The main event will see a new lightweight champion crowned when Ilia Topuria battles Charles Oliveira for the vacant title. Topuria previously held the featherweight title in the

The UFC is set with one of the best cards of the year this weekend at UFC 317. Both the lightweight and flyweight titles are on the line. I’ll be breaking down both of those championship matchups below,

Former featherweight titleholder Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) will take on former 155-pound kingpin Oliveira (35-10 MMA, 23-10 UFC) for the vacant strap left behind when Islam Makhachev agreed to move up to welterweight. There is history at stake for both sides, and the anticipated was palpable during their final encounter at ceremonial weigh-ins.