The one-loss Makhachev is the former UFC lightweight champion. He defeated Charles Oliveira for the title at UFC 280 and has since retained the belt against Alexander Volkanovski, Dustin Poirier, and Renato Moicano. He vacated the belt to move up to 170.

UFC 322's main event will feature Jack Della Maddalena and Islam Makhachev. Here's everything you need to know and how much it is to watch on PPV.

UFC 322 is scheduled to take place on November 15, 2025, from Madison Square Garden in New York City. With the event being a numbered PPV, and one of the final ones in the UFC’s current broadcast deal, the early prelims are expected to start at 6pm (ET), with the featured prelims expected to begin at 8pm, leaving the main card to begin at 10pm.

Jon Anik hosted a UFC 322 pre-fight Q&A with Dustin Poirier, Kamaru Usman, Jorge Masvidal and Joanna Jedrzejczyk

The lightweight legend moves up to welterweight as Weili Zhang and Valentina Shevchenko clash for another piece of history.

Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev and Shevchenko vs. Zhang start in your country. See the full schedule and global broadcast times for the main card and prelims.​

In the main event, Makhachev will battle welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena. Makhachev won the lightweight championship in 2022 and successfully defended the title four times before vacating to move to welterweight. Dealla Maddalena will be making his first defense of the title he won in May with a decision win over Belal Muhammad.