Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held its official pre-fight press conference on Thursday (watch here) for the upcoming UFC 317 pay-per-view (PPV) event, locked and loaded for this Sat. (June 28, 2025) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. All 10 main card combatants were on hand this afternoon and came face-to-face at the conclusion of the UFC 317 press conference festivities.
That includes the headliners, Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira, who fight for the vacant UFC Lightweight championship. In the co-main event, UFC Flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja defends his title for the fourth time against knockout artist Kai Kara-France. In addition, former Flyweight title challenger Brandon Royval takes on red-hot prospect Joshua Van, Lightweights Renato Moicano and Beneil Dariush collide, and Payton Talbott takes on Felipe Lima in the PPV opener.
Watch the staredowns below.
Topuria vs. Oliveira
Pantoja vs. Kara-France
Royval vs. Van
Dariush vs. Moicano
Talbott vs. Lima
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CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE-DIP! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues its 2025 pay-per-view (PPV) schedule on Sat., June 28, 2025, with a championship doubleheader headlining UFC 317 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, as part of International Fight Week. In UFC 317’s PPV main event, former Featherweight champion, Ilia Topuria, challenges ex-Lightweight titleholder, Charles Oliveira, for Islam Makhachev’s vacated 155-pound title in a high-stakes, five-round showdown. UFC 317’s PPV co-main event features Flyweight kingpin, Alexandre Pantoja, defending his 125-pound belt against No. 4-seeded contender, Kai Kara-France, in an electrifying five-round rematch. UFC 317 will also showcase a Lightweight bout between Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano, as well as a short-notice Flyweight clash pitting Brandon Royval vs. Joshua Van, and much more! UFC 317’s start time is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET (“Early Prelims”), 8 p.m. ET (“Prelims” undercard), and 10 p.m. ET (PPV main card).
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