UFC 322 is roughly two and a half months away as of this writing. While the calendar may read Aug. 29, the attention is already shifting to Saturday, Nov. 15 inside Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Late Thursday evening, UFC CEO Dana White took to Instagram to announce a cracking championship fight to take place the third Saturday of November in The Big Apple. That fall evening, the UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship will be at stake in the co-main event.
Current UFC Strawweight Champion Zhang Weili (26-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) will vacate her 115-lb strap to move up to the 125-lb division to take on incumbent UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1 MMA, 14-3-1 UFC,) The UFC Strawweight Championship will be the focus of the co-main event of UFC 321 a few weeks prior in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.