The light-weight title will likely be on the road within the UFC 311 major occasion on Jan. 18 in Inglewood, California. Champion Islam Makhachev (26-1) takes on second-ranked Arman Tsarukyan (22-3) in a rematch.
The 2 first fought at UFC Struggle Evening 149 in April 2019. Makhachev defeated Tsarukyan by way of unanimous choice and the bout earned ‘Struggle of the Evening’ honors. It was Tsarukyan’s promotional debut.
For the reason that loss to Makhachev, Tsarukyan went on to win 9 of his subsequent ten fights. He’ll enter the title bout using a four-fight profitable streak together with knocking out Beneil Dariush in 64 seconds and defeating Oliveira to earn the UFC 311 title shot.
