{"id":40696,"date":"2026-09-25T04:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T04:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Natalia-Silvas-coach-makes-bold-claim-about-UFC-332-title-fight-202949"},"modified":"2026-09-25T04:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T04:20:18","slug":"natalia-silvas-coach-makes-bold-claim-about-ufc-332-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/natalia-silvas-coach-makes-bold-claim-about-ufc-332-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalia Silva\u2019s coach makes bold claim about UFC 332 title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Natalia
\nSilva<\/a>\u2019s team believes her upcoming title bout will be a treat
\nfor fans.<\/p>\n

Silva is scheduled to face Cong Wang<\/a> for
\nthe vacant
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> women\u2019s flyweight title on Oct.
\n3 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The bout came together after
\nValentina
\nShevchenko<\/a> vacated the crown because of injury. The Brazilian\u2019s
\ncoach recently previewed the matchup, which is set to headline
\nUFC
\n332<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Carlos Costa calls Natalia Silva and Wang Cong the division\u2019s
\ntwo best strikers<\/h2>\n

According to Silva\u2019s coach, Carlos
\nCosta<\/a>, the camp had originally been built around Shevchenko
\nbefore Wang replaced her.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had been preparing for Valentina for months and doing a full
\ntechnical study of the champion,\u201d Costa told Sherdog. \u201cWe were
\nespecially focused on takedowns, since Valentina had been taking
\ndown a lot of her opponents. Our main focus was timing on entries
\nand distance control. When the UFC told us she was out of the
\nfight, and it happened somewhat at the last minute, we completely
\nchanged the focus of our training. It was a huge surprise to us,
\nespecially since Cong was ranked No. 6.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the change in opponent, Costa expects the matchup to
\nproduce an entertaining striking battle and foresees his pupil
\ncoming out on top.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause not many people know Cong, there were complaints about her
\nbeing in a main event, but I think a lot of people are going to be
\nsurprised by this fight,\u201d Costa added. \u201cEspecially because of their
\nstyles. In my opinion, Natalia and Cong are the two best strikers
\nin the division. I\u2019m sure that once these girls put on a show in
\nthe Octagon, the public\u2019s perception will change dramatically. I
\ndon\u2019t know if the win will come in the first or fifth round. I just
\nknow victory is coming. Natalia is ready to become the first
\nBrazilian female champion at 125 pounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silva (20-5-1) is on a 14-fight win streak and has never tasted
\ndefeat in the UFC. Meanwhile, Wang enters the bout with a 10-1
\nrecord and a four-fight winning streak. The Chinese contender most
\nrecently defeated Tracy
\nCortez<\/a> by unanimous decision. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Natalia Silva\u2019s team believes her upcoming title bout will be a treat for fans. Silva is scheduled to face Cong Wang for the vacant Ultimate Fighting Championship women\u2019s flyweight title on Oct. 3 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The bout came together after Valentina Shevchenko vacated the crown because of injury. The Brazilian\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40696","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\/40696","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=40696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}