Dana White Announces 2 Huge Championship Fights For L.A. Card

UFC President Dana White introduced the warmth late on Wednesday night time, taking to social media to formally announce the principle and co-main occasion fights for UFC 311 in Los Angeles. Each bouts are for championships.

As most have anticipated for over a month, UFC light-weight champion and pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter Islam Makhachev will defend his title in opposition to Arman Tsarukyan in a rematch.

Makhachev defeated Tsarukyan in April 2019 by way of unanimous choice in a contest that received Struggle of the Evening. Since that loss, Tsarukyan has gone on an unbelievable run, going 9-1 with big wins over Beneil Dariush and Charles Oliveira in his final two fights.

Tsarukyan’s final two fights earned him Efficiency of the Evening bonuses, underscoring his speedy rise as a prime contender.

Much more impressively, Makhachev has received the light-weight title and gone undefeated in 9 fights, with victories over a digital who’s who in and across the weight class.

The rematch has all of the makings of an epic showdown.

The second championship combat will see bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili defend his title in opposition to Umar Nurmagomedov in a rivalry that has been heating up ever since Dvalishvili dethroned Sean O’Malley in September at Noche UFC.

Nurmagomedov and his supervisor, Ali Abdelaziz, have been trolling Dvalishvili for weeks, and so they’re lastly getting their title shot. Nurmagomedov is likely to be the one fighter within the bantamweight division who can match Dvalishvili’s relentless wrestling—or so we predict.

Nurmagomedov’s undefeated file at 18-0 consists of seven submission victories, showcasing his grappling dominance.

The eyes of the MMA world will probably be locked on Los Angeles to see which two fighters go away the Metropolis of Angels as champion. The remainder of the cardboard remains to be being finalized, however right here’s what we all know concerning the occasion to this point, in response to Tapology.

UFC 311 Card

• Date: January 18, 2025
• Venue: Intuit Dome, Los Angeles, California

The Intuit Dome will host its first UFC occasion, including a layer of pleasure to the promotion’s West Coast showcase. We’re going to see a little bit of a TKO Holdings takeover on the new venue in L.A.

WWE’s Monday Evening Uncooked will emanate from the Intuit Dome on January 6 for its first episode of the present streamed stay on Netflix.

Here’s a take a look at the stacked card that options a superb mixture of established stars and up-and-comers.

(c) Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan

Weight Class: Light-weight (155 lbs)

(c) Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov

Weight Class: Bantamweight (135 lbs)

Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac

Weight Class: Heavyweight (265 lbs)

Jiří Procházka vs. Jamahal Hill

Weight Class: Gentle Heavyweight (205 lbs)

Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder

Weight Class: Middleweight (185 lbs)

Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafurov

Weight Class: Bantamweight (135 lbs)

Johnny Walker vs. Bogdan Guskov

Weight Class: Gentle Heavyweight (205 lbs)

Karol Rosa vs. Ailín Pérez

Weight Class: Ladies’s Bantamweight (135 lbs)

Zachary Reese vs. Sedriques Dumas

Weight Class: Middleweight (185 lbs)

Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos

Weight Class: Bantamweight (135 lbs)

Ricky Turcios vs. Bernardo Sopaj

Weight Class: Bantamweight (135 lbs)

Grant Dawson vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira

Weight Class: Light-weight (155 lbs)