UFC 332 storylines: Silva, Wang chase vacant flyweight title

We have one other thrilling numbered UFC occasion on deck this Saturday evening when UFC 332: Silva vs. Wang takes place at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

With 14 matches slated for the cardboard, there isn’t a scarcity of storylines to be careful for. Here are the fights that it’s best to most be wanting ahead to watching this weekend at UFC 332 (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT on Sportsnet+).

Vacant UFC Women’s flyweight title on the road

The UFC ladies’s flyweight title is on the road in the principle occasion of UFC 332 when Natalia Silva takes on Wang Cong to say championship gold within the ladies’s 125-pound weight class.

Silva and Wang had been matched up after former champion Valentina Shevchenko was lately compelled to vacate her belt attributable to accidents.

Silva is 8-0 within the UFC and has seemed like a title contender ever since she defeated Canadian standout Jasmine Jasudavicius in her 2022 debut.

As for Wang, she is 5-1 within the UFC and has gained 4 straight fights since a giant upset loss to Gabriella Fernandes in 2024, which solely marked a short lived setback in her profession.

With Silva and Wang each primarily strikers, this ought to be a really thrilling matchup with a title on the road.

Payton Talbott seeking to break by way of at bantamweight

In the co-main occasion of UFC 332, bantamweight contender Payton Talbott appears to interrupt by way of to the highest of the burden class when he takes on veteran Deiveson Figueiredo.

Talbott is 5-1 within the UFC, and he has gained two straight fights since shockingly shedding as an enormous betting favorite to Raoni Barcelos in January 2025. The loss doesn’t look so dangerous in hindsight, given how excessive a stage Barcelos has been combating at since.

Coming off a win over former UFC champion Henry Cejudo in his final bout, Talbott now takes on one other former UFC champ in Figueriedo, who has struggled as of late with 4 losses in his final 5 fights.

Should Talbott win this combat as anticipated, search for the UFC matchmakers to push him up the rankings and match him up in opposition to somebody within the prime 5 of the burden class in his subsequent combat.

Fan favorite ‘unc’ King Green returns

Everyone’s fan favorite “unc” returns to the octagon when King Green fights for the fourth time already in 2026 in opposition to Esteban Ribovics in a possible Fight of the Night candidate at UFC 332.

Green could also be 40 years previous, however don’t inform him, as a result of he’s gained 4 straight fights and is combating on the highest stage of his UFC profession since becoming a member of the group again in 2013.

Going up in opposition to Ribovics, one other fighter who prefers to face and bang, ought to make for a fully superb matchup and one which followers shall be on their toes for so long as it lasts.

Roberto Soldic makes extremely anticipated UFC debut

One of the highest welterweight fighters exterior the UFC makes his extremely anticipated UFC debut when Roberto Soldic goes in opposition to UFC veteran Khaos Williams in what ought to be a firefight.

Soldic is the previous KSW welterweight champion and holds a notable KO win over former UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis from 2018. Fans have been desirous to see Soldic within the UFC for a very long time, however he was caught in contract purgatory with ONE Championship.

Thankfully, his contract with ONE has ended and he can now make his UFC debut, with the matchmakers giving him a really thrilling matchup in opposition to a fellow knockout artist in Williams.

With 27 profession knockout wins between these two, don’t count on this combat to go the gap.

Ateba Gautier appears to proceed undefeated UFC run

Kicking off the principle card, middleweight knockout artist Ateba Gautier will look to enhance to 6-0 within the UFC when he battles Roman Kopylov in what ought to be a striker’s delight.

Both Gautier and Kopylov favor to face and commerce, and with each males having reliable knockout energy, this combat is extraordinarily unlikely to go the gap at Utah’s excessive elevation.

This is the perfect opponent whom Gautier has fought but in his profession, and if he can get previous Kopylov impressively, search for the UFC to provide Gautier a top-10 fighter his subsequent day trip.

Anthony Wint makes fast return to the octagon

One of the highest heavyweight prospects within the sport right now makes a fast return to the octagon when Anthony Wint takes on UFC newcomer Lucas Armand on the preliminary card.

Wint, a former NFL participant for the New York Jets, earned a UFC contract with a 34-second knockout win on Dana White’s Contender Series in August. He then made his UFC debut 11 days later, choosing up a first-round stoppage win over Terrance Chatman at UFC Sacramento.

Now, six weeks later, Wint returns for his second UFC combat when he goes up in opposition to Armand, who’s making his UFC debut and who’s seeking to finish Wint’s hype prepare on this contest.

UFC legend Rafael dos Anjos makes comeback

After almost two years away attributable to accidents, former UFC light-weight champion Rafael dos Anjos battles Alexander Hernandez in a light-weight bout on the early prelims in his return to 155 kilos.

Dos Anjos has been shifting between welterweight and light-weight the final a number of years, however at age 41 he’ll make his comeback at 155 kilos as he appears to snap his three-fight shedding skid.

This could possibly be a make-or-break combat for dos Anjos, as a win over the underrated Hernandez would sign that he’s nonetheless obtained it, however a loss may probably mark the top of his MMA profession.

Court McGee’s retirement combat

Long-time UFC welterweight fighter and Utah native Court McGee will compete within the closing combat of his MMA profession when he battles Eric Nolan within the very first preliminary card of the evening.

The 41-year-old McGee gained “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 11 in 2010 and has been a mainstay of the UFC roster ever since, holding a 11-13 report throughout his UFC run, which features a notable victory over former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker in 2013.

After 16 years of combating on the highest stage of the game, McGee is now set to make the ultimate stroll of his MMA profession, and he’ll accomplish that at dwelling within the pleasant confines of his native Utah, with the prospect to earn an upset win over Nolan, who has struggled within the UFC with a 0-2 report.