UFC 317: Topuria vs Oliveira begin time, schedule, battle card, the right way to watch and newest odds

The vacant UFC males’s light-weight title is on the road in Saturday evening’s huge foremost occasion in Las Vegas, which hosts one of many greatest bouts of the yr.

Topuria, unbeaten at 16-0, together with eight successive wins within the UFC, is hoping to grow to be solely the promotion’s Tenth-ever two-weight champion after making the shock choice to vacate his 145-pound featherweight title earlier this yr.

He beforehand surprised and knocked out the nice Alexander Volkanovski – who took again the belt after beating Diego Lopes at UFC 314 – earlier than offering a profitable first defence with a stoppage of Max Holloway at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi in October.

He has now gone as much as the 155-pound division, the place he’ll intention to clinch a belt that has been vacant for the reason that formidable Islam Makhachev relinquished it final month for a transfer as much as welterweight and an try at his personal two-weight champion standing, pursuing a shot at new 170-pound champion Jack Della Maddalena, who outpointed Belal Muhammad at UFC 315 in Montreal in Could.

His first problem to regain that misplaced gold noticed him submitted by Makhachev in 2022, since when he has stopped Beneil Dariush earlier than being overwhelmed by way of cut up choice by Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 300 after which surviving a late rally from Chandler to win their rematch on his final outing at UFC 309 in New York in November.

Tsarukyan was set to problem Makhachev for the light-weight title in January, solely to endure an damage and get replaced by Renato Moicano, who misplaced by submission. Tsarukyan is the back-up fighter for this foremost occasion.