Friday was a giant day in Las Vegas for the Final Preventing Championship. Within the morning, the fighters competing on Saturday’s UFC 310 pay-per-view occasion formally weighed in. Later within the afternoon they participated within the occasion’s ceremonial weigh-in.
Previous to the UFC 310 Ceremonial Weigh-in, the 4 fighters headlining the UFC 311 combat card appeared a press convention to advertise the Jan. 18 occasion. UFC 311 is headlined by two world title bouts. In the principle occasion, light-weight champion Islam Makhachev takes on Arman Tsarukyan in a rematch. Within the co-main occasion, bantamweight titleholder Merab Dvalishvili takes on the undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov.
Backstage on the UFC 311 press convention, Makhachev’s staff and former UFC fighter Nate Diaz engaged in an altercation that resulted in each launching water bottles at one another. The incident was caught on digicam.
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Diaz final fought within the octagon at UFC 279 in September 2022, defeating Tony Ferguson by way of submission. It was the ultimate combat of his contract and opted to go away the combat promotion.
In August 2023, Diaz made his skilled boxing debut, dropping to Jake Paul by way of unanimous choice. In July, he and Jorge Masvidal rematched within the boxing ring. Diaz received by way of majority choice. The 2 first fought for the inaugural “BMF” belt at UFC 244. Masvial received that evening by physician stoppage.