PARAMOUNT PRESENTS A HISTORIC WEEK OF COMBAT SPORTS HEADLINED BY “UFC® 332: SILVA VS. WANG,” THE FIRST FULL MAIN CARD OF A UFC NUMBERED EVENT EVER SIMULCAST ON CBS AND PARAMOUNT

Natalia Silva and Wang Cong Battle for the Vacant UFC Women's Flyweight Title on Saturday, Oct. 3 - Live on Paramount+ at 8:00 PM, ET and on CBS Following College Football Coverage

Plus Week 8 of "Dana White's Contender Series" Continues Tonight

Beginning today, Tuesday, Sept. 29, Paramount+ will present two live combat sports events across the week, culminating Saturday, Oct. 3, with UFC® 332: SILVA VS. WANG live from Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The full UFC 332 main card will be simulcast live on CBS and Paramount+: the first time the complete main card of a UFC numbered event has aired on both the broadcast network and the streaming service. The week kicks off with Week 8 of the historic 10^th season of DANA WHITE'S CONTENDER SERIES. Highlights for each programming event include:

SATURDAY, OCT. 3

UFC® 332: SILVA VS. WANG | Main Card Live on CBS and Paramount+

Early Prelims: 4:00 PM, ET / 1:00 PM, PT | Streaming on Paramount+

Prelims: 6:00 PM, ET / 3:00 PM, PT | Streaming on Paramount+

Main Card: 8:00 PM, ET / 5:00 PM, PT | Simulcast on CBS and Paramount+

Note: CBS Simulcast of UFC 332 begins at 7:30 PM, ET, following college football coverage

The UFC returns to Delta Center in Salt Lake City for a history-making night. CBS coverage of UFC 332 will immediately follow college football at 7:30 PM, ET/ 4:30 PM, PT. For the first time ever, the entire main card of a UFC numbered event will be simulcast live on Paramount+ and CBS. The main card will air an hour earlier than usual, beginning at 8:00 PM, ET / 5:00 PM, PT, putting a UFC championship fight on broadcast television.

• Main event: Brazil's Natalia Silva (20-5-1), the #1-ranked contender and unbeaten in eight UFC appearances, meets China's Wang Cong (10-1) for the vacant UFC women's flyweight championship in a five-round bout. It marks the first UFC main event for both fighters.

• Co-main event: Former UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo (25-7-1) looks to slow the momentum of rising bantamweight star Payton Talbott (11-1), who returns for the first time since defeating Henry Cejudo at UFC 323.

• The main card also features an all-action lightweight matchup between King Green (36-17-1) and Esteban Ribovics (16-3), the long-awaited UFC debut of two-division KSW champion Roberto Soldic against knockout artist Khaos Williams at welterweight, and Contender Series graduate Ateba Gautier, unbeaten in the Octagon, taking a step up against veteran Roman Kopylov at middleweight.

• On the prelims, Utah native and "The Ultimate Fighter" season 11 winner Court McGee competes for the final time in his career, facing Eric Nolan in front of his home crowd.

• A complete fight card can be found at UFC.com.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 29

DANA WHITE'S CONTENDER SERIES Season 10, Week 8 | Exclusively on Paramount+

The iconic talent-discovery series continues its historic 10^th season with its eighth Tuesday-night episode, kicking off at 7:00 PM, ET / 4:00 PM, PT, with all five bouts streaming live from the Meta APEX in Las Vegas exclusively on Paramount+. Lightweights close the show for the first time this season as 6-foot-3 Arizona native Loai Abushaar (7-1) meets undefeated British prospect George Staines (10-0), a training partner of Paddy Pimblett. The season's fourth heavyweight bout pits Senegal's Adama Diop (6-1) against unbeaten Russian Zaurbek Sabanov (4-0), and undefeated LFA strawweight champion Aieza Bertolso (7-0) faces Argentina's Camila Reynoso (9-1) in the season's first women's strawweight contest.

Season 10 of DANA WHITE'S CONTENDER SERIES is on a record pace. Through seven episodes, UFC president and CEO Dana White has awarded 34 UFC contracts, more than any prior season had produced at the same point and three ahead of last season's previous high-water mark. With three episodes remaining, the season is on track to surpass the single-season record of 46 contracts set in seasons seven and nine. The season's graduates are already making their mark: Week 1 standout Anthony Wint, a former NFL linebacker who earned his contract with a 34-second knockout on the season premiere, won his UFC debut in Sacramento and returns for his second UFC bout on the prelims of UFC 332: SILVA VS. WANG this Saturday, live on Paramount+.

First debuting in 2017, the brainchild of UFC president and CEO Dana White has resulted in over 300 total contracts from its first nine seasons and DANA WHITE'S CONTENDER SERIES: BRAZIL, including four UFC champions in Sean O'Malley, Jamahal Hill, Jack Della Maddalena and Carlos Ulberg. Other notable alumni include top-ranked UFC contenders and stars such as Lone'er Kavanagh, Kevin Vallejos, Jacobe Smith, David Martinez, Ateba Gautier, Quillan Salkilld, Payton Talbott, Jean Silva, Carlos Prates, Josh Hokit, Mauricio Ruffy, Kevin Holland, Caio Borralho, Brendan Allen and Joe Pyfer.

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