UFC 311: Fight date, time, undercard and venue

Pound-for-pound number one Islam Makhachev will make his fourth successive UFC lightweight title defence at UFC 311 when taking on Renato Moicano.

The co-main event will also see a title fight, with Merab Dvalishvili making his first title defence against Umar Nurmagomedov after beating Sean O'Malley to the bantamweight title in September.

UFC 311 date

UFC 311 will take place on Saturday 18th January 2025.

UFC 311 time

The early prelims will get underway at 23:00 GMT with the prelims starting at 01:00 GMT and the main card starting at 03:00. Makhachev v Tsarukyan is expected to start around 05:00 GMT.

UFC 311 location and venue

UFC 311 will take place at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.

Are there any belts on the line at UFC 311?

UFC 311 will see Islam Makhachev defend his UFC lightweight title as well as Merab Dvalishvili defend his UFC bantamweight title.

Islam Makhachev record

26-1

Makhachev boasts a remarkable 26-1 MMA record, with his only defeat coming back in 2015 at UFC 192. Since then he's won the UFC lightweight title against Charles Oliveira before defending twice against Alexander Volkanovski and once against Dustin Poirier.

UFC 311 fight card

Fight	Weight class
Main card
Islam Makhachev (c) v Renato Moicano	Lightweight
Merab Dvalishvili (c) v Umar Nurmagomedov	Bantamweight
Beneil Dariush v Renato Moicano	Lightweight
Jiří Procházka v Jamahal Hill	Light heavyweight
Kevin Holland v Reinier de Ridder	Middleweight
Preliminary card
Johnny Walker v Bogdan Guskov	Light heavyweight
Payton Talbott v Raoni Barcelos	Bantamweight
Jailton Almeida v Serghei Spivac	Heavyweight
Zachary Reese v Sedriques Dumas	Middleweight
Early preliminary card
Grant Dawson v Carlos Diego Ferreira	Lightweight
Karol Rosa v Ailín Pérez	Women's bantamweight
Rinya Nakamura v Muin Gafurov	Bantamweight
Ricky Turcios v Bernardo Sopaj	Bantamweight
Tagir Ulanbekov v Clayton Carpenter	Flyweight