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For the better part of a decade, the UFC flyweight title picture has revolved

around one name.

Valentina Shevchenko! That woman is an assassin.

But ahead of her next defense, devastation struck the flyweight queen.

UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is unable to compete. She

will be sidelined for up to a year.

Shevchenko's unexpected departure from the throne has created a golden

opportunity.

And two new contenders are ready to seize it at UFC 332.

Natalya Silva takes on Wang Tong for the undisputed title.

Natalya Silva's rise to the flyweight ranks has been relentless.

She's brutal with her kicks.

Natalya Silva with an epic highlight.

When she explodes, you've got to be ready for a literal war.

Impressive victories over three former UFC champions extended her winning

streak to 14.

She can do everything.

And earned the Brazilian her first shot at UFC gold.

Standing in her way is a fellow striking specialist looking to become China's

next UFC champion.

Following an undefeated kickboxing run that included a victory over Shevchenko,

Wong Tong transitioned her skill set to MMA with devastating effect.

Oh, my God.

She's ready for the top level right away. Now, two first-time title

challengers stand on the verge of the sport's ultimate prize.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

Time. On October 3rd.

One will leave Salt Lake City as UFC flyweight champion.

This

is

UFC 332.

Countdown.

On October 3rd, flyweight Natalya Silva will arrive at her first UFC title shot.

The opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream that was inspired by fellow female

fighting icons.

And in my city there was a Taekwondo social project. I took this class in

this social project and since my first contact, I've fallen in love with the

sport.

When I started fighting MMA, people said that I couldn't be a MMA fighter with

my Taekwondo base.

When I watched Holly Hong's fight against Ronda Rousey,

With that angle that Holly Holm just connected with, footwork and movement,

it's one of the things that make her most dangerous.

She's tagging Ronda.

She's hurt! Hit! Holly looking to finish!

Holly Holm is the new UMG!

If she did it, I can too.

It was a very cool fight.

And the beginning was because of that.

It's double, right? If she doesn't hit, it breaks. But if she hits, it's over!

What a moment this is for

Natalya Silva.

She makes her way to the octagon.

for the very first time.

Oh, big lap from Silva.

What a performance for the Brazilian.

We knew he had great fighters, great prospects on the rise. We didn't know

what Natalia Silva had.

with an epic highlight.

She's so fast and precise and just aggressive in there.

This woman is a problem every single phase of the game. Oh, she wobbled. Oh,

she hurt bad.

A clean striking clinic from Natalia Silva.

No, no.

Oh!

You have now won seven in a row and just beat the number one contender.

Standing across from Natalya Silva in the headline fight at UFC 332.

will be Wang Tong.

Her remarkable journey has been one of discovery through combat, the path that

has taken her from a small village in China to a UFC title shot in Salt Lake

City, Utah.

Then I found out that sports would make me go out, go out of our village, go out

of that place to see the world.

Then I went to train in school.

In the end, I still chose to fight.

I didn't know what this sport was at the time, but I thought it was cool.

The first time I fought with a boy, I was beaten to death.

The coach stopped the fight, but I still had to continue to fight.

I think I also trained for about half a year. I took part in the competition and

won the championship.

I really can't describe how I felt. I was very excited, and I worked

hard to train.

I was the champion of the World Championships, the champion of the World

Cup, and the champion of the Olympic Games.

I gradually gained more attention in the boxing sport.

After I played this match, I realized that this is more suitable for me.

In

2015,

I fought with Shevchenko in the Kunlun Fist Championship.

I was prepared for nine days.

At first, I really didn't know who Shibu was.

So I took him to the competition. When I got to the scene, they asked, who are

you fighting with? I said, I'm fighting with Shibu.

Their faces changed a lot.

He didn't make it twice. No one could beat him.

These two are world-class champions.

I just think I can succeed in the challenge.

Wang Zongxian's fighting style is still very good. Yes, yes, yes.

To this day, he's been the hardest player I've ever played against.

Now I come back and watch my own matches.

I rely entirely on my own will.

When I switched to boxing, there was a gap.

I made a choice between boxing and MMA.

But at that time, MMA wasn't that popular in China.

Yes, that's why I wanted to participate in the Olympics.

On behalf of my country, I won the second place in the World Championships.

This is similar to the first time I won the Olympics.

This is the first time I won.

I think this is my future.

This is my journey.

This is my training, my hard work, all of it. This

is a world championship.

I think it's great because it's my first world championship.

So it means a lot to me.

This is my result.

I think I didn't practice for nothing.

Yes, I didn't have a dream last season. I have a lot of regrets.

And then I also saw the Semi-Final.

Oh, head kick, that's it. Oh my god.

Valentina Shevchenko!

And still the undisputed best in the world.

Get her another ruby for the belt. And still!

UFC has already won the championship. And it's been a long time.

We are moving here on the road to UFC.

The big note coming in, the thing that hits the headlines, the resume of Wang

Kong.

Ready?

Fight! She's fought the cream of the crop in terms of combat sports. You can

see that she's really rounding off her game in terms of having a complete set

of MMA skills. Look at her hunt for these front headlock chokes. She's

looking for the guillotine now.

No arm to an arm and guillotine, and she's got the tap, John. The joker, Wang

Tong, comes in and gets a submission win.

If there were any nerves for Wang Tong coming into her UFC debut, she has not

shown any of that.

Oh, my God.

What it done? That did not take long.

Wang Tong, welcome to the UFC.

Tremendous hand speed on Wang Tong.

Real technical kickboxing by the Chinese fighter.

Wong now putting on some pressure.

The potential that she has, she's on an upwards tick towards becoming a

champion.

