UFC 311 Fight Card - Makhachev Vs. Tsarukyan 2: Date, Time, Location

The UFC 311 pay-per-view fight card is fast approaching. The ESPN+ streaming PPV card takes place on Saturday, January 18, from the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. In the headlining scrap, UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev faces Arman Tsarukyan in a rematch. Meanwhile, in the evening’s co-main event, UFC bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili matches up against Umar Nurmagomedov in another title fight. We look at the fight card as well as the date, time, location and how to watch and stream the UFC 311 fight card.

UFC 311 Fight Card Main Event: Islam Makhachev Vs. Arman Tsarukyan 2

Since their first meeting, which took place in 2019, and Makhachev won by unanimous decision, Makhachev (26-1) has compiled a 9-0 record with seven finishes (five submissions, two knockouts) and two decisions. Makhachev captured the vacant UFC lightweight title in October 2022 with a submission win over former UFC 155-pound titleholder Charles Oliveira.

Makhachev has defended his crown three times since defeating Oliveira. His first two title defenses were a decision win and knockout of then-UFC featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski. In his most recent outing, Makhachev submitted former UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 302.

Makhachev has earned fight-night bonus awards for each of his UFC title fights.

Tsarukyan (22-3) has a 9-1 mark since his loss to Makhachev, which came in his UFC debut. He rebounded from that defeat with five consecutive victories before dropping a decision to Mateusz Gamrot in June 2022.

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After the loss to Gamrot, Tsarukyan ran off four straight wins with two knockouts and two decisions. He is coming off a split-decision victory over Oliveira at UFC 300 in April.

Today, Tsarukyan is the No. 1 fighter in the official UFC lightweight rankings, while Makhachev is the No. 1 fighter in the promotion's pound-for-pound rankings.

UFC 311 Fight Card Co-Main Event: Merab Dvalishvili Vs. Umar Nurmagomedov

Merab Dvalishvili (18-4), a long-time training partner of former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling stepped into the spotlight of the promotion’s 135-pound division in September 2014 when he scored a unanimous decision win over then-champion Sean O’Malley in the main event of UFC 306.

The 33-year-old Dvalishvili joined the UFC in 2017 as much-hyped prospect. At the time, Dvalishvili was 7-2 and had won and defended the Ring of Combat bantamweight crown.

Dvalishvili did not have a smooth start to his UFC run, losing his first two fights. Falling to Frankie Saenz by decision, and the second, to Ricky Simon, via submission. In September 2018, things clicked in place for the Serra-Longo Fight Team product, and he has not lost since.

Heading into UFC 306, Dvalishvili was on a 10-fight winning streak. Prior to his matchup against O’Malley, Dvalishvili had defeated Marlon Moraes, Jose Aldo, Petr Yan, and Henry Cejudo. The win over O’Malley stretched his winning streak to 11 straight. Even with one of those victories coming at a catchweight of 140 pounds, Dvalishvili holds the record for longest winning streak in the division at 10, beating Sterling’s mark of nine wins in a row.

Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0) is the brother of Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov and the cousin of former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. He is currently the No. 2 fighter in the official UFC bantamweight rankings.

The 28-year-old joined the UFC in January 2021 with a submission win over Sergey Morozov. Since that win, he has picked up another five victories in the UFC most recently beating former interim UFC title challenger Cory Sandhagen in a five-round main event scrap in August.

The win over Sandhagen answered any questions about Nurmagomedov’s upside. Before the fight there was some criticism that Nurmagomedov had not defeated anyone of note. However, his dominant win over the then No. 2 ranked bantamweight put that talk to rest.

Nurmagomedov looked the part of a future champion against Sandhagen. He went five rounds, never lost his cool, stayed within himself, and stuck to a strong game plan.

UFC 311 Fight Card PPV Card

Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan

Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov

Jiří Procházka vs. Jamahal Hill

Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano

Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder

UFC 311: Fight Card Prelims

Billy Elekana vs. Bogdan Guskov

Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos

Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac

Zach Reese vs. Sedriques Dumas

UFC 311 Fight Card Early Prelims

Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira

Karol Rosa vs. Ailín Pérez

Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafurov

Ricky Turcios vs. Benardo Sopaj

Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Clayton Carpenter

UFC 311 Fight Card Date

Saturday, January 18, 2025

UFC 311 Fight Card Location

Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California

UFC 311 Fight Card Time And How To Watch And Stream

Early prelims: 6:00 p.m. ET - ESPN+

Prelims: 8:00 p.m. ET - ESPNews

PPV Card: 10 p.m. ET - ESPN+ PPV

We will have more on the UFC 311 fight card as fight night nears including final UFC 311 fight card betting odds, picks, predictions and prop bets.