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Oira Fight CardByTrent Reinsmith, Contributor

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Trent Reinsmith is a Baltimore-based writer who covers MMA and hockey

AuthorJun 28, 2025, 06:45pm EDTJun 28, 2025, 07:41pm EDTLAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JUNE 27: (L-R) Opponents Ilia Topuria of Germany and Charles Oira of Brazil

More face off during the UFC 317 ceremonial weigh-in at T-Mobile Arena on June 27, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLC The UFC is at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for tonight’s UFC 317 pay-per-view fight card

UFC 317 features two title fights at the top of the card

In the headlining bout, former UFC featherweight champ Ilia Topuria faces ex-champ Charles Oira for the vacant lightweight title

Meanwhile, in the UFC 317 co-main event, flyweight kingpin Alexandre Pantoja meets Kai Kara-France

UFC 317 results, winners and losers and more will be d throughout tonight’s UFC pay-per-view card

The main card for UFC 317 s on ESPN+ pay-per-view ing prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN and UFC Fight Pass

ForbesUFC Announces First Nine Fights For UFC 318 Fight CardBy Trent Reinsmith UFC 317 Results - Winners Jhonta Diniz: Jhonta Diniz worked through the fast start from Alvin Hines, picking up his timing during those early moments

Diniz’s counters were fast and accurate, leaving Hines lumped up and bloody by the end of the first five minutes

Diniz never pushed or pressed

In short, he looked as if he knew his opponent would not hurt him or finish him

He treated the fight a hard-sparring session

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JUNE 28: (L-R) Jhonata Diniz of Brazil punches Alvin Hines in a heavyweight bout

More during the UFC 317 event at T-Mobile Arena on June 28, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLC MORE FOR YOU UFC 317 Results - Losers Alvin Hines: Alvin Hines accepted the opening fight on the UFC 317 card on short notice

A since early 2023, Hines was aggressive and confident, but he was overmatched

Hines took a beating over the 15 rounds, but the man stuck around, which is something

UFC 317 Fight Card Results UFC Tonight: UFC 317 Pay-Per-View Card Results Ilia Topuria vs

Charles Oira - For vacant UFC lightweight title Alexandre Pantoja vs

Kai Kara-France - For Pantoja’s UFC flyweight title Brandon Royval vs

Joshua Van - Flyweight Beneil Dariush vs

Renato Moicano - Lightweight Payton Talbott vs

Felipe Lima - Bantamweight UFC Tonight: UFC 317 Preliminary Fight Card Results Jack Hermansson vs

Gregory Rodrigues - Middleweight Hyder Amil vs

Jose Miguel Delgado - Featherweight Viviane Araujo vs

Tracy Cortez - Strawweight Terrance McKinney vs

Viacheslav Borshchev - Lightweight UFC Tonight: UFC 317 Early Preliminary Fight Card Results Niko Price vs

Jacobe Smith - Welterweight Jhonta Diniz defeats Alvin Hines via unanimous decision 29-28 x 3ForbesUFC Announces First Nine Fights For UFC 319 PPV Fight CardBy Trent Reinsmith UFC 317 Results: Highlights UFC 317 Results: Fight Night Bonuses UFC 317 Results: Official ScorecardsUFC 317 scorecards: Jhonata Diniz vs Alvin HinesUFC UFC 317 Main Event Preview: Ilia Topuria Vs

Charles OiraABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - OCTOBER 26: Ilia Topuria of Spain reacts after a knockout victory

More against Max Holloway in the UFC featherweight championship fight during the UFC 308 event at Etihad Arena on October 26, 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLC Topuria is a former Cage Warriors champion

He joined the UFC in 2020 with a 9-0 record

It did not take him long to make a name for himself

He was ranked No. 14 in the featherweight division after three UFC bouts at 145 pounds and one contest in the 155-pound division

Three of those scraps with Topuria winning via knockout

In his first fight as a ranked featherweight, Topuria dispatched Bryce Mitchell via submission in the second round, earned his first “Performance of the Night” bonus and moved to No. 9 in the rankings

A matchup with No. 5 ranked Josh Emmett ed the Mitchell win

Topuria picked up a decision in a “Fight of the Night” scrap

Topuria’s next fight, saw him face Alexander Volkanovski for the UFC featherweight title at UFC 298

Topuria entered that bout as the No. 3 ranked featherweight

He left as the champion after knocking out Volkanovski in the second stanza

In his first defense of the UFC featherweight crown, Topuria made history, becoming the first fighter to finish former 145-pound champion Max Holloway via strikes, knocking out the ex-champion in the third round of their UFC 308 meeting in October 2024