The Joker Wong Tong's victory over Tracy Cortez in her last bout capped an

impressive four-fight win streak and moved the Chinese striker into the

contender conversation.

Her recent success followed a decision to seek out Team Alpha male frontman

Uriah Faber, who immediately recognized the potential in the rising star.

Joker, it's been maybe a year and a half now since she's been with the team. Last

one, he can be down here.

It was pretty quick that I realized she could be a world champion. You're here.

Then we come here.

She's a very, very fast learner. Yes.

Yep, yep, yep, yep.

Traditionally, I haven't coached a lot throughout the history of our team.

I was an athlete most of that time.

So she's someone that I'm putting my hands on and getting involved with, with

developing her skill set and getting her to the world championship.

Wong Tong now figuring to round out the skill set with UFC Hall of Famer Uriah

Faber and his wrestling heavy approach.

Team Alpha Male has done an amazing job training Wong to reach her full

potential. She's somebody that will do the repetitions and not question if you

ask her to do the same thing over and over again. Because today's day and age,

people don't like to do the same stuff over and over again. They're watching

social media and want to try this and try that.

grinding on the same thing over and over again is how you get your instincts and

she's down for that let's go joker the team alpha male and she continues to

evolve for our team one of the things we're best at is blending mixed martial

arts because there's boxing there's kickboxing there's wrestling there's

judo jiu-jitsu then there's all that for mma kick your leg yes yeah joker with

her focus and her ability to learn she has everything it takes to be a ufc

champion

Unlocking championship potential with a right-head coach is a formula shared

with Wang Tong's upcoming title fight opponent.

Natalya Silva's decision to chase her dream in MMA saw her seek out a coach

that could nurture her ability and ambition, leading her to Contagé and

Team Borracha.

Natalya came to train with us, to our gym.

in 2019.

Since she arrived here, she has shown a very strong personality. She's a

determined girl, she knew what she wanted, what her goals were.

Very good.

When she came here, she couldn't afford a place to stay, so we gave her a

physiotherapy room so she could live there.

in the physiotherapy room. So her bed was the mark of physiotherapy.

And so she stayed for about six months.

Keep going, keep going.

Keep going a little more. Keep going.

Training in the gym and living in this physiotherapy room.

And then something very interesting happened.

The pandemic came. It closed everything.

But we trained with the doors closed.

So we got to the dilemma. She had two options.

She would go back to her city and she wouldn't be able to train there.

And the other option she had was when I talked to my wife and I said to her, to

my wife, to Lilia, I said, honey, we need to bring Natalia home.

And then my wife accepted it, we took Natalia home and she stayed with us

there. She became my fourth daughter.

Family, cheese, coffee, let's go.

Come on, boys.

When they took me to their house, it was a very special moment for me.

What we need the most is your presence, your peace.

They've always seen me as part of their family, as their older sisters.

They hugged me.

That's it, very good.

Good, good fall.

Very good.

Having Carlos by my side every day, charging me and knowing that he charges

me because he wants me to be better every day is

very special to me.

I feel supported.

To be a UFC champion and bring the belt to Timborracha is to achieve a great

dream.

All the work that has been done, all the dedication, the hours of training

are worth it.

Natalya Silva's title aspirations now lie in her ability to overcome a

dangerous challenger at UFC 332.

Team Alpha Male is embracing the opportunity to prepare Wang Tong for her

first UFC title fight.

And the challenge that lies ahead to utilize her unique skill set to emerge

as the new flyweight champion.

20 seconds, ready.

The level of striking that Joker brings to the octagon is incredible.

It's one thing to have the fundamentals down, which she does, obviously, but

it's creative.

Same speed as a fight.

She has fun with it. She can be in a flow state.

She can make adjustments, and she's not afraid to get in a knockdown dragout.

She can also make people miss and make them pay.

She's got a lot of skills that are easy to adjust in the moment.

And I think she's great at that.

Set it up.

Take him down.

There you go. Good.

Natalia is a striker.

She's got really active footwork and does a lot of counter striking.

She throws a lot of really heavy kicks and depends a lot on those.

Joey, back in. Let's go.

Let's go.

I'll take a traditional kickboxing champion over a karate-style fighter any

day. One is about timing and precision, a lot of counters, and being able to

have your range.

The other one is implementing your will.

There you go. Let's go, Joker.

And I think Joker's going to implement her will.

Good. That's it. A lot of activity.

Throw those kicks.

Good.

Good. Push, push, push, push.

Yeah.

Okay, go, go. Stay on her.

There you go. Fight.

Good.

Yeah.

15.

Three,

two, one, let's go.

Time, hands up, hands up.

Team Borracha has spent years sharpening the skill set of Natalia Silva.

The camp is once again rallying around the flyweight in preparation for fellow

striking specialist Guang Tong.

And confidence is running high for the Brazilian stable to produce their first

UFC champion.

She has good jabs, good kicks, mainly low kicks on her legs. Go, go!

Natalya is a different athlete from any other athlete that Kongo has already

faced because Natalya has a lot of speed.

Natalya combines hands and legs.

Natalya has great movement.

That's it, Fintan, Thiev, very loose, both of them. She is a versatile fighter

who will diversify.

She's so fast and precise and just aggressive.

Carlos Borracha Costa, outstanding work with Natalya Silva.

One time she got real charisma, massive star power.

When it comes to striking, she is elite. Let's go.

she is powerful she is dangerous she's absolutely an elite kickboxer looks

like

a nightmare for anyone and she's here to be a champion

She is an absolute killer.

This woman is a problem every single phase of the game.

When blood's in the water, Natalia Silva knows exactly how to go and end the

fight.

Unbelievable.

A contender has emerged. That is for sure.