UFC 317 is almost here! Tomorrow evening, the UFC’s 2025 International Fight Week is capped with one of this year’s most-anticipated events in MMA. As is customary, the International Fight Week finale emanates from T-Mobile Arena in Enterprise, NV. Friday morning, the official weigh-ins took place.
Live coverage from UFC 317 begins at an adjusted time of 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT with the early prelims after the postponement of one of the early undercard fights. This phase of the prelims can be seen worldwide via UFC Fight Pass and inside the United States of America over ESPN+.
Late prelims follow at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT. If you’re watching on linear television, ESPN proper will carry this portion of the card in addition to ESPN+.
Saturday’s schedule is topped off by a five-fight main card at 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT, streaming exclusively over ESPN+ pay-per-view. The slate has now been cut down to 11 MMA fights.
Christopher Ewert Exceeds Nontitle Maximum for UFC 317 Prelim, Gets Walking Papers
Saturday’s first fight on the early prelims of UFC 317 was to have seen a middleweight contest matching promotional debutante Christopher Ewert (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) with Jackson McVey (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC.) At the weigh-ins this morning, Ewert clocked in 10 lbs beyond the nontitle maximum for middleweights.
Subsequent to this development, the fight was scrubbed from the show and Ewert was dismissed from the UFC’s active roster. Jackson McVey weighed-in on-target at 185 lbs, but his promotional debut will have to wait for another evening.
UFC 317 Main, Co-Main Events Cleared For Takeoff After Friday Morning Weigh-Ins
There was, however, no drama on the scales when it came to the two title fights at the top of the bill on tomorrow night’s show. Both fights will proceed as planned.
The Vacant UFC Lightweight Championship will be up for grabs Saturday night after both Ilia Topuria (155 lbs) and No. 2 contender Charles Oliveira (154 1/2 lbs) came in either on or below the prescribed weight for lightweights.
Your co-main event of the evening at UFC 317, a battle for the UFC Flyweight Championship, is ready for action following today’s weigh-in window. Champion Alexandre Pantoja (125 lbs) and No. 4 contender Kai Kara-France (125 lbs) each came in on championship weight.
UFC 317 Weigh-In Results:
UFC 317 Main Card: (Tomorrow, 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT, ESPN+ pay-per-view)
Main Event: Ilia Topuria (155 lbs) vs. Charles Oliveira (154 1/2 lbs) Vacant UFC Lightweight Championship.
Co-Main Event: Alexandre Pantoja (125 lbs) vs. Kai Kara-France (125 lbs) UFC Flyweight Championship.
Brandon Royval (125 1/2 lbs) vs. Joshua Van (125 1/2 lbs) Flyweight
Beneil Dariush (156 lbs) vs. Renato Moicano (156 lbs) Lightweight
Payton Talbott (136 lbs) vs. Felipe Lima (135 1/2 lbs) Flyweight
Late Prelims: (Tomorrow, 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT, ESPN & ESPN+- United States Only)
UFC 317 Featured Prelim: Jack Hermansson (185 1/2 lbs) vs. Gregory Rodrigues (186 lbs) Middleweight
Co-Featured Prelim: Hyder Amil (145 1/2 lbs) vs. Jose Miguel Delgado (145 1/2 lbs) Featherweight
Viviane Araujo (125 1/2 lbs) vs. Tracy Cortez (126 lbs) Women’s Flyweight
Terrance McKinney (156 lbs) vs. Viacheslav Borschev (155 lbs) Lightweight
UFC 317 Early Prelims: (Tomorrow, 7 pm ET/ 4 pm PT, UFC Fight Pass [Worldwide] and ESPN+ [United States Only]
UFC 317 Featured Early Prelim: Niko Price (170 1/2 lbs) vs. Jacobe Smith (170 1/2 lbs) Welterweight
Co-Featured Early Prelim: Jhonata Diniz (257 1/2 lbs) vs. Alvin Hynes (259 1/2 lbs) Heavyweight
