After Islam Makhachev opted to move up to welterweight in pursuit of a second world title, Ilia Topuria stepped up to fight for a second strap of his own. Standing in his way is former champion Charles Oliveira, whose late-career resurgence to the world level has become the stuff of legend.
It’s a tough grappling test for renowned striker Topuria, who cleaned out featherweight when he stopped legends Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway last year.
In the co-main event, Kai Kara-France looks to dethrone the seemingly unbeatable Alexandre Pantoja. It’s something of a rematch given that the pair met over two rounds during their days on The Ultimate Fighter, with the Brazilian dominating that exchange. However, things are different now and it’s an interesting clash of styles that could lead to a show-stealing fight on an otherwise packed card.
Elsewhere on the night, Joshua Van makes a quick turnaround after his stunning UFC 316 win over Bruno Silva to face Brandon Royval. Indeed, the winner of that matchup may end up facing whoever it is that walks out of T-Mobile Arena. Fan favourites Beneil Dariush and Renato Moicano also do battle at lightweight, while the main card is filled out with youngster Payton Talbott’s highly-anticipated return against Felipe Lima.
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Latest UFC 317 odds
- Ilia Topuria (11/50) vs. Charles Oliveira (10/3)
- Alexandre Pantoja (2/5) vs. Kai Kara-France (19/10)
- Brandon Royval (19/20) vs. Joshua Van (4/5)
- Beneil Dariush (Evens) vs. Renato Moicano (3/4)
- Payton Talbott (8/5) vs. Felipe Lima (12/25)
- Jack Hermansson (7/4) vs. Gregory Rodrigues (4/9)
- Hyder Amil (7/5) vs. Jose Miguel Delgado (11/20)
- Viviane Araujo (19/10) vs. Tracy Cortez (2/5)
- Terrance McKinney (8/15) vs. Viacheslav Borshchev (29/20)
- Sedriques Dumas (27/20) vs. Jackson McVey (29/50)
- Jhonata Diniz (8/25) vs. Alvin Hines (12/5)
- Niko Price (9/1) vs. Jacobe Smith (1/20)
UFC 317 Betting Preview and Best Bets
For International Fight Week, the UFC have to pull out all of the stops in order to make a worthy fight card, and it appears that they have done so here.
The price that jumps out as worth taking a look at is Jacobe Smith and Niko Price. Smith is a heavy hitter with eight knockouts and just two decisions on his 10-0 record, and exploded into the UFC with a Contender Series knockout win and a first round finish in his second outing. But with any Contender Series alum making a massive step up like this, you have to be weary and 9/1 on an experienced hand like Price seems wild to this tipster. Price has 16 UFC fights, and is known to go hell for leather. Watch out, Smith.
Then we look at Viviane Araujo vs Tracy Cortez, a battle of high level flyweights. We always recommend to bet the over in flyweight fights but that’s an unbackable 7/50, so instead we’d say have a look at Araujo at 19/10. Good price for a girl who has fought top level opposition, while Cortez has yet to prove herself against the best.
There isn’t much value in the main event, but the 39/10 price on Topuria by KO/TKO in Rounds 3,4 or 5 stands out to us. Oliveira doesn’t like it the later it goes, and Topuria has shown ability against Holloway to see these fights through to the latter rounds.
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