The first and major UFC event of 2025 is almost here as UFC 311: Islam Makhachev defends his lightweight title against Arman Tsarukyan. The event will take place on January 18, 2025, at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, United States.
A UFC Lightweight Championship bout between reigning champion Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan will headline. They previously met at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik in April 2019, where Makhachev defeated Tsarukyan by unanimous decision.
The co-main event is a bantamweight title fight between champion Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov. Also on the card, Iran’s Beneil Dariush of the United States will face Brazil’s Renato Moicano at lightweight. Czech Jiri Prochazka fights American Jamahal Hill at light heavyweight. American Kevin Holland meets Dutch Reiner de Ridder at middleweight fight.
Among other bouts, Brazilian Jailton Almeida will face Moldova and Serghei Spivac at heavyweight. Sedriques Dumas fight and Zachary Reese in an all-American middleweight bout. Also, Brazilian Johnny Walker fights Uzbekistan’s Bogdan Guskov in the light heavyweight division.
UFC 311 start time
UFC 311, the first pay-per-view card on the UFC’s 2025 schedule, takes place on Saturday, January 18, 2025 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, United States. The pay-per-view portion of the main event begins at 10:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV, TNT Sports and Kayo Sports following prelims on ESPNews at 8:00 p.m. ET and early prelims on ESPN+ at 6:00 p.m. ET.
UFC 311 TV channel
UFC 311 event tickets are available on the official UFC website. For those watching from home, the early prelims can be streamed on ESPN, UFC Fight Pass, prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+, with the main card available via pay-per-view on ESPN+.
UFC 311 fight card
Main card
- Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan – Makhachev’s UFC lightweight title
- Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov – Dvalishvili’s UFC bantamweight title
- Jiri Prochazka vs. Jamahal Hill, light heavyweight
- Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano, lightweight
- Kevin Holland vs. Reiner de Ridder, middleweight
Prelims
- Johnny Walker vs. Bogdan Guskov, light heavyweight
- Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos, bantamweight
- Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac, heavyweight
- Zachary Reese vs. Sedriques Dumas, middleweight
Early prelims
- Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira, lightweight
- Karol Rosa vs. Ailin Perez, bantamweight
- Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafurov, bantamweight
- Ricky Turcios vs. Bernardo Sopaj, bantamweight
- Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Clayton Carpenter, flyweight