UFC 332 Preview: Natalia Silva vs Wang Cong Full Card, Film Study, Odds & Weigh-In Video

UFC 332 Preview: Natalia Silva vs Wang Cong Full Card, Film Study, Odds & Weigh-In Video

By Real Combat Media MMA Editorial Staff

Salt Lake City, Utah, (October 3rd, 2026)–UFC 332 arrives at the Delta Center on Saturday with a new women’s flyweight champion guaranteed, and the main card becomes the first from a UFC numbered event to air on CBS. Natalia Silva brings a 14-fight win streak into her first UFC main event against Wang Cong for the title Valentina Shevchenko vacated with an injury. Deiveson Figueiredo faces rising bantamweight Payton Talbott in the co-main event, Roberto Soldić makes his long-awaited UFC debut against Khaos Williams, and 40-year-old King Green puts a four-fight win streak on the line against Esteban Ribovics. Of the 28 fighters on the card, only Ribovics missed weight on Friday. Below are the records and official weights for all 14 fights, tale-of-the-tape breakdowns, film study, and odds for the main card, plus the weigh-in video.

Main Event: Natalia Silva vs Wang Cong, Women’s Flyweight Title (5 Rounds)

Silva was set to challenge Shevchenko before the longtime champion was injured, and the result is a first UFC main event for both women, five rounds, and altitude as a wild card. Both made weight, Silva at 125 and Wang at 124.5.

Film Study, Natalia Silva: Silva is perfect inside the Octagon and her last three wins came over former champions Jessica Andrade, Alexa Grasso and Rose Namajunas. Her taekwondo base shows up as a kick-heavy attack built on speed and footwork, and she lands 4.81 significant strikes per minute while absorbing only 2.36, with 66 percent significant strike defense. Roughly 94 percent of her significant strikes land at distance, and she has defended 90 percent of the takedowns thrown at her. The one question is finishing. Only two of her eight UFC wins ended early, and her last five victories all went to the scorecards.

Film Study, Wang Cong: Wang is the more accurate striker on paper. She lands 6.82 significant strikes per minute at 59 percent accuracy and spreads them across the head (48 percent), body (24 percent) and legs (28 percent), and the UFC’s own preview notes she owns the best striking differential in the division. Her sanda and kickboxing background includes a 2015 pro kickboxing win over Shevchenko. Her only loss came when Gabriella Fernandes choked her out in the second round in November 2024. Since then she has won four straight by unanimous decision over Bruna Brasil, Ariane da Silva, Eduarda Moura and Tracy Cortez, with her last finish a 1:02 knockout of Victoria Leonardo in August 2024. She defends 86 percent of takedowns.

Keys to Victory, Silva: Win the distance battle with kicks and footwork, land and exit, and avoid long stationary exchanges with the more accurate puncher. The UFC’s preview flagged Silva’s timing on her shots as a potential factor if Wang works from the clinch, so a well-timed takedown can steal a round.

Keys to Victory, Wang: Make this a boxing and low-kick fight, keep her hands in front of Silva’s kicks and bank rounds with accuracy. Five rounds at altitude is new for both, so rounds four and five could come down to conditioning. She also has the one real knockout on either résumé, so a clean counter early could change the fight.

Odds: Silva -205 to -250, Wang +164 to +205

Co-Main Event: Deiveson Figueiredo vs Payton Talbott, Bantamweight

Film Study, Deiveson Figueiredo: The two-time former flyweight champion is 1-4 over his last five. The losses came against Petr Yan (five-round decision), Cory Sandhagen (second-round injury stoppage), Umar Nurmagomedov (decision) and Song Yadong, who submitted him with a guillotine in the second round in May. The lone win was a split decision over Montel Jackson. The numbers show the slide. He lands 2.57 significant strikes per minute, absorbs 3.43 and defends only 50 percent of the strikes thrown at him. His takedown accuracy sits at 8 percent (7 of 86). The résumé still carries danger, with nine knockouts, nine submissions and 11 first-round finishes, and he has leaned more on blending striking and grappling at 135. He turns 39 in December.

