The promotion has released the UFC 311 cold open video. The card features a lightweight title fight between champion Islam Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC), a longtime Khabib Nurmagomedov training partner, and challenger Arman Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC). Makhachev already holds a win over Tsarukyan.

Three fights stand out above the rest on Saturday night, including the return of the top fighter on ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings.

The UFC 311 fight card now is locked in following Friday's official weigh-ins session, where all 28 fighters successfully hit their marks on the scale. Saturday's event at Intuit Dome (ESPN+ pay-per-v

Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov will soon put hands on each other after Friday’s final UFC 311 faceoff at ceremonial weigh-ins.

For all of the chaos that Merab Dvalishvili typically brings to the Octagon in the form of his endless cardio, spamming wrestling attack and constant forward pressure, his critics are starting to wonder whether the Georgian star is causing too much of it for his own good outside of the cage,