Former featherweight champion and the second-best pound-for-pound fighter on the earth, Ilia Topuria, seems to turn into the tenth two-division champion in UFC historical past when he faces former light-weight champion Charles Oliveira in the principle occasion of UFC 317 from T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Additionally on the principle card, which begins at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV, flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja makes his fourth protection in a bout in opposition to Kai Kara-France. Joshua Van, who knocked out Bruno Silva simply three weeks in the past at UFC 316, will get the No. 2-ranked flyweight in ESPN’s divisional rankings, Brandon Royval, in a de facto No. 1-contender bout. Two ranked lightweights, No. 10 Beneil Dariush and No. 7 Renato Moicano, meet. And Payton Talbott faces Felipe Lima, who hasn’t misplaced a struggle since 2015, in a males’s bantamweight showdown.
Brett Okamoto, Jeff Wagenheim and Dre Waters are right here to interrupt down all of the main-card motion, plus six preliminary fights starting at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+ and Disney+.