The UFC is back in Southern California for UFC 311, its first pay-per-view of the calendar. year, and the popular "Embedded" fight week video series is here to document what's happening behind the scenes.

The Dagestanis strive to become the first teammates to win a belt in the co-main event and retain a belt in the main event Saturday night at Intuit Dome.

As Jailton Almeida looks to reestablish himself as a future title contender at heavyweight, Serghei Spivac is a good matchup for UFC 311's new pay-per-view opener, but also a dangerous one like Barcelos is for Talbott.

Islam Makhachev's fourth UFC lightweight title defense now looks a lot different than what he was preparing for. And yet, that's no problem for the champion. Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) was preparing for months to defend his belt against Arman Tsarukyan in the main

Arman Tsarukyan thinks he can drag Islam Makhachev into deep waters at UFC 311. Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) challenges lightweight champion Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) in Saturday’s main event (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) at Intuit Dome.

On Friday, Dana White confirmed the Armenian’s devastating injury news and announced that he had been replaced by Renato Moicano, who was supposed to fight Beneil Dariush on the UFC 311 undercard. It didn’t take long for Moicano to take to social media with a message for his new UFC 311.

Set to take place at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles ... in the night’s co-main event before UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev faces #1-ranked contender Arman Tsarukyan in the card ...

Islam Makhachev will now defend his title against Renato Moicano, following the withdrawal of original challenger Arman Tsarukyan due to a back injury.

See how the fighters of UFC 311 looked on the scale at official weigh-ins with video highlights and a photo gallery.

Check out these photos from the UFC 311 ceremonial weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs ahead of Saturday pay-per-view event at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. (Photos by Mike Bohn, MMA Junkie)

Arman Tsarukyan has pulled out of his UFC 311 main event with Islam Makhachev. The pair were due to square off on Saturday night for Makhachev’s UFC lightweight. However, company president