Film Study, Payton Talbott: Talbott is a composed, creative striker who switches stances and walks opponents down, landing 6.62 significant strikes per minute at 57 percent accuracy with 71 percent of his volume going to the head. Seven of his 11 wins came by knockout, including a 19-second finish of Yanis Ghemmouri and a 21-second second-round stoppage of Cameron Saaiman. His lone loss was a decision to Raoni Barcelos in January 2025, and he has since beaten Felipe Lima and former two-division champion Henry Cejudo by decision. The soft spot is defense. He absorbs 3.41 per minute and defends just 47 percent of strikes, though his 78 percent takedown defense is solid. He has not fought since December, a ten-month layoff.

Keys to Victory, Figueiredo: He cannot win a kickboxing match at his current output, so he has to shorten the distance, load up his boxing power inside, and mix in takedowns and guillotine threats to make Talbott uncomfortable.

Keys to Victory, Talbott: Use the five-inch height edge and the reach, keep the jab honest and keep this standing, where Figueiredo’s recent output has been lowest. The risk is walking forward carelessly into a one-shot puncher with a 47 percent strike defense, so discipline in the early minutes matters after the layoff.

Odds: Figueiredo +430 to +525, Talbott -650 to -833

King Green vs Esteban Ribovics, Lightweight (Catchweight)

Ribovics weighed 156.5, half a pound over the 156-pound non-title limit, and forfeits 20 percent of his purse to Green. The fight stays on at catchweight, and the UFC’s own preview called it the pre-event pick for Fight of the Night, “if it gets that far.”

Film Study, King Green: Green is on his best run since arriving in the UFC, winning four straight and going 7-3 over his last 10. After a split decision over Lance Gibson Jr. in December, he finished Daniel Zellhuber in the second round, submitted Jeremy Stephens with a rear-naked choke in the first, and stopped Terrance McKinney at 4:59 of the first round. All three 2026 finishes came late in rounds, which says plenty about his late-round awareness. He lands 6.49 significant strikes per minute at 53 percent accuracy and defends 72 percent of takedowns. The caution is durability. He has been knocked out by Dustin Poirier, Drew Dober, Jalin Turner and Mauricio Ruffy.

Film Study, Esteban Ribovics: “El Gringo” is a high-volume head hunter, landing 7.43 significant strikes per minute with 74 percent of them going to the head. The price is defense: he absorbs 5.74 per minute and defends 54 percent. He is 5-2 over his last seven with three Fight of the Night bonuses and a 2024 Fight of the Year contender. He stopped Edson Barboza in the second round at UFC 330 in August, then got submitted by Mateusz Gamrot with an arm-triangle in April. This is his second fight in 49 days and third of 2026.

Keys to Victory, Green: Blunt the volume with accuracy and counters, use the two-inch reach edge and his experience, and keep the pressure on to the final seconds of rounds, where his 2026 finishes arrived.

Keys to Victory, Ribovics: Set the pace early, keep the head targeted and make Green fight in reverse. Energy management matters on a 49-day turnaround after a weight miss if this goes deep.

Odds: Green +180 to +190, Ribovics -218 to -230

Roberto Soldić vs Khaos Williams, Welterweight

Film Study, Roberto Soldić: “Robocop” is a former two-time KSW welterweight champion who also won the KSW middleweight title, and he split two title fights with future UFC champion Dricus Du Plessis in 2018. Eighteen of his 21 wins came by knockout, and he has gone to a decision only four times in 26 pro fights. His judo background gives him a path to the mat that most strikers lack. He returns to 170 pounds after four fights at middleweight. The questions are about the layoff, since this is his first MMA fight in 590 days, and about the jump to the UFC cage after a 4-0 run of knockouts in pro boxing in 2025.

Film Study, Khaos Williams: “The OxFighter” has five knockouts in seven UFC wins and carries fight-ending power in every weapon. He lands 4.97 significant strikes per minute but absorbs 5.34, defends only 41 percent of strikes and 52 percent of takedowns, and averages 0.88 knockdowns per 15 minutes. He has never been knocked out. He returns off a first-round TKO of Nikolay Veretennikov in May, and his 77-inch reach is four inches longer than Soldić’s.

