UFC 315 LIVE tonight: Belal Muhammad vs Jack Della Maddalena start time, prelims, updates and results

We kick off the regular prelims with a light-heavyweight clash between Navajo Stirling and Ivan Erslan!

So, here’s how the early prelims played out:

Marc-Andre Barriault def. Bruno Silva via first-round KO (1:27)

Daniel Santos def. Jeong Yeong Lee via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Bekzat Almakhan def. Brad Katona via first-round KO

Silva had to be taken out on a stretcher after his knockout by Barriault; let’s hope he’s okay.

Okay, the regular prelims will begin in just a few minutes!

In a moment, we’ll give you a round-up of the early-prelim results, before our full live coverage begins.

Before then, though, here’s a look at another big MMA event this evening: PFL Belfast, where Paul Hughes scored a 42-second KO of Bruno Miranda.

That finish sent the crowd into a frenzy, which only built when Hughes called for a rematch with Usman Nurmagomedov.

In other UFC news this week, Alex Pereira claimed he was hacked on X (formerly Twitter) after a post appeared online, in which the former two-weight champion seemingly criticised UFC bosses.

What do you think? Was “Poatan” hacked, or was that an excuse?

More on Muhammad now, who has vowed to make his ring walk tonight with the Palestine flag.

Muhammad, 36, fights out of Chicago but was born to Palestinian parents, and many fans speculated that the absence of the flag on ufc.com was related to Palestine’s complicated history with Israel. The nations have been locked in fresh conflict since late 2023.

Here’s what the champ has had to say:

Prior to Dana White explaining how the result of tonight’s main event will impact the lightweight title picture, Muhammad had this to say – about whether his friend Makhachev might have gone behind his back to plan a fight between them…

That reference to Du Plessis and Chimaev in the post below may seem cryptic if you’re unaware of the latest around the middleweight title picture:

This evening, the main event of UFC 315 will determine not only who leaves Montreal as welterweight champion, but also what the next title fight will be in the division. That is not unusual. Yet tonight’s headline bout will also influence the next lightweight title fight, causing a ripple effect that may even trickle to the heavyweight division.

This piece was originally written more speculatively, albeit based on a decent helping of logic, until UFC president Dana White confirmed on Thursday what we had planned to lay out below.

Here’s how Muhammad vs Della Maddalena will have ramifications on Islam Makhachev, Ilia Topuria, Charles Oliveira and Shavkat Rakhmonov – and maybe even Jon Jones, Tom Aspinall, Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev!!

Muhammad – 4/9; Della Maddalena – 7/4

Shevchenko – 13/10; Fiorot – 8/13

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Tonight’s card will air live on TNT Sports in the UK, with the broadcaster’s app and website also streaming the fights. Discovery+ will also air the action in the UK.

In the US, ESPN+ will stream the event live, as will the UFC’s Fight Pass.