Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) runs things back with lightweight champion Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) in Saturday’s headliner from Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., which airs on ESPN+ pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

Robert Whittaker expects at least one title to remain in its current hands at UFC 311, backing Islam Makhachev to beat Arman Tsarukyan.

Islam Makhachev plans to make sure Arman Tsarukayn never talka about him again after UFC 311, as they’re set to headline the card.

A pair of title bouts sit atop the marquee as UFC 311 arrives in southern California on Saturday, marking the first pay-per-view event of 2025 for the global leader in mixed martial arts.  Pound-for-pound king Islam Makhachev will look to extend his win streak to 15 fights when he defends his 155-pound title in a rematch against Arman Tsarukyan in the main event.

Two title fights top the card this weekend, as the UFC hosts its first pay-per-view of the year: UFC 311.The event will end with a lightweight title fight between champion Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan,

UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev once hoped he could settle one of Khabib Nurmagomedov's rivalries. Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson (25-11 MMA, 15-9 UFC) saw five scheduled bouts scrapped, and the pair never ended up settling their beef that spanned