UFC 332 -- Natalia Silva vs. Wang Cong: Fight card, date, odds, location and more for Salt Lake City — SkimNews
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- Natalia Silva (-198) meets Wang Cong (+164) for the vacant women's flyweight championship at UFC 332 on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, with the title vacated after Valentina Shevchenko was forced out by injury.
- Silva enters the bout at a perfect 8-0 inside the Octagon, with her three most recent wins coming over former UFC champions Jessica Andrade, Alexa Grasso, and Rose Namajunas.
- Wang Cong arrives on a four-fight winning streak but started her UFC tenure 1-1, and two of those four straight wins came at catchweight rather than at flyweight.
- The co-main event sends rising bantamweight Payton Talbott (-625) against former flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo (+455).
- UFC 332's main card airs in full on CBS — the first such broadcast since Bellator 290 in 2023 and the first of the Paramount era.
- DraftKings odds are posted for 13 fights, including heavyweight Johnny Walker (-135) vs. Mick Parkin (+114) and a middleweight tilt between Ismail Naurdiev (-135) and Marvin Vettori (+114).
Why it matters: With Shevchenko sidelined indefinitely, the women's flyweight division installs a new champion Saturday, and Silva's résumé of three former-titleholder wins makes her a heavy -198 favorite. The CBS broadcast also matters: UFC hasn't aired a full main card on broadcast TV since 2023, so this opens the promotion to a wider, non-cable audience under the new Paramount arrangement.
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