Jan 18, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA; Islam Makhachev (purple gloves) leaves the octagon after defeating Renato Moicano (not pictured) in a light-weight title battle throughout UFC 311 at Intuit Dome. Necessary Credit score: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Pictures Islam Makhachev prolonged his successful streak to fifteen matches with an easy D’arce submission within the first spherical (4:05) in opposition to Renato Moicano on Saturday night time in Inglewood, Calif., to cap UFC 311’s foremost occasion.
Makhachev (27-1 MMA) was initially scheduled to battle No. 1 light-weight contender Arman Tsarukyan, however Tsarukyan suffered “vital again ache,” as CEO Dana White disclosed Friday. Moicano (20-6-1 MMA) was elevated from his scheduled bout with Beneil Dariush to just accept the battle.
Makhachev was gracious in victory, reiterating his need to battle anybody whomever the UFC designates.
“For me, (it would not matter),” Makhachev mentioned. “(Whoever) could make 155 (kilos), simply step within the cage with me.”
Moicano was harsher on himself and mentioned Makhachev was the higher fighter. He worries, nevertheless, that it could have been his one shot at championship glory.
“That wasn’t a one-day discover,” Moicano mentioned after the battle. “That was a life’s discover. I am very unhappy. I spent my entire life for this second and tapped within the first spherical.”
Makhachev mentioned he doesn’t have a choice for his subsequent opponent.
The UFC 311 co-main occasion noticed Merab Dvalishvili make his first title protection in opposition to Umar Nurmagomedov in a high-level battle. Each males traded practically 20 punches per spherical within the first three rounds, whereas Nurmagomedov efficiently defended seven of eight takedown makes an attempt.
In Spherical 4, the battle shifted in favor of Dvalishvili, who pushed the motion with quantity putting and prevented Nurmagomedov from utilizing his wrestling base to regulate the battle on the mat.
The group help moved towards Dvalishvili getting into Spherical 5, as a visibly exhausted Nurmagomedov failed to supply any vital offense. Dvalishvili earned a unanimous determination win (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) handy Nurmagomedov (18-1 MMA) his first skilled loss. Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA) has received 12 in a row.
Former mild heavyweight champions Jiri Prochazka and Jamahal Hill stood and traded blows for practically quarter-hour.
Regardless of struggling an eye-poke halfway by means of Spherical 2, Prochazka (31-5-1 MMA) delivered a left hook, adopted by a proper hand at 3:01 of Spherical 3, en path to bounce-back win after shedding to present champion Alex Pereira final June in the principle occasion of UFC 303.
In the meantime, Hill (12-3 MMA) remains to be looking for his first win in two years.
Jailton Almeida used his ground-and-pound to complete Serghei Spivac in a heavyweight bout by TKO at 4:53 in Spherical 1. Almeida (22-3 MMA) has received 9 of his final 10, whereas Spivac (17-5 MMA) has misplaced two of his earlier three.
Middleweight Reinier de Ridder opened the UFC 311 foremost card with flying colours, submitting Kevin Holland with a first-round rear-naked-choke at 3:31. It was de Ridder’s thirteenth submission win. De Ridder (19-2 MMA) handed Holland (26-12 MMA) his fourth loss in his final 5 fights, whereas De Ridder improved to 2-0 below the UFC banner.
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