Keys to Victory, Soldić: Cover distance without eating the counter, then use the judo to test Williams’ 52 percent takedown defense. After 590 days away, the first round is about timing and composure.

Keys to Victory, Williams: Stay long, make Soldić walk into one clean shot and keep this a short fight. A debuting fighter coming off a long layoff gives him his best shot at an early knockout.

Odds: Soldić -205 to -270, Williams +170 to +220

Ateba Gautier vs Roman Kopylov, Middleweight

Film Study, Ateba Gautier: “The Storm” is unbeaten in the UFC and riding a 10-fight win streak with nine knockouts. He opened his UFC career with three first-round knockouts in 6:23 combined, and his 2.87 knockdowns per 15 minutes and 6:06 average fight time show how quickly his fights tend to end. Roughly 78 percent of his landed strikes go to the head, and he defends 94 percent of takedowns. The knocks are schedule strength and January’s three-round decision over Andrey Pulyaev, which raised eyebrows before he knocked out Ozzy Diaz in the second round at UFC 328 in May.

Film Study, Roman Kopylov: The 34-year-old Russian southpaw has 12 knockouts among his 15 wins and is 7-3 over his last 10 with five finishes. His best recent work was a high-kick TKO of Chris Curtis at 4:59 of the third round in January 2025. He then dropped decisions to Paulo Costa and Gregory Rodrigues before outpointing Marco Tulio in May. He lands 4.54 significant strikes per minute, absorbs 5.08 and defends 53 percent of strikes, so he gets hit, but he stops 89 percent of takedowns and has never been shy about trading.

Keys to Victory, Gautier: Use the six-inch reach advantage and the jab, avoid the early haymaker and prove he can win a longer fight against a veteran if the knockout does not come.

Keys to Victory, Kopylov: Use southpaw angles to get inside, make the fight heavier and longer, and test the cardio and composure of a 24-year-old who has rarely seen the late rounds.

Odds: Gautier -210 to -240, Kopylov +175 to +195

Full Card Records and Weights

Records listed first, official Friday weigh-in weights in parentheses (pounds).

Main Card (Paramount+ and CBS, 8 p.m. ET)
Natalia Silva, 20-5-1 (125) vs. Wang Cong, 10-1 (124.5), vacant women’s flyweight title
Deiveson Figueiredo, 25-7-1 (135) vs. Payton Talbott, 11-1 (135.5)
King Green, 36-17-1, 1 NC (155.5) vs. Esteban Ribovics, 16-3 (156.5)*
Roberto Soldić, 21-4, 1 NC (170) vs. Khaos Williams, 16-5 (170)
Ateba Gautier, 11-1 (184) vs. Roman Kopylov, 15-5 (185)

Preliminary Card (Paramount+, 6 p.m. ET)
Imanol Rodriguez, 7-0 (126) vs. Alden Coria, 13-3, 1 NC (126)
Damian Pinas, 10-1 (185) vs. Andrey Pulyaev, 10-5 (185.5)
Marcus McGhee, 11-2 (144.5) vs. Anthony Romero, 7-2, 1 NC (145)
Anthony Wint, 8-0 (236) vs. Lucas Armand, 6-0 (263)

Early Preliminary Card (Paramount+ and UFC Fight Pass, 4 p.m. ET)
Johnny Walker, 22-10 (242) vs. Mick Parkin, 10-1 (265.5)
Jacobe Smith, 12-0 (171) vs. Bruce Whitehead, 8-2 (170)
Rafael Dos Anjos, 32-17 (155.5) vs. Alexander Hernandez, 18-9 (155)
Marvin Vettori, 19-10-1 (185.5) vs. Ismail Naurdiev, 25-8 (184.5)
Court McGee, 23-14 (170) vs. Eric Nolan, 8-5 (170)

*Ribovics missed the lightweight limit by half a pound and forfeits 20 percent of his purse to Green. The bout proceeds at catchweight. McGee is fighting for the final time, in his home state of Utah.

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