The first UFC pay-per-view of the year is fast approaching. UFC 311 is built as a card that should appeal to hardcore fight fans, with fantastic pairings of familiar names from the prelims through the main event.

ESPN's No.1 pound-for-pound fighter headlines the first UFC pay-per-view of the year Saturday, as lightweight champion Islam Makhachev puts his title on the line against Renato Moicano in the main event of UFC 311 ( 10 p.

UFC Vegas 101 may have been the official launch of the UFC's 2025 calendar, but the schedule starts in earnest with UFC 311. And already, chaos is afoot in the new year. Saturday's main event at Los Angeles' Intuit Dome underway a dramatic change on Friday when Arman Tsarukyan withdrew from his lightweight title rematch against Islam Makhachev due to a back injury.

UFC 311 was a wild ride. Islam Makhachev and Jiri Prochazka were among the four main card acts to score stoppages. Even the one fight that went the distance was memorable as Merab Dvalishvili showed inspiring will against Umar Nurmagomedov.

Merab Dvalishvili proved the doubters wrong and successfully defended his UFC bantamweight championship with a unanimous decision win over Umar

Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov earned bonus checks for an unbelievable championship clash, and Jiri Prochazka and Jailton Almeida also cashed in at UFC 311.