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It won’t be long now.
The first UFC pay-per-view event of the year takes place on Saturday, January 18. Here is a summary of viewing information, including start times for all three parts of the card:
- PPV main card kicks off at 10pm ET on ESPN+ PPV
- preliminarily kicks off at 8pm ET on ESPN+ and ESPNews
- Early prejudices begin at 6 PM ET on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass
In case you missed it, there have been some major changes to the UFC 311 card. There’s a new main event in the knockout at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. Here’s a look at the new and revised full UFC 311 card.
UFC 311 Main Card (10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ Pay-Per-View)
- UFC lightweight title: Islam Makhachev (Champion) vs. (10) Renato Moicano
- UFC bantamweight title: Merab Dvalishvili (Champion) vs (2) Umar Nurmagomedov
- Easy fight: (9) Beneil Dariush withdrew from the card
- Lightweight fight: (2) Jiří Procházka vs. (3) Jamahal Hills
- Middleweight fight: Kevin Holland vs Reinier de Ridder
UFC 311 Preliminary Card (8 p.m. ET on ESPNEWS and ESPN+)
- Lightweight bout: (13) Bogdan Guskov vs. Billy Elekana
- Bantamweight fight: Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos
- Heavyweight fight: (6) Jailton Almeida vs. (7) Serghei Spivac
- Middleweight fight: Zach Reese vs. Azamat Bekoev
UFC 311 preliminary card (6 p.m. ET on UFC Fight Pass and ESPN+)
- Easy fight: Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
- Women’s bantamweight bout: Karol Rosa vs. Ailín Pérez
- Bantamweight fight: Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafurov
- Bantamweight fight: Ricky Turcios vs Benardo Sopaj
- Flyweight fight: (11) Tagir Ulanbekov v. Clayton Carpenter
What happened to Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 311?
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 17: (L-R) Opponents Islam Makhachev of Russia and Renato Moicano of … [+]
Arman Tsarukyan was forced to pull out of his highly anticipated main event bout with UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. Tsarukyan suffered a back and neck injury that forced him out of the fight.
The fight would be Tsarukyan’s first shot at a world title. Makhachev will go on to defend his title in the main event.
Renato Moicano will replace Tsarukyan and challenge for Makhachev’s title. Moicano was originally scheduled to fight Beneil Dariush on the card. Both men made weight on Friday, but with Moicano up for the championship opportunity, Dariush remained unopposed.
Several lightweights, such as Michael Chandler, volunteered to step up on super short notice to fight Dariush, but the decision was made to remove him from the card.
What will happen to Beneil Dariush?
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According to UFC president Dana White, the promotion will take care of Dariush, which likely means he will get his show money and maybe half of what he would have gotten if he beat Moicano.
The main event remains unchanged: UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili will defend his title against Umar Nurmagomedov. Also on the card, two former UFC heavyweight champions will collide when Jiří Procházka takes on Jamahal Hill.
Things still look great on paper, so stay tuned for post-event coverage (bonus winners) and mid-event coverage (instant reactions and key announcements) from Inglewood.
