UFC 311 guarantees to begin the yr off with a bang.
The UFC rolls into 2025 with its first pay-per-view headlined by Pound-for-Pound king Islam Makhachev (26-1) defending his light-weight title in opposition to Arman Tsarukyan (22-3), and Merab Dvalishvili (18-4) defending the bantamweight title in opposition to the undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0).
There’s loads of dangerous blood in each matchups and you may get a style of the rivalries within the newly launched trailer beneath.
Makhachev defeated Tsarukyan in April 2019, when Tsarukyan was making his UFC debut on brief discover. Since then, Makhachev has continued his dominant run, which incorporates three profitable defenses of the light-weight title, whereas Tsarukyan has gained 9 of his previous 10 fights to earn one other crack on the champion.
Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov’s feud is brisker, however no much less intense, with Dvalishvili publicly and repeatedly working down Nurmagomedov’s declare to a title shot. These phrases didn’t deter the matchmakers, who deemed Nurmagomedov and his 6-0 UFC report worthy of No. 1 contender standing.
See the UFC 311 lineup beneath.
Essential Card
Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan
Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov
Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano
Jiri Prochazka vs. Jamahal Hill
Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder
Preliminary Card
Johnny Walker vs. Bogdan Guskov
Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos
Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac
Zachary Reese vs. Sedriques Dumas
Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
Karol Rosa vs. Ailin Perez
Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafurov
Ricky Turcios vs. Bernardo Sopai
Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Clayton Carpenter
