UFC CEO Dana White, recently gave a big update on the next year’s first PPV card. At UFC 311 which is scheduled for January 18th, 2025, Lightweight champ Islam Makhachev and Bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili are going to defend their titles in the main and co-main event of the UFC 311. Revealing the news he also talked about how the fight got booked. Though the main event was an expected one, the Bantamweight fight was a surprise as Umar Nurmagomedov finally got the opportunity to fight the Bantamweight champ. Dana White revealed the exciting story behind the co-main event.
”Merab came into the office late last night, told us that he is tired of listening to Umar disrespect him and wanted to make this fight happen as soon as possible. We called Umar, he was sleeping in Dagestan. He said, ‘hell yes, anywhere and anytime’.”
Dana White said
Makhachev vs Tsarukyan and Dvalishvili vs Nurmagomedov is LIVE January 18th from @intuitdome, California! #UFC311 pic.twitter.com/XZuAFUYAyC
— danawhite (@danawhite) December 5, 2024
Umar Nurmagomedov and Bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili have been going back and forth since the Georgian captured the title in September at Noche UFC by defeating Sean O’Malley via unanimous decision. Since then, “The Machine” has denied giving a shot to Khabib’s cousin as, according to the champ, he was not worthy of getting a title shot this early and accused Umar of using his cousin Khabib Nurmagomedov’s name to get a big fight. Nevertheless, UFC has finalized the fight, and fans would love to see a battle between these two as both are good in their ground game.
Umar Nurmagomedov has an undefeated record so far, with his dominant win over Corey Sandhagen proving that he is as good in striking as in his ground game. On the other hand, Islam Makhachev will fight Arman Tsarukyan for the second time in the UFC. Earlier, Islam Makhachev won a unanimous decision against Tsarukyan, who is spirited to clinch the title this time.
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