Islam Makhachev and Renato Moicano confronted off for the primary and final time forward of Saturday’s large combat.
This Saturday, Makhachev defends his light-weight title in opposition to Moicano in the primary of UFC 311. Makhachev was initially purported to rematch Arman Tsarukyan, nevertheless a again damage compelled Tsarukyan out of the bout on Friday, clearing the way in which for “Cash” to step in on brief discover.
When requested about accepting a last-minute substitute, Makhachev saved issues easy.
“I couldn’t depart the individuals and not using a combat,” he mentioned. “That is all for you guys.”
Moicano, in flip, had one remaining message for the followers in celebration of this sudden alternative.
“I don’t give a f*ck. I can not afford to f*cking lose. It doesn’t matter if it’s the champion or not, tomorrow I’m successful.”
Issues had been surprisingly cordial within the co-main occasion when Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov confronted off for the ultimate time forward of their bantamweight title combat. Issues have been heated between Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov relationship again to their first UFC 311 press convention, and solely intensified on combat week as each side continued to chirp at each other. Nevertheless, for the ultimate faceoff, each events saved issues civil, sharing a primary face-off with no drama.
UFC 311 goes down on Saturday on the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.
