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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