UFC 324 live results, highlights, play-by-play | Gaethje vs. Pimblett

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UFC 324 Preview

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is live TONIGHT (Sat., Jan. 24, 2025) with the first numbered event of the year (not a PPV anymore, remember!). UFC 324 is the first show of the Paramount+ era and

the first numbered event that is not a PPV in the US (you’ve still got to pony up extra for it in Canada, the UK and most other places).

The main event for this card is Justin Gaethje vs. Paddy Pimblett for the interim Lightweight title. The interim title is in play since Ilia Topuria has gone on hiatus to deal with some issues in his personal life.

A lot has been said about the worthiness of these two fighters for this title, especially when Arman Tsarukyan is being left out in the cold. Gaethje is coming off a win over Rafael Fiziev, in March. That was his first fight since his epic UFC 300 KO loss to Max Holloway in 2024. Pimblett’s last fight was his drubbing of Michael Chandler. Pimblett is on a long winning streak in UFC, but his last half dozen opponents have all been on the wrong side of 35.

The co-main event was supposed to be Kayla Harrison vs. Amanda Nunes for Harrison’s Bantamweight title, a title Nunes had held for a record time. However, that fight was cancelled after it was revealed that Harrison was requiring neck surgery. That fight has now been shelved, possibly indefinitely.

Sean O’Malley vs. Song Yadong has been promoted to the co-main slot. Those two will be hoping to get another fight with Petr Yan, this time with a title on the line.

Rounding out the main card is Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Derrick Lewis, Arnold Allen vs. Jean Silva and Natalia Silva vs. Rose Namajunas.

The “Prelims” have some interesting match-ups, including a battle of streaking veterans Micheal Johnson and Alexander Hernandez and super prospect Ateba Gautier taking on Andrey Pulyaev.

UFC 324 Start Date and Time

Well, this is easy — so long as you are in the US.

You can watch all of UFC 324 with Paramount+. The Early Prelims start at 5:00 p.m. ET. The Late Prelims start at 7:00 p.m. ET. and the Main Card kicks off at 9:00 p.m. ET.

I will be providing live play-by-play, instant results, highlights and updates for all the fights right here starting at 5 p.m. ET.

See you then! Don’t forget to say ‘Hi’ in the comments, too.