Valentina Shevchenko was stripped of her flyweight title after vacating due to injury, and Natalia Silva now meets Wang Cong for the vacant belt in the October 3 main event at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, airing live on CBS and Paramount Plus. Betting odds for that title fight are already out. The undercard is rounding into shape too, with Khaos Williams making his welterweight debut against Roberto Soldic, and Marcus McGhee fighting up and coming Albanian Benardo Sopaj.
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We summarise the day's news in our own words. Full credit to the outlets below for the original reporting, click through to read their work.
- Paulo Costa reveals his plan to save UFC 332 was rejected before lame main event announcement (Bloody Elbow)
- One fighter transported to hospital following bloody UFC Paris beating (Yahoo Sports)
- Salahdine Parnasses destroys Dan Hooker in debut, calls for Max Holloway next after UFC Paris main event (MMA Fighting)
- UFC Paris results: Biggest winners, losers from ‘Hooker vs. Parnasse’ yesterday (MMA Mania)
- Khaos Williams Draws Roberto Soldic For UFC 332 Welterweight Debut (MiddleEasy)
- UFC Paris Post Show: Reaction to Salahdine Parnasse’s quick win over Dan Hooker, and where he goes next (MMA Fighting)
- Parnasse wins in UFC debut, tops Hooker in Paris (ESPN MMA)
- Natalia Silva vs. Wang Cong UFC 332 Betting Odds Revealed (Yahoo Sports)
- Valentina Shevchenko vacates flyweight championship; Interim title fight headlines UFC 332 (Sherdog)
- ‘Aight he’s getting Michael Chandler next’: Pros react to Salahdine Parnasse’s destruction of Dan Hooker at UFC Paris (MMA Fighting)
- Intriguing Bantamweight Fight Added to UFC 332 in Salt Lake City (Yahoo Sports)
- Natalia Silva vs. Wang Cong title fight to main event UFC 332, injured Valentina Shevchenko stripped of Flyweight crown (MMA Mania)
- UFC Paris live blog: Dan Hooker vs. Salahdine Parnasse (MMA Fighting)
- UFC Paris video: Axel Sola demolishes Fares Ziam with devastating one-punch knockout (MMA Fighting)
Split from that day's roundup, so the sources listed are the full set behind the whole edition rather than this story alone.
This story ran in the September 6, 2026 edition of the daily show.