Overview
- UFC 317 takes place June 28 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, featuring fights for the vacant lightweight and flyweight titles.
- Ilia Topuria battles Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight crown as a heavy betting favorite at –525 after moving up from featherweight.
- Alexandre Pantoja makes his fourth flyweight title defense against striker Kai Kara-France in a grappler-versus-striker showdown with odds steady at –250.
- Christopher Ewert replaces Sedrique Dumas to face Jackson McVey on short notice following Dumas’s legal troubles, and Joshua Van steps in to fight Brandon Royval after Manel Kape’s withdrawal.
- Preliminary undercard highlights include Jack Hermansson vs Gregory Rodrigues and Viviane Araujo vs Tracy Cortez on ESPN-streamed prelims.