In Tsarukyan’s place, Renato Moicano has been elevated to the main event. The brash Brazilian, winner of four in a row, was scheduled to fight Placentia’s Beneil Dariush on the main card.

Islam Makhachev, left, puts his UFC lightweight title on the line against Renato Moicano in the main event at UFC 311 on Saturday night. Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The co-main event ...

Aaron Bronsteter and Jon Anik discuss the breaking news that Renato Moicano will replace Arman Tsarukyan to face Islam Makhachev in the UFC 311 main event, why Moicano is an excellent replacement ...

Renato Moicano will now take Tsarukyan's place for the new headline fight of UFC 311, live on TNT Sports and discovery+, as the Brazilian enters the fray at the last minute. It means that ...

UFC President Dana White made the official announcement on social media. Renato Moicano, who was originally scheduled to fight Beneil Dariush on Saturday, will step in to replace Tsarukyan and cha ...

But a back injury prevented Tsarukyan from weighing in on Friday, and Moicano was drafted in for the Armenian-Russian, having already been scheduled for UFC 311. Moicano, 35, was due to fight ...

“I swear I never think about that,” Makhachev said. Standing in his way is 10th-ranked challenger Renato Moicano. He is a late-hour replacement for top-ranked challenger Arman ...