UFC 311 is upon us. Looking to cement his status as the greatest UFC lightweight fighter of all time with a fourth consecutive title defense, Islam Makhachev faces extremely late replacement Renato Moicano following Arman Tsarukyan’s removal from the card due to injury. Having bested Alexander Volkanovski twice and Dustin Poirier over the course of his reign, Makhachev comfortably occupies the top spot on the UFC pound-for-pound rankings.
Late Change to UFC 311 Main Event
Originally scheduled to take on Beneil Dariush earlier on the UFC 311 main card, the fan-favorite Moicano now has the opportunity to capture UFC gold off the back of an exciting four-fight win streak.
BREAKING NEWS!!!!
Makhachev will now be facing Moicano for the lightweight title. #UFC311 is LIVE TOMORROW on @ESPNPlus PPV! pic.twitter.com/2JZevvpQP2
— danawhite (@danawhite) January 17, 2025
UFC 311 Co-Main Event
In the co-main event of UFC 311 on Saturday night, Merab Dvalishvili will make the first defense of his newly-acquired bantamweight strap opposite the undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov. Following a monster 10-fight win streak, Dvalishvili captured the 135-lb crown from Sean O’Malley in what was considered by most to have been a blowout performance at UFC 306.
In the Middle East this past summer, the seemingly unstoppable Nurmagomedov earned the biggest win of career over two-time UFC title challenger Cory Sandhagen.
Here’s how to watch UFC 311
Online Streaming: You can catch the entire card on ESPN+, but you will need a subscription in order to do so. You will also have to purchase the PPV main card, which costs $79.99. Right now, ESPN+ is offering a monthly or yearly subscription of $11.99 and $119.99 respectively. The company is further offering a yearly subscription along with UFC 310 for $134.98. For those who want to get more bang out of their buck, there is the monthly Disney Bundle Deal, which offers ESPN+, Hulu, and Disney+ for $16.99 with included commercials, or $26.99 for no commercials at all.
UFC 311 Start Time and Date: The Early Preliminaries will begin at 6pm ET, followed by the Preliminaries at 8pm, and then finally the PPV main card at 10pm on Jan. 18.
Bout Order For UFC 311
Main Card:
c) Islam Makhachev vs. Renato Moicano (Lightweight Championship)
c) Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov (Bantamweight Championship)
Jiří Procházka vs. Jamahal Hill (Light Heavyweight)
Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac (Heavyweight)
Kevin Holland vs. Reiner de Ridder (Middleweight)
UFC 311 Preliminaries:
Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos (Bantamweight Featured Bout)
Bogdan Guskov vs. Billy Elekana (Light Heavyweight)
Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira (Lightweight)
Zachary Reese vs. Azamat Bekoev (Middleweight Bout)
UFC 311 Early Preliminaries:
Karol Rosa vs. Ailin Perez (Women’s Bantamweight Featured Bout)
Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafurov (Bantamweight)
Ricky Turcios vs. Benardo Sopaj (Bantamweight)
Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Clayton Carpenter (Flyweight)
