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The UFC is back in Southern California for UFC 311, its first pay-per-view of the calendar. year, and the popular "Embedded" fight week video series is here to document what's happening behind the scenes. UFC 311 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+

LOS ANGELES – The first title fight of 2025 is set after Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov made weight Friday for their UFC 311 grudge match for bantamweight gold. After claiming the belt from Sean O'Malley in September, reigning champ Dvalis

Henry Cejudo gave Umar Nurmagomedov some insight ahead of UFC 311. Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) challenges bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) in Saturday's co-main event (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) at Intuit Dome. Cejudo's m

Michael Bisping can't see anything but a brutal ending to Jamahal Hill vs. Jiri Prochazka at UFC 311. Former light heavyweight champions Hill (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) and Prochazka (30-5-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) square off in Saturday's main card (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN

MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom goes in-depth to break down the biggest fights in the UFC. Today, he takes a closer look at the UFC 311 co-main event between bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov. Merab Dvalishvili preview Staple info

Israel Adesanya envisions plenty of grappling exchanges in the UFC 311 headliner. Islam Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) defends his lightweight title in a rematch against Arman Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) in Saturday's main event (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+

This week, the UFC heads to California for its first pay-per-view of the year.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Jiri Prochazka shaved off his signature hairstyle ahead of UFC 311. Former light heavyweight champions Prochazka (30-5-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Jamahal Hill (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) square off on Saturday's main card (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+

LOS ANGELES – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday's official UFC 311 fighter weigh-ins. The early weigh-ins took place at the UFC host hotel in Los Angeles and preceded the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 7

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – UFC 311 ceremonial fighter weigh-ins take place Friday, and you can catch a live video stream of the proceedings here on MMA Junkie at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT). The weigh-ins take place at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. The same venue hosts

Check out these photos from the UFC 311 pre-fight press conference in Los Angeles, which featured UFC CEO Dana White, Islam Makhachev, Arman Tsarukyan, Merab Dvalishvili, Umar Nurmagomedov, Jamahal Hill, Jiri Prochazka, Beneil Dariush, Renato Moicano, Kevin Holland

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The bickering and back-and-forth between Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov continues. The two UFC bantamweights, who meet in the co-main event of Saturday's UFC 311, got into it once again at Thursday's pre-fight press confere

LOS ANGELES – The tension between Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov continues to grow following Thursday's UFC 311 pre-fight press conference staredown. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) have had no love lost between…

LOS ANGELES – Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan got the chance to size each other up for the first time on UFC 311 fight week at Thursday's pre-fight press conference. After answering questions from the media, Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) and Tsarukyan…