January 17, 2025 2:05 pm ET
LOS ANGELES – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting reside from Friday’s official UFC 311 fighter weigh-ins.
The early weigh-ins came about on the UFC host resort in Los Angeles and preceded the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which happen at 7 p.m. ET at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. The identical venue hosts Saturday’s occasion (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+).
A significant improvement unfolded through the weigh-ins window when it was introduced that Arman Tsarukyan suffered a back injury that compelled him out of his title struggle with Islam Makhachev. Tsarukyan didn’t make it to the dimensions.
Amongst those that did weigh in had been Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC), in addition to bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and challenger Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC), who meet within the co-main occasion. The total UFC 311 weigh-in outcomes embody:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews/Disney+, 8 p.m. ET)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
*Tsarukyan didn’t weigh in after withdrawing attributable to a again damage
**Dariush vs. Moicano is off after Moicano was chosen to struggle Makhachev; Dariush received’t compete
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