Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to the pay-per-view (PPV) market for the first time in 2025, courtesy of the upcoming UFC 311: “Makhachev vs. Tsarukyan 2” mixed martial arts (MMA) event, locked and loaded for this Sat. night (Jan. 18) inside Intuit Done in Inglewood (Los Angeles), California.
In addition to the 155-pound headliner pitting reigning division champion, Islam Makhachev, opposite top-ranked lightweight contender, Arman Tsarukyan, the UFC 311 fight card will also feature the bantamweight title fight between newly-minted kingpin, Merab Dvalishvili, and undefeated nemesis, Umar Nurmagomedov.
All four combatants will participate in today’s UFC 311 media day, streaming LIVE at 1:30 p.m. ET in the embedded video above. Also taking part in today’s press activities are former light heavyweight champions Jiri Prochazka and Jamahal Hill, as well as Kevin Holland, Reinier de Ridder, Beneil Dariush, and Renato Moicano.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 311 fight card RIGHT HERE, starting with the early Disney+/FX/ESPN+ preliminary card matches at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the remaining four-fight undercard balance on Disney+/ESPNN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET, before the UFC 311 PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV.
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This story originally appeared on MMA Mania
