UFC 311 goes down Saturday night with two championship fights atop the bill, and MMA Junkie Radio's "Gorgeous" George and "Goze" will host a live-streamed watch-along right here at 8 p.m. ET. In the headliner,

SportsLine's Daniel Vithlani reveals his picks for the UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano fight card from Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., on Saturday

The UFC is headed to the “City of Champions” for UFC 311. The main event is a highly-anticipated rematch title fight between Russian Islam Makhachev (26-1-0) defending his lightweight championship belt against Armenian fighter Arman Tsarukyan (22-3-0).

The first UFC pay-per-view event of the year will be headlined by ESPN's No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, as Islam Makhachev puts the UFC lightweight title on the line in a rematch against R enato Moicano at UFC 311 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood,

The UFC is in Southern California this week for its first pay-per-view of the calendar year with a pair of title fights at the top of the lineup. UFC 311 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Intuit Dome in Inglewood,

UFC Vegas 101 may have been the official launch of the UFC's 2025 calendar, but the schedule starts in earnest with UFC 311. And already, chaos is afoot in the new year. Saturday's main event at Los Angeles' Intuit Dome underway a dramatic change on Friday when Arman Tsarukyan withdrew from his lightweight title rematch against Islam Makhachev due to a back injury.

Makhachev vs Moicano and all fights tonight - Islam Makhachev defends the lightweight title against Renato Moicano, who steps in for the injured Arman Tsarukyan on one day’s notice

The first UFC pay-per-view event of the year has arrived. UFC 311 was originally going to be a rematch between lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan, but Tsarukyan was pulled from the bout on Friday due to a back injury.