When Topuria decided to move to lightweight and give up his featherweight title, he vowed to sit until he got a 155-pound title shot

That fight takes place at UFC 317

Topuria has a 16-0 record with eight of those wins coming under the UFC banner

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Charles Oira of Brazil looks on against Michael Chandler in a

More lightweight fight during the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on November 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLC Charles Oira (35-10-0-1) has been fighting with the UFC since 2010

He won the vacant lightweight title with his win over Chandler and def the title once, beating Dustin Poirier

He was booked to face Justin Gaethje in his second title defense, but Oira missed weight for that fight, which he won by submission, losing the title on the scale

Oira had a chance to regain the belt in October 2022, but Islam Makhachev submitted him and claimed the vacant belt

Since that loss, Oira is 1-1, beating Beneil Dariush by TKO in June 2023 and losing to Arman Tsarukyan via split decision in April of this year

Oira is coming off a November 2024 decision win over Michael Chandler

Oira is the No. 2 fighter in the official UFC lightweight rankings

ForbesUFC Announces First Six Fights For July Abu Dhabi Fight CardBy Trent Reinsmith UFC 317 Co-Main Event Preview: Alexandre Pantoja Vs

Kai Kara-FranceLAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JULY 08: Alexandre Pantoja celebrates after defeating UFC flyweight champion

More Brandon Moreno during UFC 290 at T-Mobile Arena on July 08, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada

Pantoja won the title by split decision. (Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images)Getty Images Alexandre Pantoja (29-5) is on a seven-fight winning streak heading into UFC 317

The 35-year-old Brazilian made his UFC debut in July 2017 with a split-decision win over Eric Shelton

Pantoja’s career had its ups and downs over the next three years, where he went 5-3, but he has not lost since he dropped a decision to Askar Askarov in July 2020

Pantoja won the UFC flyweight title in July 2023 on the heels of two “Performance of the Night” submission wins

Pantoja secured the 125-pound title with a split decision win over Brandon Moreno

Since that victory, Pantoja has def his three times, beating Brandon Royval in December 2023 and Steve Erceg in May 2024

Both fights in decision victories

Pantoja picked up his 19th career finish in his third title defense, submitting Kai Asakura at UFC 310 in December 2024

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 18: Kai Kara-France of New Zealand celebrates after winning his Flyweight

More fight against Steve Erceg of Australia during UFC 305 at RAC Arena on August 18, 2024 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)Getty Images Kai Kara-France (25-11-0-1) was 17-7-0-1 when he got the call from the UFC in 2019

In his first fight with the motion, the New Zealander faced a short-notice opponent in Elias Garcia

The two won “Fight of the Night” honors for their efforts, with Kara-France picking up the decision win

Kara-France ed that victory with two more wins on the judge’s scorecards

Then, in December 2019, he faced future champion Brandon Moreno on the early prelims of the UFC 245 pay-per-view card

Moreno won that bout by decision

Kara-France went 1-1 in his next two outings

He then tore off three straight wins between March 2021 and March 2022 and found himself as the No. 2 ranked fighter in the division

In his next outing, he faced Moreno, who was ranked No. 1, in the co-main event of UFC 277

At stake was the interim UFC flyweight title

Moreno won that contest by TKO in the third round

Kara-France ed that setback with a split-decision loss to Amir Albazi in June 2023

Kara-France was booked to face Manel Kape in September 2023, but a concussion during training camp prevented Kara-France from competing on that card, UFC 293

The 32-year-old would not return to action until August 2024, where he earned a first-round TKO win, and a “Performance of the Night” bonus against Steve Erceg

Kara-France enters UFC 317 as the No. 4 fighter in the official UFC flyweight rankings

UFC 317 Preview: Beneil Dariush Vs

Renato MoicanoAUSTIN, TEXAS - DECEMBER 02: Beneil Dariush of Iran prepares before his lightweight fight against

More Arman Tsarukyan of Georgia during the UFC Fight Night event at Moody Center on December 02, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Beneil Dariush (22-6-1) joined the UFC in January 2014

At the time, Dariush sported a 6-0 record with five stoppage wins

In his motional debut, Dariush scored a first-round submission win over Charlie Brenneman

Three months later Dariush tasted defeat for the first time, suffering a knockout loss to Ramsey Nijem

Dariush bounced back from that loss with five wins in a row, besting the s of Daron Cruickshank (submission), Jim Miller (decision) and Michael Johnson (decision)

