Merab Dvalishvili discusses his options following his title defense victory over Umar Nurmagomedov at Saturday’s UFC 311.

Umar Nurmagomedov was the perfect fighter in the early rounds against UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili. While fatigue did not make a coward of Nurmagomedov, it certainly caused his downfall at UFC 311 on Saturday as Dvalishvili outpointed his foe en route to a unanimous decision win (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) to retain the bantamweight title.

Tsarukyan hast lost his opportunity to rematch champion Islam Makhachev following his late-notice withdrawal from the main event of UFC 311 at Intuit Dome. The news was revealed by UFC CEO Dana White on Saturday night at the post-fight press conference.

Petesy Carroll is joined by Ben Fowlkes and Chuck Mindenhall to react to Arman Tsarukyan pulling OUT of UFC 311 and being replaced by Renato Moicano in the UFC lightweight title fight vs Islam Makhachev.

The lightweight champ finishes the challenger, moved to the main event on a day’s notice, with a D’Arce choke to cement his place as one of the sport’s best

Makhachev has been nearly perfect in the Octagon, winning 15 of his 16 UFC fights. His lone loss was against Adriano Martins at UFC 192 in October 2015. Most recently, Makhachev b

Reiner de Ridder debuted with the UFC in November, but UFC 311 was his real welcome party. De Ridder, a former two-division champion under the ONE Championship banner, delivered a flawless performance inside Los Angeles' Intuit Dome on Saturday that will do him wonders moving forward.

Kevin Holland made it clear heading into UFC 311 that he wasn't overly impressed with Reinier de Ridder. Perhaps now his opinion has changed. De Ridder, the former two-division ONE Championship title holder,