Islam Makhachev closes in on Anderson Silva's record after surpassing Khabib Nurmagomedov’s winning streak in MMA.

While lightweight champion Islam Makhachev officially has been ranked as the promotion’s pound-for-pound best for quite some time, White has spent the past year vehemently making the case for Jones. But that changed Saturday night after Makhachev submitted replacement Renato Moicano in the first round of the UFC 311 main event at Intuit Dome.

Despite a tragic outbreak of wildfires across greater Los Angeles and a change to the main event just 24 hours before, UFC 311 proved to be an exciting kickoff to the 2025 pay-per-view schedule for the world's leading MMA promotion on Saturday.

With Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev constantly being compared, Arman Tsarukyan has explained why they are different ahead of UFC 311.

At UFC 311, Islam Makhachev became the lightweight GOAT with most UFC Lightweight Championship wins and defenses.

On Saturday night, Islam Makhachev landed his fourth lightweight title defence, which saw him become the statistically most dominant champion in history. Khabib Nurmagomedov had only managed three before retiring on top, although it is believed he was essentially unbeatable at the time.

Who will walk out of California holding gold? The Sporting News will provide results from the entire UFC 311 fight card

At UFC 310, the Stockton brawler and the Russian’s team launched water bottles at one another. After the Dagestani gave his version of events, Diaz hit the roof, comparing Makhachev to an ‘Ewok’ from Star Wars, and claiming he lied about what transpired that day.

Check out how much lightweight champ Islam Makhachev earned for his 4th title defense against Renato Moicano at UFC 311.

Islam Makhachev made quick work of Renato Moicano on late notice at UFC 311, securing a historic fourth lightweight title defence.Makhachev was expecting to fight Arman Tsarukyan here, six years after outpointing him in a competitive bout,