UFC 322 (MSG, Nov 15) — Jack Della Maddalena (C) vs Islam Makhachev for the welterweight title; Valentina Shevchenko (C) vs Zhang Weili for the flyweight title; plus Leon Edwards vs Carlos Prates on the main card.
• UFC 321 (Abu Dhabi, Oct 25) — Tom Aspinall (C) vs Ciryl Gane for the heavyweight title; Mackenzie Dern vs Virna Jandiroba for the vacant strawweight belt; plus Alexander Volkov vs Jailton Almeida, Aleksandar Rakic vs Azamat Murzakanov, and Umar Nurmagomedov vs Mario Bautista.
• Dana also teased a UFC event at the White House on July 4, 2026 (more details soon).
UFC 322 — New York (Madison Square Garden), November 15
New bouts announced
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Jack Della Maddalena (C) vs Islam Makhachev — welterweight title (main event)
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Valentina Shevchenko (C) vs Zhang Weili — flyweight title (co-main)
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Leon Edwards vs Carlos Prates — welterweight feature
Why it matters (quick)
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Makhachev is chasing double-champ status; Jack Della defends for the first time on the sport’s most famous stage.
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Weili vacated strawweight to move up—shot at becoming a two-division champ vs. a historic flyweight ruler.
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Edwards gets a high-risk, high-reward reset against a surging finisher in Prates.
UFC 321 — Abu Dhabi (Etihad Arena), October 25
New bouts announced
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Tom Aspinall (C) vs Ciryl Gane — heavyweight title (main event)
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Mackenzie Dern vs Virna Jandiroba — vacant strawweight title (co-main)
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Alexander Volkov vs Jailton Almeida — heavyweight
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Aleksandar Rakic vs Azamat Murzakanov — light heavyweight
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Umar Nurmagomedov vs Mario Bautista — bantamweight
Also listed for the card (support/undercard)
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Chris Barnett vs Hamdy Abdelwahab — heavyweight
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Ikram Aliskerov vs Park Jun-yong — middleweight
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Azat Maksum vs Mitch Raposo — flyweight
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Jaqueline Amorim vs Mizuki Inoue — strawweight
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Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady vs Matheus Camilo — lightweight
Context
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The strawweight belt is vacant because Zhang Weili moved up to 125 to challenge Shevchenko at MSG.
Extra: “UFC at the White House” teased
In the same live, Dana White said a South Lawn show for July 4, 2026 is in motion. More to come as the date gets closer.
Dates & how to watch
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UFC 321 — Oct 25, Abu Dhabi (Etihad Arena) — global PPV + regional partners.
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UFC 322 — Nov 15, New York (MSG) — global PPV + regional partners.
What this does to the rankings
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Welterweight (170): If Makhachev wins, the division gets a two-division champ; if Jack Della holds, he cements a new reign.
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Women’s Flyweight (125): Shevchenko’s toughest marquee challenger since the Grasso saga; a Weili win reshuffles the top five.
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Women’s Strawweight (115): Dern vs Jandiroba crowns a new champion and opens a fresh era for the division.
Dana White’s announcement batch reframes the rest of 2025: super fights at MSG, an immediately active strawweight title in Abu Dhabi, and a calendar built to keep the hype high through year-end—with a 2026 White House teaser on the horizon.