Islam Makhachev became a two-division champion and utilized a dominant grappling game to take the welterweight title in the main event from Jack Della Maddalena. Wrestling was the name of the game in the co-headliner, too, as Valentina Shevchenko defended her women's flyweight title against former two-time strawweight queen Weili Zhang.

NEW YORK – UFC 322 took place Saturday at Madison Square Garden, and you can watch a replay video of the post-event news conference here on MMA Junkie.

In his return from his first MMA loss, Nickal (8-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) proved he wouldn't let adversity define him as he dominated Rodolfo Vieira (11-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC), and then pulled out a massive head kick for the knockout at 2:24 of Round 3. The bout served as the UFC 322 featured prelim at Madison Square Garden in New York.

UFC 322 was easily one of the best MMA cards of the year. It might have even been the best, flat out.

UFC 322 paid fighters $350,500 under the Promotional Guidelines Compliance program – by far the highest total of the year.

The bonuses at Madison Square Garden in New York went to fighters who fought in four consecutive bouts – and had four consecutive KOs.

Better to be safe than sorry … Following UFC 322 last night (Sat., Nov. 15, 2025) inside Madison Square Garden, company officials confirmed to MMAmania.com that two fighters were transported to a local New York hospital for precautionary reasons after their bouts.

Kyle Daukaus is making the most of his second stint in the UFC.