LOS ANGELES – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC 311 fighter weigh-ins.
The early weigh-ins took place at the UFC host hotel in Los Angeles and preceded the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at 7 p.m. ET at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. The same venue hosts Saturday’s event (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+).
A major development unfolded during the weigh-ins window when it was announced that Arman Tsarukyan suffered a back injury that forced him out of his title fight with Islam Makhachev. Tsarukyan did not make it to the scale.
Among those who did weigh in were Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC), as well as bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and challenger Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC), who meet in the co-main event.
The full UFC 311 weigh-in results include:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Islam Makhachev (154.5) vs. Arman Tsarukyan (Out) – for lightweight title*
- Champ Merab Dvalishvili (134) vs. Umar Nurmagomedov (135) – for bantamweight title
- Jamahal Hill (205.5) vs. Jiri Prochazka (204.5)
- Beneil Dariush (155) vs. Renato Moicano (155)**
- Kevin Holland (183.5) vs. Reinier de Ridder (184.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews/Disney+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Raoni Barcelos (135.5) vs. Payton Talbott (135.5)
- Jailton Almeida (235) vs. Serghei Spivac (233)
- Billy Elekana (200) vs. Bogdan Guskov (205.5)
- Grant Dawson (156) vs. Diego Ferreira (156)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Azamat Bekoev (185) vs. Zach Reese (185.5)
- Ailin Perez (135) vs. Karol Rosa (135.5)
- Muin Gafurov (136) vs. Rinya Nakamura (135.5)
- Bernardo Sopaj (135) vs. Ricky Turcios (136)
- Clayton Carpenter (125.5) vs. Tagir Ulanbekov (125.5)
*Tsarukyan did not weigh in after withdrawing due to a back injury
**Dariush vs. Moicano is off after Moicano was chosen to fight Makhachev; Dariush won’t compete
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