{"id":39915,"date":"2026-08-12T00:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Report-Payton-Talbott-takes-on-former-UFC-champ-at-UFC-332-202325"},"modified":"2026-08-12T00:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T00:51:37","slug":"report-payton-talbott-takes-on-former-ufc-champ-at-ufc-332","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/report-payton-talbott-takes-on-former-ufc-champ-at-ufc-332\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Payton Talbott takes on former UFC champ at UFC 332"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/report-payton-talbott-takes-on-former-ufc-champ-at-ufc-332.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Payton-Talbott-296553\">Payton<br \/>\nTalbott<\/a> could have another former <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> titleholder standing opposite<br \/>\nhim in his next bout.<\/p>\n<p>Talbott (11-1) is reportedly set to face former flyweight champion<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Deiveson-Figueiredo-110485\">Deiveson<br \/>\nFigueiredo<\/a> (25-7-1) at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-332-114123\">UFC 332<\/a> on Oct.<br \/>\n3 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. Brazilian reporter <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/leoguimaraesmma\/status\/2087173410954563957\">Leo Guimaraes<\/a> claims that the matchup is being worked<br \/>\non and is yet to be finalized.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Payton Talbott and Deiveson Figueiredo\u2019s contrasting journeys<br \/>\nto UFC 332<\/h2>\n<p>Talbott and Figueiredo enter the rumored matchup at different<br \/>\npoints in their careers. The former has not competed since earning<br \/>\na unanimous decision victory over former two-division champion<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Henry-Cejudo-125297\">Henry<br \/>\nCejudo<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-323-Dvalishvili-vs-Yan-2-109392\"><br \/>\nUFC 323<\/a>. The 27-year-old rebounded from the lone loss of his<br \/>\ncareer, a decision defeat to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Raoni-Barcelos-94587\">Raoni<br \/>\nBarcelos<\/a>, with wins over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Felipe-Lima-205627\">Felipe Lima<\/a><br \/>\nand Cejudo.<\/p>\n<p>Before the Barcelos defeat, Talbott finished his first three UFC<br \/>\nopponents, including a 19-second knockout.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Figueiredo made the move to bantamweight after becoming<br \/>\na two-time UFC flyweight champion, quickly establishing himself at<br \/>\n135 pounds, scoring victories over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Rob-Font-76100\">Rob Font<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Cody-Garbrandt-50381\">Cody<br \/>\nGarbrandt<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Marlon-Vera-97179\">Marlon Vera<\/a>.<br \/>\nHowever, \u201cDeus da Guerra\u201d has struggled in his recent outings. The<br \/>\n38-year-old has dropped four of his past five bouts and is on a<br \/>\ntwo-fight skid.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 332\u2019s main event is yet to be announced. Other reported bouts<br \/>\ninclude <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Johnny-Walker-170203\">Johnny<br \/>\nWalker<\/a> vs. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mick-Parkin-224411\">Mick<br \/>\nParkin<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Roman-Kopylov-232601\">Roman<br \/>\nKopylov<\/a> vs. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ateba-Abega-Gautier-386979\">Ateba<br \/>\nAbega Gautier<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Imanol-Rodriguez-418935\">Imanol<br \/>\nRodriguez<\/a> vs. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alden-Coria-203015\">Alden<br \/>\nCoria<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Payton Talbott could have another former Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder standing opposite him in his next bout. Talbott (11-1) is reportedly set to face former flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo (25-7-1) at UFC 332 on Oct. 3 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. Brazilian reporter Leo Guimaraes claims that the matchup is being worked on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}