UFC 332 has a headlining bout, and it\u2019s a title fight that few could have predicted.<\/p>\n
Natalia Silva (20-5-1) is set to fight Wang Cong (10-1) for an undisputed flyweight championship in the main event of the Oct. 3 event, which takes place at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, the UFC announced during the UFC Paris telecast on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Former champion Valentina Shevchenko could be out for a year, according to the telecast, but a reason was not given for her abensce.<\/p>\n
UFC 332 will be televised on CBS and Paramount+.<\/p>\n
A bantamweight bout between former 125-pound champion Deiveson Figueiredo and blue-chip prospect Payton Talbott to serve as the co-main event.<\/p>\n
Silva is a perfect 8-0 in the UFC and has won 14 straight fights dating back to 2018. The 29-year-old Brazilian\u2019s past three wins have all been against former UFC champions as she has earned decision wins over Rose Namajunas, Alexa Grasso, and Jessica Andrade.<\/p>\n
China\u2019s Wang made a spectacular UFC debut in 2024 with a 62-second knockout of Victoria Leonardo, but stumbled in her sophomore outing when she was submitted by Gabriella Fernandes. However, Wang has bounced back with four consecutive victories, most recently earning a unanimous decision nod over Tracy Cortez at UFC 329 this past July.<\/p>\n
See the updated UFC 332 lineup below.<\/p>\n
Natalia Silva vs. Wang Cong<\/p>\n
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Payton Talbott<\/p>\n
King Green vs. Esteban Ribovics<\/p>\n
Khaos Williams vs. Roberto Soldic<\/p>\n
Ateba Gautier vs. Roman Kopylov<\/p>\n
Imanol Rodriguez vs. Alden Coria<\/p>\n
Damian Pinas vs. Andrey Pulyaev<\/p>\n
Marcus McGhee vs. Bernando Sopaj<\/p>\n
Johnny Walker vs. Mick Parkin<\/p>\n
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Alexander Hernandez<\/p>\n
Marvin Vettori vs. Ismail Naurdiev<\/p>\n
Court McGee vs. Tom Nolan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC 332 has a headlining bout, and it\u2019s a title fight that few could have predicted. Natalia Silva…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,701,638,82,640,702],"class_list":["post-884800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884800","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=884800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}