An important lightweight contender fight has been added to the first UFC pay-per-view event of 2025.
Beneil Dariush and Renato Moicano will collide in a three-round bout on January 18 at UFC 311, which will take place at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, as announced by the promotion on Thursday.
Dariush (22-6-1 MMA, 16-6-1 UFC) is entering the fight on a two-fight losing streak, both losses being first-round TKOs against Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarukyan. These back-to-back defeats come after he secured eight consecutive victories.
Moicano (20-5-1 MMA, 12-5 UFC) has been successful in six of his last seven fights, with his sole loss being a unanimous decision at a catchweight on short notice against Rafael dos Anjos. Most recently, Moicano achieved three wins in succession, notably dominating Benoit Saint Denis in September.
With the addition of this fight, the UFC 311 card currently includes:
– Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan – for the lightweight title
– Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov – for the bantamweight title
– Jamahal Hill vs. Jiri Prochazka
– Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder
– Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac
– Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano
– Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
– Muin Gafurov vs. Rinya Nakamura
– Bogdan Guskov vs. Johnny Walker
– Ailin Perez vs. Karol Rosa
– Sedriques Dumas vs. Zach Reese
– Raoni Barcelos vs. Payton Talbott
– Bernardo Sopaj vs. Ricky Turcios
For more information on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 311.
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