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LOS ANGELES – Twelve fighters who competed at UFC 311 entered the cage guaranteed to earn disclosed payouts worth six figures, with bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili leading the way. California State Athletic Commission executive director Andy Foster…

Check out the best photos from Islam Makhachev's first-round submission win over Renato Moicano at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. (Fight and venue photos by Gary A. Vasquez, USA Today Sports)

LOS ANGELES – At UFC 311, Jiri Prochazka was in his element. With the crowd at Intuit Dome clearly on his side, Prochazka got back to his old ways as he scored a third-round knockout of Jamahal Hill to conclude an entertaining scrap between the…

Check out the best photos from Merab Dvalishvili's win over Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. (Fight and venue photos by Gary A. Vasquez, USA Today Sports)

Jiri Prochazka got the crucial rebound performance he needed Saturday at UFC 311 against fellow former champion Jamahal Hill. After suffering a second loss to light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira in July, Prochazka (31-6-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) needed to get his hand ra

Check out the best photos from Jiri Prochazka's third-round TKO win over Jamahal Hill at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. (Fight and venue photos by Gary A. Vasquez, USA Today Sports)

Jailton Almeida made relatively quick work of another opponent and immediately turned his attention to a former interim champ. Almeida (22-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) met Serghei Spivac in the lone heavyweight bout on the UFC 311 main card at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.…

Check out the best photos from Jailton Almeida's first-round knockout win over Serghei Spivac at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. (Fight and venue photos by Gary A. Vasquez, USA Today Sports)

After a historic 2024 campaign, UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira has his first assignment of the new year. Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) will attempt to make a fourth consecutive defense of his belt when he takes on streaking contender Magomed Ankalaev (20-1-1…

UFC 313 now has one of those matchups that gets the "That has Fight of the Night written all over it" attachment. Justin Gaethje wanted a fight against Dan Hooker. He wanted it at UFC 313. If you have 13 post-fight bonuses in 13 UFC fights, you get what…

LOS ANGELES – Kevin Holland made it clear heading into UFC 311 that he wasn't overly impressed with Reinier de Ridder. Perhaps now his opinion has changed. De Ridder, the former two-division ONE Championship title holder, came up aces against Holland on…

Check out the best photos from Reinier de Ridder's first-round submission win over Kevin Holland at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. (Fight and venue photos by Gary A. Vasquez, USA Today Sports)

The largest betting favorite on the entire UFC 311 card failed to record a victory thanks to Raoni Barcelos' relentless pressure. In the final preliminary bout at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., Barcelos (19-5 MMA, 8-4 UFC) refused to allow the previously undefea

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – UFC 311 takes place Saturday at Intuit Dome, and you can watch a live video stream of the post-event news conference here on MMA Junkie. Expected to take part in the press conference are the winners of the championship fights of Islam…

Check out the best photos from Raoni Barcelos' unanimous decision win over Payton Talbott at UFC 311 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. (Fight and venue photos by Gary A. Vasquez, USA Today Sports)