UFC 322 live: Makhachev vs Della Maddalena fight start time, undercard results and updates tonight

Here are Della Maddalena and Makhachev’s last five results, respectively:

def. Belal Muhammad via decision (May ‘25)

def. Gilbert Burns via 1st-round TKO (March ‘24)

def. Kevin Holland via decision (Sep ‘23)

def. Bassil Hafez via decision (July ‘23)

def. Randy Brown via 1st-round sub (Feb ‘23)

def. Renato Moicano via 1st-round sub (Jan ‘25)

def. Dustin Poirier via 5th-round sub (June ‘24)

def. Alex Volkanovski via 1st-round KO (Oct ‘23)

def. Alex Volkanovski via decision (Feb ‘23)

def. Charles Oliveira via 2nd-round sub (Oct ‘22)

However, Della Maddalena took to the scales much later in the morning, and when he did, the Australian came in at 170.4lb.

But after removing his shorts and weighing in behind a curtain, the champion was listed at 169.8lb.

When Jack Della Maddalena stopped Ramazan Emeev in June 2022, he passed what he described as the “Dagestani wrestler test”. Tonight, he faces the Islam Makhachev test – the final boss of Dagestani wrestler tests.

To call this bout make-or-break for the Australian’s career would be hyperbole; only a select class of fighters can call themselves world champions. But if he punctures Makhechev’s mystique at Madison Square Garden, sending him packing back to 155lb, “JDM” could become the three hottest letters in the UFC.

Our own Will Castle, who will be taking over our live coverage when the regular prelims begin, chatted to one of “JDM”’s former opponents ahead of tonight’s main event.

Danny Roberts faced Della Maddalena three years ago to the month, falling to a first-round knockout by the now-champ.

“It was amazing to get in there, and I knew from the second we started throwing hard: ‘This is a good kid,’” the Briton told The Independent.

“You know your levels. I’ve had X amount of fights in the UFC, I know what it is when I get in there with someone – I know their level, their skillset, their potential – and I knew he was going to be great.”

In the UK, UFC 322 will air live on TNT Sports 1. It can also be purchased via Discovery+, EE TV, Virgin Media, Amazon Prime Video, and Sky Sports. The prelims will also stream live on UFC Fight Pass.

In the US, ESPN+ will stream the main card on pay-per-view. ESPN+ will also stream the prelims to its subscribers, as will UFC Fight Pass.

In a bid to be as prepared as possible for his clash with the Australian, who has not lost in nine years, Makhachev broke his training into three distinct sections.

“I did like three camps,” the Russian, who is unbeaten in 10 years, told the Weighing In podcast on Monday. “One of them in Russia, one of them in Dubai, and the last one in New Jersey.

“First camp, I just focused [on doing] weights, to gain weight. I did like three weeks’ camp. After that, we moved to Dubai, and we did a lot of sparring, wrestling, more conditioning, you know?

“Now we’re in New Jersey, and I have my sparring partner who can do similar [techniques] to JDM.”

Della Maddalena – 21/10; Makhachev – 4/11

Shevchenko – 20/21; Zhang – 5/6

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Bo Nickal vs Rodolfo Vieira (middleweight)

Roman Kopylov vs Gregory Rodrigues (middleweight)

Erin Blanchfield vs Tracy Cortez (women’s flyweight)

Malcolm Wellmaker vs Ethyn Ewing (featherweight)

Kyle Daukaus vs Gerald Meerschaert (middleweight)

Pat Sabatini vs Chepe Mariscal (featherweight)

Angela Hill vs Fatima Kline (women’s strawweight)

Baisangur Susurkaev vs Eric McConico (middleweight)

Viacheslav Borshchev vs Matheus Camilo (lightweight)

Jack Della Maddalena (C) vs Islam Makhachev (welterweight title)

Valentina Shevchenko (C) vs Zhang Weili (women’s flyweight title)

Sean Brady vs Michael Morales (welterweight)

Leon Edwards vs Carlos Prates (welterweight)

Beneil Dariush vs Benoit Saint-Denis (lightweight)

UFC 322 takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City tonight.

The early prelims will begin at 11pm GMT (3pm PT / 5pm CT / 6pm ET), with the regular prelims following at 1am GMT on Sunday (5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET) on Saturday).

The main card is then set for 3am GMT on Sunday (7pm PT / 9pm CT / 10pm ET on Saturday).

We’ll provide live, round-by-round updates of the regular prelims and main card, and we’ll give you a round-up of the early prelims as well!