UFC, Islam Makhachev and Jack Della Maddalena
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Many picks and predictions are coming in for Saturday’s headliner. Two of them came from a pair of future UFC Hall of Famers in Israel Adesanya and Henry Cejudo. Both are leaning in the direction of the welterweight champ winning at UFC 322.
In the main event, Islam Makhachev will make a long-awaited jump to 170 pounds, where he will challenge welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena. A victory for Makhachev would tie Anderson Silva’s record with 16 consecutive UFC wins and become the latest fighter to win belts in multiple divisions, having previously held the lightweight title.
Valentina Shevchenko and Zhang Weili got another look at each other as opponents when they faced off at the UFC 322 press conference.
The UFC 322 title fights, Sean Brady vs. Michael Morales, Leon Edwards vs. Carlos Prates and more had faceoffs at the press conference.