UFC 332: Natalia Silva and Wang Cong clash for vacant title in Salt Lake City
UFC 332 is taking place at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, headlined by Natalia Silva facing Wang Cong for the vacant UFC women's flyweight title left open after Valentina Shevchenko withdrew due to injury.
A historic card
UFC 332 is being held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. According to UFC.com, this is the first numbered UFC main card to air on CBS, alongside Paramount+.
Main event for the title
In the main event, Natalia Silva of Brazil meets Wang Cong of China for the UFC women's flyweight (125-pound) title, which became vacant after champion Valentina Shevchenko was forced to relinquish it due to injury — confirmed by both UFC.com and MMA Fighting. Silva is unbeaten in the UFC at 8-0, extending her overall win streak to 14, with her last three victories coming against former champions Jessica Andrade, Alexa Grasso and Rose Namajunas. Fox News reports her overall career record stands at 20-5-1, with her most recent fight in January a unanimous-decision win over Namajunas. Wang, meanwhile, has won four straight, most recently against Tracy Cortez, and per UFC.com holds the highest striking accuracy in the division's history. Fox News notes Silva is the betting favorite (-205), with Wang as the underdog (+170).
Co-main event and rest of the card
The night's co-main event is a bantamweight bout between two-time former UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo and rising contender Payton Talbott. Per MMA Fighting, Figueiredo has lost four of his last five fights, while Talbott has won five of his last six in the UFC. The rest of the main card features King Green vs. Esteban Ribovics, Roberto Soldic vs. Khaos Williams (listed by Sherdog as Kalinn Williams) and Ateba Gautier vs. Roman Kopylov.
Preliminary card results
In completed preliminary bouts, Anthony Wint defeated Lucas Armand via first-round TKO (0:23), Johnny Walker stopped Mick Parkin via first-round KO (3:35), Jacobe Smith beat Bruce Whitehead via first-round TKO (1:32), Alexander Hernandez defeated Rafael dos Anjos via second-round TKO (3:12), and Ismail Naurdiev beat Marvin Vettori by unanimous decision (29-28 across all three cards) — confirmed by both MMA Fighting and Sherdog. Sherdog's detailed play-by-play adds that in the Court McGee vs. Eric Nolan bout, Nolan won by third-round knockout at 3:26.
At the time these sources were published, the results of the main event and co-main event had not yet been reported.
