Following the press conference, a day before the fight show, the athletes battling it out at UFC 311 weigh in to make it official. The fight card airs live on pay-per-view from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on January 18.
In the main event, Islam Makhachev (26-1) defends his lightweight title against Armenian contender Arman Tsarukyan (22-3) in a rematch. To make it official, the fighters are required to make the championship limit of 155 lbs.
In the co-main event, Merab Dvalishvili (18-4) from Georgia defends his bantamweight title against unbeaten challenger Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0). The championship limit is 135 lbs.
The UFC 311 morning weigh-in show starts at 11:50 am ET / 8:50 am PT on January 17.
The UFC 311 weights are as follows
Main card
- Islam Makhachev (154.5) vs. Arman Tsarukyan (out)* – Makhachev’s UFC lightweight title
- Merab Dvalishvili (134) vs. Umar Nurmagomedov (135) – Dvalishvili’s UFC bantamweight title
- Jiri Prochazka (204.5) vs. Jamahal Hill (205.5)
- Beneil Dariush (155) vs. Renato Moicano (155)**
- Kevin Holland (183.5) vs. Reinier de Ridder (184.5)
Prelims
- Payton Talbott (135.5) vs. Raoni Barcelos (135.5)
- Jailton Almeida (235) vs. Serghei Spivac (233)
- Bogdan Guskov (205.5) vs. Billy Elekana (200)
- Grant Dawson (156) vs. Diego Ferreira (156)
Early prelims
- Zachary Reese (185.5) vs. Azamat Bekoev (185)
- Karol Rosa (135.5) vs. Ailin Perez (135)
- Rinya Nakamura (135.5) vs. Muin Gafurov (136)
- Ricky Turcios (136) vs. Bernardo Sopaj (135)
- Tagir Ulanbekov (125.5) vs. Clayton Carpenter (125.5)
*Tsarukyan withdrew due to back injury
**Moicano replaced Tsarukyan, and his fight against Dariush is canceled