UFC 310 event took place on December 7, 2024, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The event was headlined by the UFC Flyweight Championship bout between Alexandre Pantoja and Kai Asakura.

The event started at 6 PM ET with an early prelims card on ESPN+ Streaming in the United States. The prelims card was set from 8 PM ET onwards, while the main card was an ESPN+ PPV in the United States starting from 10 PM ET.

FIGHT CARD

EARLY PRELIMS

#Fight 1: Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Lukasz Brzeski – Heavyweight Bout
Winner: Kennedy Nzechukwu via TKO at 4:51 of round 1
#Fight 2: Clay Guida vs Chase Hooper – Lightweight Bout
Winner: Chase Hooper via submission (armbar) at 3:41 of round 1
#Fight 3: Michael Chiesa vs Max Griffin – Welterweight Bout
Winner: Michael Chiesa via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:56 of round 3
#Fight 4: Cody Durden vs Joshua Van – Flyweight Bout
Winner: Joshua Van via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-26, 30-27)
#Fight 5: Chris Weidman vs Eryk Anders – 195 lbs Catchweight Bout
Winner: Eryk Anders via TKO at 4:51 of round 2

PRELIMS

#Fight 6: Randy Brown vs Bryan Battle – 175 lbs Catchweight Bout
Winner: Bryan Battle via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
#Fight 7: Movsar Evloev vs Aljamain Sterling – Featherweight Bout
Winner: Movsar Evloev via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
#Fight 8: Vicente Luque vs Themba Gorimbo – Welterweight Bout
Winner: Vicente Luque via submission (D’arce choke) at 0:52 of round 1
#Fight 9: Anthony Smith vs Dominick Reyes – Light Heavyweight Bout
Winner: Dominick Reyes via TKO (ground-and-pound) at 4:46 of Round 2

MAIN CARD

#Fight 10: Nate Landwehr vs Dooho Choi – Featherweight Bout
Winner: Dooho Choi via TKO(punches) at 3:21 in round 3
#Fight 11: Bryce Mitchell vs Kron Gracie – Featherweight Bout
Winner: Bryce Mitchell via TKO(elbow) at 0:39 in round 3
#Fight 12: Ciryl Gane vs Alexander Volkov – Heavyweight Bout
Winner: Ciryl Gane via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
#Fight 13: Co-Main Event: Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Ian Machado Garry – Welterweight Bout
Winner: Shavkat Rakhmonov via unanimous decision(48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
#Fight 14: Main Event: Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Asakura – Flyweight Championship Bout
Winner: Alexandre Pantoja via submission(rear-naked choke) at 2:05 in round 2

CANCELED BOUT

Tatiana Suarez vs Virna Jandiroba(Suarez pulled out due to injury)
Belal Muhammad vs Shavkat Rakhmonov(Muhammad pulled out due to Foot injury)
Vicente Luque vs Nick Diaz(Diaz pulled out with unknown reason)
Talisson Teixeira vs Lukasz Brzeski(Teixeira pulled out due to injury)
Rizvan Kuniev vs Martin Buday(Buday pulled out with unknown reasons)

NOTES

UFC 310 is the 30th UFC event and 29th UFC PPV event to take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. It was also the third UFC PPV event in 2024 to air from this venue.

The event was earlier announced to be headlined by a UFC Welterweight Championship bout between Belal Muhammad and Shavkat Rakhmonov. But, Muhammad suffered a bone infection in his foot, which led to his withdrawal from the event. Then, UFC Flyweight Championship bout between Alexandre Pantoja and Kai Asakura was promoted from co-main event to main event.

Ian Machado Garry was booked for UFC Tampa Fight Night event on December 14, 2024, to face Joaquin Buckley. After Muhammad was forced to withdraw from the main event, Garry was moved to UFC 310 to face Rakhmonov instead in a 5 round title eliminator co-main event.

Ciryl Gane and Alexander Volkov earlier clashed to headline a Fight Night event in June 2021 where Gane won via unanimous decision. They were then booked for a rematch at UFC 308. However, the bout was moved to thtis event after Volkov’s knee injury.

Nick Diaz was set to make his return to Octagon after 3 years at this event against Vicente Luque in a welterweight rematch. But, Diaz was removed from the card due to travel issues. Themba Gorimbo came in as the replacement to face Luque.

A featherweight bout between Aljamain Sterling and Movsar Evloev was scheduled for UFC 307. But, it had to be moved to this event after Sterling suffered an injury.

Tatiana Suarez and Virna Jandiroba were scheduled for a strawweight bout, but Suarez had to withdraw from the bout due to some health issues.

Chris Weidman and Eryk Anders were set for a middleweight bout at UFC 309. But, Anders pulled out of the bout on the day of the event due to food poisoning. The bout was rebooked at 195 lbs catchweight at this event.

A heavyweight bout between Talisson Teixeira and Lukasz Brzeski was booked for the event. Teixeira pulled out of the bout due to an injury. Kennedy Nzechukwu came in as a replacement on 10 days notice.

A heavyweight bout between Rizvan Kuniev and Martin Buday was reported for the show. But, Buday pulled out of the bout. The bout was cancelled altogether after this.

Randy Brown and Bryan Battle were booked for a welterweight bout at the event. But, Battle missed the welterweight weight limit by 4 lbs, coming in at 175 lbs. He was fined 30% of his purse, which went to Brown, and the bout was changed to a 175-lbs catchweight bout.

Debut: Kai Asakura

Performance Awards: The following fighters won Performance of the Night award and earned $50,000 each as bonus:

Alexandre Pantoja
Vicente Luque
Chase Hooper
Kennedy Nzechukwu

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