There's a gold rush in New York City. UFC 322 takes place in Madison Square Garden on Nov. 15, with two superfights on the poster. Jack Della Maddalena vs. Islam Makhachev and Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili headline the massive pay-per-view.
Technically, champion vs. champion super fights are a thing of the past because UFC CEO Dana White's new philosophy requires champions to vacate their titles before changing divisions. That's exactly what happened with Makhachev and Zhang, who relinquished their UFC titles to move up in weight and become two-division champions.
Makhachev (27-1) set the record for most UFC lightweight title defenses, eclipsing mentor Khabib Nurmagomedov and others, before moving up to challenge Jack Della Maddalena in the latter's first title defense. Della Madd

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