Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan sized each other up for the first time on fight week at the UFC 311 press conference.

Arman Tsarukyan's nearly six-year journey to the UFC lightweight title will take a little longer. Tsarukyan suffered an injury two nights before challenging lightweight champion Islam Makhachev at UFC 311.

Fans react with skepticism to Arman Tsarukyan’s withdrawal from UFC 311 against Islam Makhachev after his statement.

Islam Makhachev couldn’t help but get one last pot-shot in at ‘lucky’ Arman Tsarukyan after dominating his lightweight title fight at UFC 311.

UFC 311 continues with the UFC lightweight title fight between Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan. Check out our UFC odds series for our Makhachev-Tsarukyan prediction.

Israel Adesanya envisions plenty of grappling exchanges in the UFC 311 headliner. Islam Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) defends his lightweight title in a rematch against Arman Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) in Saturday's main event (pay-per-view,

Lopes is the number three-ranked featherweight in the world, but has only made one appearance up the weights in short notice catchweight bout against Dan Ige. Meanwhile Poirier was the last man to challenge Makhachev at UFC 301 last summer, losing by submission in the fifth round.

An injured Arman Tsarukyan has been replaced in the main event of UFC 311, with Renato Moicano now challenging Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title – on one day’s notice.

Tsarukyan hast lost his opportunity to rematch champion Islam Makhachev following his late-notice withdrawal from the main event of UFC 311 at Intuit Dome. The news was revealed by UFC CEO Dana White on Saturday night at the post-fight press conference.

Whatever fight Islam Makhachev wants he seemingly could have, but the UFC lightweight champ remained humble after his latest win.

Islam Makhachev easily ran through Renato Moicano with a first-round D'arce choke submission at UFC 311, defending his lightweight title for the fourth time. Is