Yahoo Sports Video: UFC 311 cold open highlights 2 title fights with Young the Giant
The UFC returns to Southern California on Saturday with a pair of titles on the line.
At UFC 311, the protege of one of the best to ever do it will continue his own quest to be an all-time great. And the cousin of that same GOAT candidate will try to win a title of his own in the co-feature.
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.
In the co-feature, bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) is an underdog against unbeaten challenger Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC).
The video is narrated by actor and regular UFC voice-over narrator Ron Perlman and has a backdrop soundtrack of "It's About Time" by Young the Giant from the 2014 album "Mind Over Matter."
Check out the UFC 311 cold open video above.
UFC 311 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.
UFC 311 lineup
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan – for lightweight title
Champ Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov – for bantamweight title
Jamahal Hill vs. Jiri Prochazka
Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano
Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews/Disney+, 8 p.m. ET)
Raoni Barcelos vs. Payton Talbott
Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac
Billy Elekana vs. Bogdan Guskov
Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
Azamat Bekoev vs. Zach Reese
Ailin Perez vs. Karol Rosa
Muin Gafurov vs. Rinya Nakamura
Bernardo Sopaj vs. Ricky Turcios
Clayton Carpenter vs. Tagir Ulanbekov
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC 311.
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