Just a couple of years ago, UFC fans were treated to something truly special when we saw the two best pound for pound fighters face off in a champion versus champion matchup. Alexander Volkanovski took on Islam Makhachev and that first fight felt really special.

Now, we are going to see another P4P #1 versus #2 in a championship super fight on the women’s side. UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili (26-3) is vacating the strawweight title in order to move up to flyweight to challenge the flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1).

It’s the fight that needed to happen and Dana White announced this news tonight on Instagram. The matchup will go down at Madison Square Garden at UFC 322 on November 15th.

UFC 322

Let’s start with Zhang Weili. Weili was rushed to the top of the strawweight

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