UFC 311 promises to start the year off with a bang.

The UFC rolls into 2025 with its first pay-per-view headlined by Pound-for-Pound king Islam Makhachev (26-1) defending his lightweight title against Arman Tsarukyan (22-3), and Merab Dvalishvili (18-4) defending the bantamweight title against the undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0).

There is plenty of bad blood in both matchups and you can get a taste of the rivalries in the newly released trailer below.

Makhachev defeated Tsarukyan in April 2019, when Tsarukyan was making his UFC debut on short notice. Since then, Makhachev has continued his dominant run, which includes three successful defenses of the lightweight title, while Tsarukyan has won nine of his past 10 fights to earn another crack at the champion.

Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov’s feud is fresher, but no less intense, with Dvalishvili publicly and repeatedly running down Nurmagomedov’s claim to a title shot. Those words didn’t deter the matchmakers, who deemed Nurmagomedov and his 6-0 UFC record worthy of No. 1 contender status.

See the UFC 311 lineup below.

Main Card

Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan

Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov

Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano

Jiri Prochazka vs. Jamahal Hill

Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder

Preliminary Card

Johnny Walker vs. Bogdan Guskov

Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos

Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac

Zachary Reese vs. Sedriques Dumas

Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira

Karol Rosa vs. Ailin Perez

Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafurov

Ricky Turcios vs. Bernardo Sopai

Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Clayton Carpenter