One fight fell off UFC 322 this weekend.
The UFC returns to Recent York City with a 14-fight card, headlined by two title fights at Madison Square Garden.
Within the principal event, welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena defends the title against former pound-for-pound king and light-weight champion Islam Makhachev while within the co-headliner, the pound-for-pound best female fighters collide in Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili.
Three undefeated fighters are on the UFC 322 undercard, including Malcolm Wellmaker (10-0), Michael Morales (18-0), and Baisangur Susurkaev (10-0).
Wellmaker’s opponent Cody Haddon withdrew on fight week and the promotion needed to scramble for a short-notice alternative.
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Malcolm Wellmaker gets latest fight at UFC 322
Wellmaker will remain on the fight card this Saturday.
Ahead of Friday’s weigh-ins, the UFC announced latest signee Ethyn Ewing could be stepping in against Wellmaker.
Ewing is 8-2 (7 KOs) as a professional and is the interim bantamweight champion of Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat promotion. Ewing fought and won by KO six days ago.
Wellmaker vs. Ewing will happen at featherweight (145 lbs) as an alternative of bantamweight.
Wellmaker is 2-0 within the UFC, coming off back-to-back knockouts of Kris Moutinho and Cameron Saaiman.
UFC 322 continues with 14 fights.
Islam Makhachev and Jack Della Maddalena face off before UFC 322
The UFC 322 press conference went down on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.
The headliners Della Maddalena and Makhachev would get a great take a look at one another, refusing to interrupt eye contact during their second face-off.
White got between the fighters and had security separate them as they wrapped up the presser.
UFC 322 is arguably the largest fight card of the yr.