Buckley vs. Malott headlines UFC's Oct. 17 card in Edmonton; Blanchfield–Jasudavicius also on the main card

UFC returns to Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada, on Saturday, Oct. 17. UFC.com's event page bills Joaquin Buckley vs. Mike Malott as the welterweight main event, with the main card listed for 8:00 p.m. EDT and the prelims for 5:00 p.m. EDT on Paramount+.

It is a ranked, non-title main event. Islam Makhachev remains welterweight champion on UFC.com's rankings, and no bout on the Oct. 17 card is listed as a title fight.

Main event: Buckley vs. Malott — welterweight

Buckley is No. 10 on UFC.com's media-panel welterweight rankings and No. 8 on the Meta board. Malott is No. 13 on the media panel and No. 11 on Meta (media panel updated Tuesday, Oct. 6; Meta Saturday, Oct. 3). The event page bills them No. 10 and No. 13.

UFC.com's athlete pages list Buckley at 21-8-0 and Malott at 14-2-1, and both list Buckley vs. Malott on Oct. 17 as their upcoming fight. UFC.com lists it as a Welterweight Bout: not a title fight and not billed as an eliminator.

Also on the main card: Blanchfield vs. Jasudavicius — women's flyweight

Erin Blanchfield vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius is listed second on the main card. Blanchfield is No. 4 on the media panel and No. 3 on Meta. Jasudavicius is No. 6 on both lists (on the media panel she shares No. 6 with Maycee Barber; Meta also lists her No. 6). The event page now bills her No. 6 as well. Records per UFC.com: Blanchfield 14-2-0, Jasudavicius 15-4-0.

Natalia Silva won the vacant women's flyweight title at UFC 332 on Oct. 3, and UFC has not announced her first challenger. This is a ranked women's flyweight bout, not a title fight or an eliminator by billing.

UFC.com's event page lists both Malott and Jasudavicius under Canada.

Main card on the event page (six bouts)

- Joaquin Buckley vs. Mike Malott — welterweight (main event) - Erin Blanchfield vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius — women's flyweight - Kyle Nelson vs. Cristian Perez Gonzalez — lightweight - Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Kyle Daukaus — middleweight - Louis Jourdain vs. Timmy Cuamba — bantamweight - Mandel Nallo vs. Nate Landwehr — lightweight

Prelims on the event page (seven bouts)

- Tanner Boser vs. Jhonata Diniz — heavyweight - Julien Leblanc vs. Nick Galanti — middleweight - Javad Mahjoub vs. Joel Faglier — heavyweight - Katlyn Cerminara vs. Mackenzie Stiller — women's flyweight - Chad Anheliger vs. Steven Koslow — bantamweight - Melissa Croden vs. Chelsea Chandler — women's bantamweight (Croden billed No. 14 on the event page; also No. 14 on Tuesday's media-panel update) - Cody Chovancek vs. SuYoung You — bantamweight

None of those bouts are championship fights on the event page. The card is 8 days out. If UFC.com changes the bouts or the order, we will update.

Where the title pictures sit

Oct. 17 does not move a belt. Makhachev has no welterweight defense booked on any UFC.com event page. At women's flyweight, Silva's first defense has not been named. The next title night is UFC 333 on Oct. 24 in Abu Dhabi (Volkanovski–Evloev; Yan–Merab 3), followed by UFC 334 on Nov. 14 (Gane–Hokit; Harrison–Nunes).

Bottom line

Buckley–Malott is a ranked welterweight main event in Edmonton on Oct. 17, not a title fight. Blanchfield–Jasudavicius is the ranked women's flyweight bout on the same main card while Silva's first challenger is still unnamed. The event page lists 13 bouts: six on the main card and seven on the prelims.