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Renato Moicano couldn't be any happier right about now. The UFC lightweight veteran weighed in Friday morning for a UFC 311 main card bout against Beneil Dariush, but he ended up getting upgraded to the main event to challenge Islam Makhachev for his undisputed bel

Islam Makhachev's fourth UFC lightweight title defense now looks a lot different than what he was preparing for. And yet, that's no problem for the champion. Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) was preparing for months to defend his belt against Arman Tsarukyan in the main event…

LOS ANGELES – Arman Tsarukyan is understandably devastated after having to withdraw from his first UFC championship fight. UFC 311 experienced a sudden and unexpected major change Friday when it was announced during official weigh-ins that Tsarukyan wa

It's "Money" time. Renato Moicano is all of a sudden in a UFC champions

Check out the photos from the UFC 311 official weigh-ins at the UFC host hotel in Los Angeles (Images by Mike Bohn, MMA Junkie)

A little more than a month after his most recent fight, Chris Weidman has decided there won't be a next one – at least not in the UFC. Weidman (16-8 MMA, 12-8 UFC) on Friday announced his retirement on the weigh-ins show for UFC 311 at the host hotel in…

UFC 311 took an unexpected major turn Friday morning, with Arman Tsarukyan withdrawing from his lightweight title fight against Islam Makhachev. A new UFC 311 main event is now set as Renato Moicano will step in to challenge Makhachev for the belt.

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+