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UFC 311 Makhachev vs Moicano

Date
Sun 19th January 2025 (UTC)
Sat 18th January 2025 (Local)

Timestamp
2025-01-19T01:00:00

Time

01:00:00 UTC (22:00:00 Local)

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League
UFC

Season
2025

Round
2

Status
Match Finished

Location
Intuit Dome
(18,370 Attendance)

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Description

UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 18, 2025, at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, United States.

Background

After hosting 17 events in the Greater Los Angeles area, this was the promotion's debut at Intuit Dome, which opened in August 2024.
The event marked the promotion's third visit to Inglewood and first since UFC 232 in December 2018. There were concerns regarding the realization of this event due to the series of recent wildfires affecting Southern California, but the venue's organization assured a week before that it would continue as scheduled.

A UFC Lightweight Championship bout between current lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan was originally scheduled to headline the event. They previously met at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik in April 2019, where Makhachev defeated Tsarukyan by unanimous decision. One day before the event, it was reported that Tsarukyan suffered an injury that forced him to pull out of the fight. Renato Moicano, who was originally set to face Beneil Dariush at the same event, stepped in as a replacement for Tsarukyan, and Dariush did not compete at this event.

A UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Merab Dvalishvili and undefeated contender Umar Nurmagomedov served as the co-main event.

A bantamweight bout between The Return of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega bantamweight winner Ricky Turcios and Bernardo Sopaj was expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates in November 2024, but it was scrapped after the weigh-ins due to undisclosed medical issues related to Turcios. The pairing was rescheduled to take place at this event.

Grant Dawson and Carlos Diego Ferreira are scheduled to compete in a lightweight bout at the event. They were once expected to meet at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker in October 2021, but Ferreira pulled out due to injury.

A light heavyweight bout between Johnny Walker and Bogdan Guskov was scheduled for this event. However, Walker withdrew from the fight due to an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Billy Elekana.

Zachary Reese and Sedriques Dumas were expected to meet in a middleweight bout at the preliminary card. However, Dumas pulled out during fight week and was replaced by the current LFA Middleweight Champion Azamat Bekoev.

During the event's broadcast, executive producer and one of The Ultimate Fighter creators Craig Piligian was announced as the next "contributor wing" UFC Hall of Fame inductee during International Fight Week festivities in Las Vegas this summer.

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Result List

01	Islam Makhachev	WIN
01	Renato Moicano	LOSS

02	Merab Dvalishvili	WIN
02	Umar Nurmagomedov	LOSS

03	Jiří Procházka	WIN
03	Jamahal Hill	LOSS

04	Jailton Almeida	WIN
04	Serghei Spivac	LOSS

05	Reinier de Ridder	WIN
05	Kevin Holland	LOSS

06	Raoni Barcelos	WIN
06	Payton Talbott	LOSS

07	Zachary Reese	LOSS
07	Azamat Bekoev	WIN

08	Bogdan Guskov	WIN
08	Billy Elekana	LOSS

09	Grant Dawson	WIN
09	Diego Ferreira	LOSS

10	Ailin Perez	WIN
10	Karol Rosa	LOSS

11	Muin Gafurov	WIN
11	Rinya Nakamura	LOSS

12	Ricky Turcios	LOSS
12	Benardo Sopaj	WIN

13	Tagir Ulanbekov	WIN
13	Clayton Carpenter	LOSS

Result Description

Main card
Lightweight Islam Makhachev (c) def. Renato Moicano Submission (brabo choke) 1 4:05
Bantamweight Merab Dvalishvili (c) def. Umar Nurmagomedov Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) 5 5:00
Light Heavyweight Jiří Procházka def. Jamahal Hill TKO (punches) 3 3:01
Heavyweight Jailton Almeida def. Serghei Spivac TKO (punches) 1 4:53
Middleweight Reinier de Ridder def. Kevin Holland Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 3:31

Preliminary card (ESPNews / FX / Disney+ / ESPN+)
Bantamweight Raoni Barcelos def. Payton Talbott Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) 3 5:00
Middleweight Azamat Bekoev def. Zachary Reese KO (punches) 1 3:04
Light Heavyweight Bogdan Guskov def. Billy Elekana Submission (guillotine choke) 2 3:33
Lightweight Grant Dawson def. Carlos Diego Ferreira Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00

Early preliminary card (FX / Disney+ / ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Women's Bantamweight Ailín Pérez def. Karol Rosa Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Muin Gafurov def. Rinya Nakamura Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Bernardo Sopaj def. Ricky Turcios Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Flyweight Tagir Ulanbekov def. Clayton Carpenter Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00

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