UFC CEO Dana White announced on his social channels a change to UFC 311’s main event. Arman Tsarukyan was forced to pull out of the matchup “due to back issues,” so Renato Moicano will step in to challenge Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title.
Moicano comes into the fight having won his last four fights, three via finish. His most-recent effort came in a main event against Benoît Saint Denis in Paris where he scored a second-round TKO via doctor’s stoppage. Overall, Moicano is 7-2 since moving up to the lightweight division in March 2020.
Makhachev, according to White, accepted the fight immediately.