Ateba Gautier shared an apology with fans after he wasn't able to find another highlight-reel knockout during his UFC 324 fight with Andrey Pulyaev.

Five early finishes at UFC 324 were topped by a stellar title fight between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett.

SportsLine's Daniel Vithlani reveals his UFC 324 picks featuring Justin Gaethje vs. Paddy Pimblett for Saturday's bout on Paramount+

Even before the first UFC event of 2026, UFC 324, began, it took a major hit mid-afternoon. The lightweight contest between Michael Johnson and Alexander Hernandez was scrapped from the card, leaving the card damaged.

In the first fight of the main card for UFC 324, fans got to see something exceptionally unusual. It came right at the very end of a three-round fight between Jean Silva and Arnold Allen. Silva, who had gotten the better of most of the fight,

Ty Miller wasn't phased by a Bruce Buffer blunder but instead brought a bloody beatdown.

The UFC returns to T-Mobile Arena for its first card of 2026 with an 11-bout event whose main card is billed as UFC 324 and features unbeaten (in the promotion) lightweight Paddy Pimblett making his first bid for a championship belt, albeit an interim version, in the final fight.

Paddy Pimblett (23-3 MMA, 7-0 UFC) was the first fighter to the scale for his interim lightweight title fight against Justin Gaethje (26-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC), who ironically was the last fighter to come to the scale during the one-hour window. Pimblett was a pound under at 154; Gaethje was 155 on the nose.