Charles Oliveira Knocked Out At UFC 317

Former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira suffered a first-round knockout loss to former featherweight champion Ilia Topuria in the main event of UFC 317 on Saturday. Halfway through the opening frame, Topuria landed a vicious combination on Oliveira that knocked Oliveira out cold. In 2:27 of action, Oliveira landed nine significant strikes. The loss for Oliveira […]

Alexandre Pantoja Submits Kai Kara-France

Flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja defended his title for the fourth time after he defeated Kai Kara-France via third-round submission in the co-main event of UFC 317 on Saturday. Pantoja dominated Kara-France from the opening bell, taking him down and nullifying Kara-France's striking. The finish came in the third round after Pantoja took Kara-France's back, submitting […]

Kai Kara-France Submitted At UFC 317

Kai Kara-France suffered a third-round submission loss to flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja in the co-main event of UFC 317 on Saturday. There wasn't much Kara-France could do as he was outclassed from the opening bell to the end of the fight. It was an uncharacteristically sluggish performance by Kara-France. In 11:55 of action, Kara-France landed […]

Joshua Van Extends His Win Streak

Joshua Van extended his win streak by defeating the former title challenger Brandon Royval via unanimous decision on the main card of UFC 317. It was a back-and-forth fight, but Van may have stolen the fight on the judges' scorecards in the final moments of the fight, as he dropped Royval and almost finished him […]

Brandon Royval Drops Decision

Former title challenger Brandon Royval suffered a unanimous decision loss to Joshua Van on the main card of UFC 317 on Saturday. Originally scheduled to face Manel Kape on the card, Royval took a big risk accepting the fight against a much lower-ranked opponent like Van. It was an extremely close fight after which both […]

Renato Moicano Loses Back-To-Back Fights

Former title challenger Renato Moicano suffered a unanimous-decision loss to Beneil Dariush on the main card of UFC 317 on Saturday. Near the end of the first round, Moicano dropped Dariush with a big right hand and tried to find a finish, but Dariush was able to survive and get back on his feet. Besides […]

Beneil Dariush Gets Back In The Win Column

Beneil Dariush returned to the win column by defeating former title challenger Renato Moicano via unanimous decision on the main card of UFC 317 on Saturday. Dariush overcame an early scare when Moicano dropped Dariush near the end of the first round, but the second and third rounds went to Dariush. In 15 minutes of […]

Felipe Lima Suffers His First UFC Loss

Felipe Lima suffered a unanimous decision loss to Payton Talbott on the UFC 317 main card opener on Saturday. Lima had some success with his wrestling and his striking in the first round, but it wasn't enough to win him the fight, as Talbott showed massive improvements in his game. In 15 minutes of action, […]

Payton Talbott Bounces Back

Payton Talbott returned to the win column by defeating Felipe Lima via unanimous decision on the UFC 317 main card opener on Saturday. Talbott showed significant improvements in his game, displaying crisp striking alongside solid counter wrestling and ground and pound. Prior to his fight against Lima, Talbott suffered his first loss to Raoni Barcelos. […]

DraftKings MMA, UFC DFS Lineup Picks - UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira

With Islam Makhachev moving up to welterweight and vacating the lightweight belt, the lightweight throne is vacant at the moment. The card, which takes place on June 28 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, features two title fights at the top of the card. In what is arguably the biggest UFC bout of 2025, former […]

Charles Oliveira Can Become A Two-Time Lightweight Champion

Former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira has a chance to become a two-time lightweight champion when he takes on undefeated former featherweight champion Ilia Topuria in the main event of UFC 317 on Saturday. Saturday will mark Oliveira's fourth UFC lightweight title fight, three of which have been for vacant belts. Oliveira was last seen in […]

Ilia Topuria A Favorite At UFC 317

In the main event of UFC 317, former featherweight champion and undefeated Ilia Topuria is scheduled to take on former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira for the vacant UFC lightweight championship. Topuria vacated his featherweight belt earlier this year and is looking to become a champion in a different weight class. He became featherweight champion in […]

Kai Kara-France Can Become The New Flyweight Champion

Kai Kara-France is scheduled to take on flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja in the co-main event of UFC 317 on Saturday. Kara-France returned to the win column in his last fight after he stopped Erceg in the very first round of their UFC 305 co-main event bout, picking up a Performance of the Night bonus in […]

Alexandre Pantoja Set For Fourth Title Defense At UFC 317

Flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja is scheduled for a rematch against Kai Kara-France in the co-main event of UFC 317 on Saturday. The two first fought back in 2016 on TUF Season 24, and Pantoja won via unanimous decision. The last time Pantoja lost was back in 2020 when he lost to Askar Askarov via unanimous […]

Joshua Van Looks To Extend His Win Streak

UFC prospect Joshua Van will look to extend his win streak when he takes on former title challenger Brandon Royval on the main card of UFC 317 on Saturday. Van is 7-1 in the UFC after debuting in June 2023, with his lone setback being a knockout loss to Charles Johnson 11 months ago. Since […]

