On Could 10, the UFC will host an occasion in Montreal Quebec, Canada for the primary time in a decade and the occasion options two world title fights.
Welterweight champion Belal Muhammad places his title on the road in the primary occasion in opposition to No. 4 ranked Jack Della Maddalena. Within the co-main occasion, ladies’s flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko takes on No. 2 ranked Manon Fiorot. The combat promotion made the announcement on Wednesday.
Muhammad (24-1, 1 NC) received the title at UFC 304 final July, defeating Leon Edwards by unanimous determination. Muhammad has received 10 fights in a row and hasn’t tasted defeat since 2019.
Della Maddalena (17-2) hasn’t misplaced a combat since 2016. He’ll enter the title combat in opposition to Muhammad using a 17-fight successful streak. He final fought in March 2024, knocking out Gilbert Burns at UFC 299.
Shevchenko (24-4-1) received again the ladies’s 125-pound championship on the Sphere within the UFC 306 co-main occasion defeating Alexa Grasso final September. Grasso ended Shevchenko’s first title reign at UFC 285 in March 2023. The 2 fought to a cut up draw within the rematch six months later. The pair had been opposing coaches on The Final Fighter 32 and a trilogy bout was booked for UFC 306. Shevchenko received a in a one-sided determination.
Fiorot (12-1) has reeled off 12 consecutive wins since shedding in her skilled debut in 2018. She final fought in March 2024, defeating Erin Blanchfield by way of unanimous determination.
