SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Natalia Silva unanimously outpointed Wang Cong to claim the UFC women’s flyweight championship Saturday night at UFC 332.
Natalia Silva was all prepared to take on Valentina Shevchenko and take the women's flyweight belt from her at UFC 332 on Saturday night in Sa…
FILE - Natalia Silva, right, punches Rose Namajunas in a women's flyweight bout during the UFC 324 mixed martial arts event Saturday Jan. 24, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus, File)
FILE - Brazil's Ariane da Silva, right, punches China's Wang Cong during the second round of a women's flyweight bout at the UFC 316 mixed martial arts event Saturday, June 7, 2025 in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — Mixed martial arts — without the wire cage and with less blood and mayhem — could be coming to the Olympics.
Mukhammad Nabiev of Bahrain, right, competes against Yerkingali Burkutalin of Kazakhstan during their men's traditional 77kg mixed martial arts final at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Kanjutha Phattaraboonsorn of Thailand, left, reacts after winning the women's modern 54kg mixed martial arts final against Diana Pogosian of Bahrain at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Mirzobek Umarov of Tajikistan reacts after winning the men's modern 60kg mixed martial arts final against Firdaus Atamuratov of Uzbekistan at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Firdaus Atamuratov of Uzbekistan, left, competes with Mirzobek Umarov of Tajikistan during their men's modern 60kg mixed martial arts final at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Firdaus Atamuratov of Uzbekistan, bottom, competes with Mirzobek Umarov of Tajikistan during their men's modern 60kg mixed martial arts final at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
