019s appearance at UFC 322 will be his first retention of his belt since winning it at UFC 315 over Belal Muhammad.<\/a> He is on an 18-bout winning streak after losing his first two matches as a professional.<\/p>\n He is the third Australian UFC champion after Robert Whittaker<\/a> and Alexander Volkanovski.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Islam Makhachev<\/p>\n He fights at UFC 322 on a 15-bout undefeated run dating back to October of 2015. The event is his debut in the welterweight division<\/p>\n It also marks his sixth promotional main event in a row. 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