Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-01-18, the mma bout Islam Makhachev vs Renato Moicano Carneiro gets three stars thanks to a good finish.Moicano vs Makhachev is scheduled to take place Saturday, January 18th, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood (California, United States), in a 5-round lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg) bout; it is the main event of the UFC 311 and it is valid for the UFC lightweight championship (Islam’s fourth defense) – on the original fight card the main event was Islam Makhachev vs Arman Tsarukyan 2 but Arman suffered an injury one day before the event and was replaced by the Brazilian. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Islam Makhachev record
The 2016 world Combat Sambo and Ufc Lw champ Islam Makhachev entered this fight with a professional mma record of 26-1-0 (65% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 lightweight in the world.
He suffered his only loss when he faced Adriano Martins in 2015, since then he has won 14 consecutive fights defeating twice Alexander Volkanovski (the first match was ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2023, Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski I and Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski II) and once Dustin Poirier in his last three (Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier).
Renato Moicano Carneiro record
The black belt in Bjj Renato Moicano Carneiro entered this fight with a professional record of 20-5-1 (60% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 lightweight in the world.
He lost to Rafael dos Anjos in 2022 (Rafael dos Anjos vs Renato Moicano Carneiro) but then he has won four fights defeating Jalin Turner and Benoit St Denis in his last two (Renato Moicano Carneiro vs Benoit St Denis).
Fight card
Here is the UFC 311 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV
Islam Makhachev vs Renato Moicano Carneiro
Merab Dvalishvili vs Umar Nurmagomedov
Jiri Prochazka vs Jamahal Hill
Serghei Spivac vs Jailton Almeida
Kevin Holland vs Reinier de Ridder
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPNews / Disney+ / ESPN+)
Raoni Barcelos vs Payton Talbott
Azamat Bekoev vs Zachary Reese
Bogdan Guskov vs Billy Elekana
Carlos Diego Ferreira vs Grant Dawson
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on Disney+ / ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Karol Rosa vs Ailin Perez
Rinya Nakamura vs Muin Gafurov
Bernardo Sopai vs Ricky Turcios
Tagir Ulanbekov vs Clayton Carpenter
Embedded: Vlog Series
Watch all the episodes of UFC 311 Embedded: Vlog Series (we usually post the playlist with all the videos or, if not possible, every single clip).
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the UFC 311 pre-fight press conference, featuring Renato Moicano Carneiro and Islam Makhachev!
Weigh-in
Watch the videos of UFC 311: Makhachev vs Moicano weigh-in and faceoffs from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfv4v2vFVtk.
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Islam Makhachev vs Renato Moicano Carneiro as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official highlights – Spanish
Result
Who won Makhachev vs Moicano fight?
Islam Makhachev defeated Renato Moicano Carneiro via submission (brabo choke) at 4:05, round 1.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 311 post-fight octagon interview of Islam Makhachev and Renato Moicano Carneiro.
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official UFC 311 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Renato Moicano Carneiro and Islam Makhachev (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
Bonus awards
UFC 311 Fight of the Night: Merab Dvalishvili vs Umar Nurmagomedov
UFC 311 Performance of the Night: Jiri Prochazka, Jailton Almeida
