UFC 317 LIVE: UK start time, fight card and how to follow as Topuria faces Oliveira for lightweight title

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Ilia Topuria will challenge Charles Oliveira for the vacant UFC lightweight title during the UFC’s annual International Fight Week.Current champion Islam Makhachev vacated the belt after moving up to 170lbs to fight for the welterweight crown, leaving it up for grabs.Topuria fights Oliveira for the UFC lightweight title at UFC 317 on June 29GettyIt meant Makhachev would not settle his rivalry with Topuria, who had set aside his featherweight title to move up to 155lbs.Instead, ‘El Matador’ will face Oliveira, a former UFC lightweight champion. who stopped Michael Chandler at UFC 262 in May 2021 to win the belt for the first time.‘Do Bronxs’ defended the belt against Dustin Poirier seven months later before dropping it to Makhachev at UFC 280.The International Fight Weekend card will also see Alexandre Pantoja defend his flyweight title against Kai Kara-France.UFC 317: Date and how to followThis UFC event will take place on Saturday, June 7, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.The preliminary card is scheduled to get started at 11pm UK time. The main card will begin at around 3am on Sunday morning before the headline clash at 5am. Fans can watch the prelims live on the UFC Fight Pass before the main fights are broadcast live on TNT Sports, and more details can be found here.talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will also be across all the latest, while you can also follow all the build-up on talkSPORT’s MMA YouTube channel.To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.Islam Makhachev has vacated his lightweight title to fight for welterweight goldGettyUFC 317: Fight cardSubject to change…Main cardMAIN EVENT: Ilia Topuria vs. Charles Oliveira – for vacant UFC lightweight titleAlexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Kara-France – for UFC flyweight titleBrandon Royval vs. Joshua VanBeneil Dariush vs. Renato MoicanoPayton Talbott vs. Felipe LimaPreliminary cardJack Hermansson vs. Gregory RodriguesHyder Amil vs. Jose Miguel DelgadoViviane Araujo vs. Tracy CortezTerrance McKinney vs. Viacheslav BorshchevSedriques Dumas vs. Jackson McVeyJhonata Diniz vs. Alvin HinesNiko Price vs. Jacobe SmithTopuria is the No.4-ranked UFC P4P fighterGettyUFC 317: What has been said?Topuria has separated the reasons why he is yet to taste defeat inside the Octagon, while Oliveira has endured several setbacks.“Charles is not going to have any advantage, ‘El Matador’ told the Countdown preview for UFC 317.“I’m a very complete fighter. I can go everywhere, and you’re not going to feel comfortable in any place.“I’m going to be dominating all the time. I don’t play anyone’s game, I make them play my game. That’s why I’m undefeated and he’s not.“He has 10 losses, I have zero. I respect him, but I’m going to try to take his head off, and you all know that I’m going to do it.”