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On January 17, 2025By Littum

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 16: (L-R) Opponents Islam Makhachev of Russia and Arman Tsarukyan of … (+) Georgia appears during the UFC 311 press conference at the Intuit Dome on January 16, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC)

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The UFC’s first pay-per-view event of the year takes place on Saturday, January 18 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.

UFC 311 will feature two championship bouts. In the main event, UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev will defend his title in a rematch against Arman Tsarukyan.

Makhachev won their first meeting by unanimous decision in a fight that garnered Fight of the Night bonuses back in April 2019.

In the co-main event, UFC men’s bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili will defend his title against Umar Nurmagomedov.

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 16: (L-R) opponents Umar Nurmagomedov of Russia and Merab … (+) Dvalishvili of Georgia appears during the UFC 311 press conference at the Intuit Dome on January 16, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

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The early prelude begins at 6 p.m. ET. Here’s a look at the full card, as well as start times for all three sections of the event, along with viewing info.

UFC 311 Main Card (10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ Pay-Per-View)

UFC Lightweight Title Fight: Islam Makhachev (Champion) vs. (1) Arman Tsarukyan
UFC Bantamweight Title Fight: Merab Dvalishvili (Champion) vs. (2) Umar Nurmagomedov
Lightweight fight: (9) Beneil Dariush vs. (10) Renato Moicano
Light heavyweight bout: (2) Jiří Procházka vs. (3) Jamahal Hill
Middleweight fight: Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder

UFC 311 Preliminary Card (8 p.m. ET on ESPNEWS & ESPN+)

Light Heavyweight Match: (13) Bogdan Guskov vs. Billy Elekana
Bantamweight bout: Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos
Heavyweight bout: (6) Jailton Almeida vs. (7) Sergei Spivac
Middleweight bout: Zach Reese vs. Azamat Bekoev

UFC 311 Early Preliminary Card (6 p.m. ET on UFC Fight Pass and ESPN+)

Lightweight fight: Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
Women’s Bantamweight Match: Karol Rosa vs. Ailín Perez
Bantamweight bout: Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafurov
Bantamweight Fight: Ricky Turcios vs. Benardo Sopaj
Flyweight bout: (11) Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Clayton Carpenter

UFC 311 fights you want to watch

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INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 16: (L-R) opponents Jiri Prochazka of the Czech Republic and Jamahal … (+) Hill face each other during the UFC 311 press conference at the Intuit Dome on January 16, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC)

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Two former UFC light heavyweight champions Jiří Procházka and Jamahal Hill will collide in a hugely important fight. The winner remains in the mix for another shot at Alex Pereira and the light heavyweight title.

Procházka has already lost to Pereira twice and Hill has felt Poatan’s wrath once. In any case, this could be the Match of the Night.

Reinier de Ridder’s second UFC fight

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 16: (L-R) opponents Kevin Holland and Reinier de Ridder of The … (+) Holland appears during the UFC 311 press conference at the Intuit Dome on January 16, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

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Former ONE Championship two-division champion Reinier de Ridder makes his second Octagon walk as he faces Kevin Holland. RDR has not tried to hide its game plan for the Netherlands.

He plans to take Holland down and look to subdue him. Holland hits like a ton of bricks, but his takedown defense has been a little off. A win for RDR could earn him a spot in the middleweight division. A loss would seriously cripple his chances of making it to a championship level in the UFC.

Prelims are very strong

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 15: Payton Talbott poses for a portrait during a UFC photo shoot … (+) session on January 15, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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Jailton Almeida is a real threat at heavyweight. He will take on Serghei Spivac. Many do not like Almeida’s fighting style, but he has arguably the best Jiu-Jitsu of anyone in the heavyweight division.

It will be interesting to see what he can do with Spivac. Fast-rising prospect Payton Talbott will also get his toughest test as he faces Raoni Barcelos. Be on the lookout for coverage after the event on Saturday night.