The UFC begins its October schedule on Saturday with UFC 332 from Delta Center in Salt Lake City (Paramount+).
One of three championship fights in the coming month headlines the card. After Valentina Shevchenko vacated her belt due to injury, ranked contenders Natalia Silva (20-5-1 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and Wang Cong (10-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) will meet to crown just the fourth champion in divisional history.
For more on the numbers, check below for MMA Junkie's UFC 332 pre-event facts.
Natalia Silva vs. Wang Cong
Natalia Silva
Silva's eight-fight UFC winning streak at women's flyweight is the longest active streak in the division.
Silva's eight-fight UFC winning streak at women's flyweight is the second-longest in divisional history behind Valentina Shevchenko (nine).
Silva is one of six fighters in UFC
history to earn a knockout stemming from a spinning back kick to the head. She accomplished the feat at UFC Fight Night 215.
Silva defends 90.3 percent of all opponent takedown attempts in UFC women's flyweight competition, the best rate in divisional history.
Silva's two fight-night bonuses for UFC women's flyweight bouts are tied for third-most in divisional history behind Judice (four) and Molly McCann (three).
Wang Cong
Cong's four-fight UFC winning streak at women's flyweight is the second-longest active streak in the division behind Silva (eight).
Cong lands 58.2 percent of her significant strike attempts in UFC women's flyweight competition, the best rate in divisional history.
Cong lands 8.0 significant strikes per minute in UFC women's flyweight competition, the second-highest rate in divisional history behind Carli Judice (8.7).
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Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Payton Talbott
Deiveson Figueiredo (25-7-1 MMA, 14-7-1 UFC), a former two-time flyweight champion, is 4-4 since he moved up to the UFC bantamweight division in December 2023.
Figueiredo is one of six flyweight champions in UFC history. Joshua Van, Alexandre Pantoja, Brandon Moreno, Henry Cejudo and Demetrious Johnson also held the title. He and Moreno are the only members of the group to have multiple reigns.
Figueiredo and Moreno are the only opponents in UFC history to face each other four times.
Figueiredo made the fastest title-fight turnaround in UFC history at 21 days at UFC 255 and UFC 256.
Figueiredo's seven stoppage victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied with Johnson for second-most in divisional history behind Pantoja (eight).
Figueiredo's four knockout victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied for third-most in divisional history behind Joseph Benavidez (five) and Manel Kape (five).
Figueiredo's 11 knockdowns landed in UFC flyweight competition are tied for most in divisional history.
Payton Talbott (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) lands 59 percent of his significant strike attempts in UFC bantamweight competition, the second-best rate in divisional history behind Sean O'Malley (60.3 percent).
King Green vs. Esteban Ribovics
King Green (36-17-1 MMA, 17-12-1 UFC) competes in his 30th UFC lightweight bout, tied with Clay Guida for the second-most appearances in divisional history behind Jim Miller (44).
Green becomes the second fighter to make four UFC appearances in 2026, along with Charles Johnson. He can become the first to go 4-0 in the UFC this year.
Green's 16 victories in UFC lightweight competition are tied for fifth-most in divisional history behind Miller (25), Charles Oliveira (18), Donald Cerrone (17) and Beneil Dariush (17).
Green has landed 2,050 significant strikes in UFC lightweight competition, the most in divisional history.
Green has landed 2,312 total strikes in UFC lightweight competition, the most in divisional history.
Esteban Ribovics (15-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) lands 7.41 significant strikes per minute in UFC lightweight competition, the third-highest rate in divisional history behind Frank Camacho (8.91) and Terrance McKinney (7.95).
Ribovics' 37-second knockout victory at UFC on ESPN 56 marked the fastest head kick finish in UFC lightweight history.
Khaos Williams vs. Roberto Soldic
Roberto Soldic (21-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC), a former two-division KSW champion, makes his promotional debut at the event.
Ateba Gautier vs. Roman Kopylov
Ateba Gautier's (11-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) five-fight UFC winning streak at middleweight is tied with Nassourdine Imavov and Christian Leroy Duncan for the longest active streak in the division.
Roman Kopylov's (15-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) victory at the 4:59 mark of Round 3 at UFC Fight Night 249 is tied with four fights for the second-latest stoppage in a three-round UFC bout. Ricky Simon holds the record with his win at 5:00 of Round 3 at UFC Fight Night 128.
Kopylov defends 88.9 percent of all takedown attempts in UFC middleweight competition, the best rate in divisional history.
Johnny Walker vs. Mick Parkin
Johnny Walker (22-10 MMA, 8-7 UFC) moves up to the heavyweight division after spending his previous 16 octagon appearances at light heavyweight.
Walker is 4-8 with one no contest in his past 13 fights dating back to November 2019.
Walker is one of 12 fighters in UFC history to earn a knockout stemming from a spinning back fist. He accomplished the feat at UFC on ESPN+ 2.
Walker is one of two fighters in UFC history to win a light heavyweight bout by knockout stemming from a flying knee. James Irvin also accomplished the feat.
Walker is one of seven fighters in modern UFC history to win a light heavyweight bout by knockout in 15 seconds or less. He accomplished the feat at UFC on ESPN+ 2.
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Alexander Hernandez
Rafael dos Anjos (33-17 MMA, 21-15 UFC) returns to competition for the first time since Oct. 26, 2024. The nearly two-year layoff is the longest of his more than 22-year career.
Dos Anjos' three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since December 2022.
Dos Anjos becomes the seventh fighter in UFC history to make 37 octagon appearances.
Dos Anjos total fight time of 8:43:19 in UFC competition is the second-most in company history behind Max Holloway (8:53:52)
Dos Anjos is one of 10 fighters in UFC history to earn 21 or more octagon victories.
Dos Anjos' 12 decision victories in UFC competition are tied for third-most in company history behind Neil Magny (14) and Brad Tavares (14).
Marvin Vettori vs. Ismail Naurdiev
Marvin Vettori's (19-9-1 MMA, 9-8-1 UFC) four-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since March 2023.
Vettori and Jared Cannonier combined for 394 significant strikes landed at UFC on ESPN 47, the single-fight record for a UFC middleweight bout.
Ismail Naurdiev (25-8 MMA, 4-3 UFC) is 2-1 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in September 2024.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 332 pre-event facts: Can King Green continue magical year?
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