Arman Tsarukyan has been forced out of the main event at UFC 311, with Brazil's Renato Moicano stepping in to challenge Islam Makhachev on one day's notice.

Arman Tsarukyan is understandably devastated after having to withdraw from his first UFC championship fight at the last minute.

‘Benny D’ has admitted that when he first heard murmurs of the news that Tsarukyan was out ... like ‘Yeah I can’,” Dariush began to explain in an interview with The Schmo. “I start to hear more stuff about Arman basically not being able ...

UFC lightweight Beneil Dariush is without a fight following the UFC 311 main event shake-up, with Arman Tsarukyan pulling out of the headliner.

Khabib Nurmagomedov has given his thoughts on Arman Tsarukyan being replaced by Renato Moicano to fight Islam Makhachev at UFC 311

Who wins, who loses and who shrugs his shoulders and continues on unfazed after UFC 311's wild flurry of news?

Arman Tsarukyan's year is not starting off as he planned.

Top-10 Lightweights meet on the UFC 311 Main Card. Check the UFC odds series for our Dariush-Moicano prediction and pick.

As a result of Tsarukyan's dropout, lightweight contender Renato Moicano is stepping into the main to challenge Makhachev for the 155-pound title on short notice. Moicano was previously scheduled to face fellow veteran contender Beneil Dariush on the pay-per-view card.

T he weigh-ins for UFC 311 in Los Angeles, California had been apace on Friday morning for over an hour when Red Corner MMA dropped the shocking news that Armenia's Arman Tsarukya

Arman Tsarukyan issued his first remarks since his shocking last-second withdrawal from the UFC 311 main event.