Overview

• Ilia Topuria scored a knockout at 2:27 of the first round to capture the vacant UFC lightweight title.
• The win made him the promotion’s 10th two-division champion after he relinquished the featherweight belt in February.
• Alexandre Pantoja extended his flyweight reign by securing a third-round submission over Kai Kara-France in the co-main event.
• Both the lightweight and featherweight titles were vacated this year as Islam Makhachev and Topuria moved up to pursue championships in higher divisions.
• UFC 317 at Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena underscored the organization’s emphasis on champions transitioning between weight classes and delivering finish-focused events.