A submission loss to Michael Chiesa that winning streak in April 2016

Wins over James Vick (knockout) and Rashid Magomedov put Dariush’s record at 14-2, but a rough patch between March 2017 and March 2018 left Dariush at 14-4-1 as he lost to Edson Barboza (knockout), fought to a draw with Evan Dunham and was knocked out by Alexander Hernandez

Dariush rebounded in a big way from that winless run, picking up eight straight victories between November 2018 and October 2022

The most significant win during Dariush’s impressive run was his UFC 280 decision win over Mateusz Gamrot

Ing that victory, Dariush found himself as the No. 4 ranked fighter in the official UFC rankings and matched up against former UFC 155-pound champion Charles Oira at UFC 289

Oira entered the contest as the No. 1 ranked fighter in the motion’s lightweight division

Oira won the fight via TKO at 4:10 of the first round, ending Dariush’s winning streak

A December 2023 knockout loss to Arman Tsarukyan put Dariush on the first losing skid of his career

He has not competed since the loss to Tsarukyan

The 36-year-old Dariush looks to get back in the win column at UFC 317

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 18: Renato Moicano of Brazil prepares to face Islam Makhachev of

More Russia in the UFC lightweight championship fight during the UFC 311 event at Intuit Dome on January 18, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLC Renato Moicano (20-6-1) was riding the first four-fight winning streak of his UFC career when he stepped in to face Makhachev at UFC 311

The 36-year-old opened his run with the motion at 3-0 record between 2014 and 2017

Since then, Moicano has been up and down

He ed that by going 5-5 over his next 10 outings before beginning his current unbeaten streak in 2022

Moicano is 7-1 dating back to June 2021

His only loss prior to his UFC 311 setback to Makhachev was a March 2022 unanimous decision defeat to former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos in a 160-pound catchweight battle

In April 2024, Moicano picked up his first knockout as a member of the UFC, decking Jalin Turner on the early prelims of the UFC 300 fight card

Then, in September 2024, the UFC tapped Moicano for the first main event of his UFC career against Benoît Saint Denis

That fight after the second round after Moicano left Saint Denis’ face bloody and swollen

The damage Moicano put on his opponent forced the doctor to wave off the fight as Saint Denis’ right eye was nearly swollen shut

Moicano enters UFC 317 as the No. 10 fighter in the UFC’s 155-pound weight class

ForbesUFC 317: Full Preliminary Fight Card Odds, Picks And PredictionsBy Trent Reinsmith UFC 317 Preview: Brandon Royval Vs

Joshua VanLAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 12: Brandon Royval prepares to face Tatsuro Taira of Japan in a

More flyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on October 12, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLC Brandon Royval (17-7) joined the UFC in 2020 with a 10-4 record

At the time, Royval was coming off a November 2019 submission win over Nate Williams, earning him the LFA flyweight title

Royval did not get an easy matchup in his first UFC bout, as he was booked against former UFC flyweight title challenger Tim Elliott in a slight upset

The matchup won “Fight of the Night” honors

Royval ed that win with another stoppage in another “Fight of the Night” bonus-winning scrap, submitting the favored Kai Kara-France in the second round of their September 2020 matchup

Royval 2020 with a TKO loss to Brandon Moreno and began 2021 with a submission setback to Alexandre Pantoja

Both those men would go on to hold the UFC flyweight title

Bouncing back from those losses, Royval went on a three-fight winning streak, picking up another two performance-based bonuses

Then, in December 2023, he got a chance to avenge his submission loss to Pantoja in a matchup for Pantoja’s title

That bout took place at UFC 296, and although Royval went the five-round distance, he was on the wrong end of a unanimous decision

Royval returned in the win column in February 2024 with a split decision triumph over Moreno in another five-round scrap

In October, Royval defeated the rising Tatsuro Taira in the main event of a UFC Fight Night card, beating the 25-year-old by split decision

The 32-year-old Royval has four knockout wins, nine submissions, and four decisions

Royval’s losses have come by knockout (one), submission (one), and decision (five)

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 08: Joshua Van of Myanmar enters the Octagon in a flyweight fight during

More the UFC 313 event at T-Mobile Arena on March 08, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLC Joshua Van (14-2) won the vacant Fury FC flyweight title in his eighth bout, submitting Cleveland McLean in the second round of that matchup

Not long after that, Van was booked to face Kevin Borjas on a Dana White’s Contender Series Card, but the UFC plucked him from that event to face Zhalgas Zhumagulov in June 2024

Van won that contest by split decision

Van ed that victory with wins over Kevin Borjas and Felipe Burns

In July 2024, the UFC booked Van against the more experienced Charles Johnson

While Van had success in the first two rounds, he wilted unde.