Brandon Royval Looks For His Third Win In A Row

Former flyweight title challenger Brandon Royval will look for his third consecutive win when he takes on UFC prospect Joshua Van on the main card of UFC 317 on Saturday. Royval was originally scheduled to fight Manel Kape, but Kape was forced to pull out due to an undisclosed reasons, so Van accepted the short-notice […]

Renato Moicano Returns At UFC 317

Former title challenger Renato Moicano will look to get back in the win column when he takes on Beneil Dariush on the main card of UFC 317 on Saturday. Moicano was originally supposed to fight Dariush at UFC 311 but got called up to the main event when Arman Tsarukyan injured himself and fell out […]

Beneil Dariush An Underdog At UFC 317

Beneil Dariush is scheduled to face off against former title challenger Renato Moicano on the main card of UFC 317 on Saturday. Dariush and Moicano were initially expected to fight at UFC 311 in January, but the fight fell apart on weigh-in day when Moicano was elevated to a main event title fight against Islam […]

Payton Talbott Looks To Bounce Back

Payton Talbott will look to get back in the win column when he takes on Felipe Lima on the UFC 317 main card opener on Saturday. Talbott last competed at UFC 311, where he suffered his first professional loss to Raoni Barcelos via unanimous decision. He's earned seven knockouts and one submission win from nine […]

Felipe Lima Set To Open Up UFC 317 Main Card

Felipe Lima will look to remain undefeated in the UFC as he takes on Payton Talbott on Saturday's UFC 317 main card opener. Lima was last seen in action at UFC Tampa, where he defeated Miles Johns via unanimous decision. Prior to that, he defeated Muhammad Naimov via third-round submission. Lima lost his first professional […]

Jamahal Hill Gets Dominated At UFC Azerbaijan

Former light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill suffered a unanimous decision loss to former title challenger Khalil Rountree Jr. in the main event of UFC Azerbaijan on Saturday. For five rounds, Rountree Jr. was a step ahead of Hill when it came to his striking, especially his kicks, which hurt Hill time and time again. Interestingly […]

Khalil Rountree Jr. Dominates At UFC Azerbaijan

Former light heavyweight title challenger Khalil Rountree Jr. got back in the win column by defeating former light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill via unanimous decision. Rountree Jr. had a dominant performance from start to finish. Throughout 25 minutes, Rountree Jr. chopped away at Hill's legs, and Rountree knocked Hill down multiple times, including twice in […]

Rafael Fiziev Gets Back In The Win Column

Rafael Fiziev returned to the win column by defeating Ignacio Bahamondes via unanimous decision in the co-main event of UFC Azerbaijan on Saturday. Prior to this bout, Fiziev was in a tough spot as he had lost his three previous fights. Fiziev had a great performance where he didn't just use his striking, but his […]

Ignacio Bahamondes Drops Decision At UFC Azerbaijan

On Saturday, Ignacio Bahamondes suffered a unanimous decision loss to Rafael Fiziev in the co-main event of UFC Azerbaijan. Bahamondes found some success in the striking department, but Fiziev was able to mix up his striking and wrestling to win the fight. In 15 minutes of action, Bahamondes landed 50 significant strikes. Prior to this […]

Curtis Blaydes Gets Split-Decision Win at UFC Azerbaijan

Curtis Blaydes got back in the win column by defeating UFC newcomer Rizvan Kuniev via split decision on the main card of UFC Azerbaijan on Saturday. In the first and the third round, Blaydes used his wrestling and clinch game to get the better of Kuniev, and Kuniev's striking won him the second round. The […]

Rizvan Kuniev Unsuccessful In His UFC Debut

Rizvan Kuniev suffered a split decision loss to Curtis Blaydes on the main card of UFC Azerbaijan on Saturday. It wasn't the most exciting fight, but it was a competitive one. Blaydes got the better of Kuniev in the first round, but Kuniev came back and took the second round. It was an extremely close […]

Tofiq Musayev Submitted In His UFC Debut

Tofiq Musayev suffered a first-round submission loss to Myktybek Orolbai on the main card of UFC Azerbaijan on Saturday. Musayev made his UFC debut, but he couldn't do much as he got taken down three times during the fight and was controlled. Just before the first round came to a close, Orolbai snatched up Musayev's […]

Myktybek Orolbai Scores First-Round Submission

Myktybek Orolbai got back in the win column by defeating Tofiq Musayev via first-round submission on the main card of UFC Azerbaijan on Saturday. Orolbai's game plan was to wrestle, and that was evident from the beginning of the fight. Just before the first round came to a close, Orolbai landed a kimura from half […]

Nikolas Motta Gets Finished After Back-And-Forth Fight

Nikolas Motta suffered a second-round TKO loss to Nazim Sadykhov on the main card of UFC Azerbaijan on Saturday. After seven straight bouts ended in decisions to start the card, this was an exciting, bloody, back-and-forth fight. The finish almost came in the first round after Motta hurt Sadykhov alongside the fence, but Sadykhov managed […]

Nazim Sadykhov Scores Second-Round TKO

Nazim Sadykhov picked up a second-round TKO win over Nikolas Motta on the main card of UFC Azerbaijan on Saturday. It was a back-and-forth encounter, one that almost ended in the first round after Motta hurt Sadykhov while Sadykhov was trying to defend himself alongside the fence. The fight ended in the second round after […]