{"id":430822,"date":"2026-01-24T19:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/430822\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T19:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:12:08","slug":"ufc-324-live-results-and-play-by-play-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/430822\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 324 live results and play-by-play analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">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\u2019ve still got to pony up extra for it in Canada, the UK and most other places).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/414972\/ufc-not-going-strip-ilia-topuria-could-lead-gaethje-pimblett-interim-title-defense\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">some issues in his personal life<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The co-main event was supposed to be Kayla Harrison vs. Amanda Nunes for Harrison\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sean O\u2019Malley 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Rounding out the main card is Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Derrick Lewis, Arnold Allen vs. Jean Silva and Natalia Silva vs. Rose Namajunas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The \u201cPrelims\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 324 Start Date and Time<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Well, this is easy \u2014 so long as you are in the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">See you then! Don\u2019t forget to say \u2018Hi\u2019 in the comments, too.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 324 PLAY-BY-PLAY UPDATES<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Live stream begins at 5:oo p.m. ET. \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is live TONIGHT (Sat., Jan. 24, 2025) with the first numbered event of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82,153471,37643,139445,702,7788],"class_list":["post-430822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-324","tag-ufc-live-stream","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}