UFC CEO Dana White has officially announced the two title fights topping the bill at UFC 311, scheduled for January 18, 2025, at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California.
While MMA fans are in for a truly fantastic evening, the matchups themselves ensure that one of the sport's most legendary champions, Khabib Nurmagomedov, is in for a busy evening of coaching.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov reacts to Dana White announcing two UFC title fights
Just a few hours ago, Dana White confirmed that the main event of UFC 311 will be a rematch between Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan, this time for the lightweight championship.
The world bantamweight title is also on the line in the co-main event, with Georgian juggernaut Merab Dvalishvili taking on undefeated Russian Umar Nurmagomedov.
“Makhachev has defeated every opponent he has faced for almost a decade and is on a fourteen-fight win streak. His last four victories have all come in title fights over former world champions, with seven of his last eight coming at the finish.
“This is a rematch from 2019 and since then both guys have a combined record of 18-1,” the UFC boss teased, before adding: “This is such a bad** main event!”
According to Dana White, the co-main event took place after Merab “came into the office late last night” and ranted about how he was “tired of hearing Umar disrespect him.”
Considering both the main and co-main events of UFC 311 will feature two of his close friends, it's going to be a busy night for legendary former champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, who is expected to be in the corner on January 18. for both his brothers. .
In fact, 'The Eagle' is already highlighting the prospect of coaching back-to-back UFC title fights, teasing on Instagram that this has “never happened before” in the promotion's history.
“Two title fights at once! I don't think it's ever happened before, or hasn't happened yet…
“What a night awaits me, I hope I survive.”
Khabib's transition from fighter to coach was truly incredible, with his teammate Gadzhi Rabadanov also having just won the PFL lightweight title and $1 million thanks to a brutal KO of Brent Primus.
2025 starts off with a bang with a stacked UFC 311 card in Los Angeles
Now that we have confirmation of the main and co-main events, it's safe to say that UFC 311 is going to start the new year with a bang – at the time of writing, the card is stacked from top to bottom.
- Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan
- Merav Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov
- Jiri Prochazka vs. Jamahal Hill
- Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac
- Kevin Holland versus Reinier de Ridder
- Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafurov
- Johnny Walker vs. Bogdan Guskov
- Karol Rosa vs. Ailin Perez
- Zach Reese vs. Sedriques Dumas
- Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos
- Ricky Turcios vs. Benardo Sopaj
- Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
UFC 311 airs live from LA on Saturday, January 18.
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