Belal Muhammad defends his welterweight title for the primary time towards an sudden opponent in Jack Della Maddalena within the new principal occasion simply introduced for UFC 315 on Might 10 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Along with the principle occasion, Valentina Shevchenko places her flyweight title up for grabs when she faces Manon Fiorot within the five-round co-main occasion. The cardboard additionally encompasses a matchup pitting Gilbert Burns towards Michael Morales.
UFC CEO Dana White introduced the pairings throughout an Instagram dwell video on Wednesday night time.
Muhammad faces off with Della Maddalena after the UFC was unable to e-book Shavkat Rakhmonov in the principle occasion because of harm.
That compelled the promotion to shift Della Maddalena into the title combat, which pulled him out of the UFC London principal occasion towards Leon Edwards the place he was initially scheduled to compete.
Muhammad makes his first title protection after a nasty foot harm prevented him from preventing this previous December at UFC 310. He now faces Della Maddalena, who’s undefeated within the UFC with an ideal 7-0 report.
As for the co-main occasion, Shevchenko lastly strikes on from her rivalry with Alexa Grasso and now defends her flyweight title towards Fiorot, who comes into the combat with seven straight wins since becoming a member of the UFC roster together with victories over Erin Blanchfield and Rose Namajunas.
UFC 315 goes down from the Belle Centre in Montreal on Might 10 with the cardboard airing dwell on ESPN+ pay-per-view.
