UFC 311: PPV Results and Highlights

UFC 311: Islam Makhachev vs Renato Moicano — Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

*** MAKHACHEV MAULS MOICANO FOR RECORD BREAKING TITLE DEFENSE – HIGHLIGHTS ***

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) brought us UFC 311 TONIGHT (Sat., Jan. 18, 2025), streaming LIVE on ESPN+ PPV from inside the newly-opened Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. UFC 311’s pay-per-view (PPV) main event was supposed to be a rematch for the Lightweight title, pitting dominant champion, Islam Makhachev, against Arman Tsarukyan. These two fought back in 2019 with Makhachev earning a hard fought decision over Tsarukyan. However, Tsarukyan pulled out of the fight, due to injury, on Friday. That meant that Renato Moicano — who was already scheduled to face Beneil Dariush — was drafted into an explosive 155-pound title fight.

And he said he was ready to, “shock the world!”

UFC 311 PPV’s co-main event was a Bantamweight title fight. Division champion, Merab Dvalishvili, was seeking to defend his belt for the first time against No. 1-seeded contender, Umar Nurmagomedov. Despite some airline issues, both Nurmagomedov and Makhachev had former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in their corners in LA County.

Dagestan dominance?

The main card also featured a match-up of former Light Heavyweight champions (and Alex Pereira victims) with Jiri Prochazka meeting Jamahal Hill. The stacked PPV card also had Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac and Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder.

UFC 311’s “Prelims” were pretty good, too. Those were headlined by top prospect Payton Talbott. He’s fighting Raoni Barcelos. Also on the “Prelims” were Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira and Zachary Reese vs. Azamat Bekoev.

You can checkout everything that happened on UFC 311’s “Prelims” undercard right here.

UFC 311 START TIME AND DATE

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 311 fight card below, starting with the Disney+/ESPN+ early “Prelims” undercard bouts, which air at 6 p.m. ET right here, followed by the late “Prelims” on ESPNNEWS/FX/Disney+/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET. UFC 311’s PPV main card will start at 10 p.m ET on ESPN+ PPV.

Keep in mind that we will also be the spot for the latest news, recaps and post-fight analysis following “Makhachev vs. Moicano.” Without further delay, see below for the updated UFC 311 results. (Note: This will go from the top down; therefore, the newest information will at the top of the stream).

UFC 311 QUICK RESULTS

155 lbs.: Islam Makhachev vs. Renato Moicano — Makhachev def. Moicano via submission (d’arce choke), round 1 (4:05) — HIGHLIGHTS!
145 lbs.: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov — Dvalishvili def. Nurmagomedov via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46)
205 lbs.: Jiri Prochazka vs. Jamahal Hill — Prochazka def. Hill via TKO (punches), round 3 (3:01) — HIGHLIGHTS!
155 lbs.: ~~Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano~~ This fight was cancelled to allow Moicano to replace Arman Tsarukyan in the main event (Full details here)
265 lbs.: Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac — Almeida def. Spivac via TKO (ground and pound), round 1 (4:15) — HIGHLIGHTS!
185 lbs.: Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder — De Ridder def. Kevin Holland via submission (rear naked choke), round 1 (3:31) — HIGHLIGHTS!
135 lbs.: Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos — Barcelos def. Talbott via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) — RECAP!
185 lbs.: Zachary Reese vs. Azamat Bekoev — Bekoev def. Reese via TKO (ground and pound), round 1 (3:04) — HIGHLIGHTS!
lbs.: Bogdan Guskov vs. Billy Elekana — Guskov def. Elekana via submission (guillotine), round 2 (3:33) — HIGHLIGHTS!
155 lbs.: Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira — Dawson def. Ferreira via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
135 lbs.: Karol Rosa vs. Ailin Perez — Perez def. Rosa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
135 lbs.: Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafurov — Gafurov def. Nakamura via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
135 lbs.: Ricky Turcios vs. Bernardo Sopaj — Sopaj def. Turcios via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
125 lbs.: Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Clayton Carpenter — Ulanbekov def. Carpenter via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

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