LAS VEGAS – With tickets set to go on sale Friday, the promotion for the UFC’s first pay-per-view will kick into high gear with a UFC 311 press conference featuring the athletes from the two title fights.
[autotag]Islam Makhachev[/autotag] is set to put his lightweight title on the line in a rematch with [autotag]Arman Tsarukyan[/autotag] in the headliner of the Jan. 18 card at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., while bantamweight champion [autotag]Merab Dvalishvili[/autotag] takes on undefeated [autotag]Umar Nurmagomedov[/autotag] in the co-main event.
All four fighters will take the stage for a promotional press conference Friday at T-Mobile Arena, and MMA Junkie will have a live stream beginning at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.
Check out the video above to see Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC), Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC), Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) and Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) take the stage to answer questions and take part in their first faceoffs.
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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 311.