The UFC returns to Southern California on Saturday with a pair of titles on the road.
At UFC 311, the protege of probably the greatest to ever do it is going to proceed his personal quest to be an all-time nice. And the cousin of that very same GOAT candidate will attempt to win a title of his personal within the co-feature.
The promotion has launched the UFC 311 chilly open video. The cardboard incorporates a light-weight title combat between champion Islam Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC), a longtime Khabib Nurmagomedov coaching associate, and challenger Arman Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC). Makhachev already holds a win over Tsarukyan.
Within the co-feature, bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) is an underdog towards unbeaten challenger Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC).
The video is narrated by actor and common UFC voice-over narrator Ron Perlman and has a backdrop soundtrack of “It’s About Time” by Younger the Large from the 2014 album “Thoughts Over Matter.”
Try the UFC 311 chilly open video above.
UFC 311 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.
UFC 311 lineup
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan – for light-weight title
Champ Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov – for bantamweight title
Jamahal Hill vs. Jiri Prochazka
Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano
Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews/Disney+, 8 p.m. ET)
Raoni Barcelos vs. Payton Talbott
Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac
Billy Elekana vs. Bogdan Guskov
Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
Azamat Bekoev vs. Zach Reese
Ailin Perez vs. Karol Rosa
Muin Gafurov vs. Rinya Nakamura
Bernardo Sopaj vs. Ricky Turcios
Clayton Carpenter vs. Tagir Ulanbekov
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