UFC 317 post-event facts: Ilia Topuria raises bar for two-division title club
The UFC's 13th annual International Fight Week was one of the best yet with UFC 317 delivering in spades essentially from beginning to end.
Title fights atop the card stole the show, with Ilia Topuria (17-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) making history as new lightweight champion courtesy of a first-round knockout of Charles Oliveira (35-11 MMA, 23-11 UFC), while Alexandre Pantoja (30-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC) continued to etch his name in the record books with a third-round submission of Kai Kara-France (25-12 MMA, 8-5 UFC) to defend flyweight gold.
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Records were set across the board at UFC 317, and for more on the numbers, check out MMA Junkie's post-event facts.
Event stats
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $298,500.
Topuria, Joshua Van, Brandon Royval and Gregor Rodrigues earned $50,000 UFC 317 fight-night bonuses.
Debuting fighters went 0-1 on the card.
UFC 317 drew an announced attendance of 19,800 for a live gate of $11,320,291.
Betting favorites went 8-3 on the card.
Betting favorites improved to 14-8 in UFC headliners this year.
Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 1:44:07.
Ilia Topuria def. Charles Oliveira
Topuria became the 10th fighter in UFC history to win titles in two weight classes.
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Topuria became the first in UFC history to win titles in two weight classes with an undefeated record.
Topuria has earned 15 of his 17 career victories by stoppage.
Oliveira fell to 2-3 in his past five fights dating back to October 2022.
Oliveira fell to 14-4 since he returned to the UFC lightweight division April 2017. He's 16-6 with one no contest in the organization at 155 pounds.
Oliveira has suffered nine of his 11 career losses by stoppage.
Alexandre Pantoja def. Kai Kara-France
Pantoja's four UFC title defenses are most among current champions.
Pantoja's five victories in UFC flyweight championship fights are second-most in divisional history behind Demetrious Johnson (12).
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Pantoja's 14 victories in UFC flyweight competition are most in divisional history.
Pantoja's eight-fight UFC winning streak at flyweight is the longest active streak in the division.
Pantoja's eight stoppage victories in UFC flyweight competition are most in divisional history.
Pantoja's five submission victories in UFC flyweight competition are most in divisional history.
Kara-France has suffered seven of his 11 career losses by stoppage.
Joshua Van def. Brandon Royval
Van's (15-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) five-fight UFC winning streak at flyweight is the second-longest active streak in the division behind Pantoja (eight).
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Van has earned six of his eight UFC victories by decision.
Van and Royval (17-8 MMA, 7-4 UFC) combined for 419 significant strikes landed, a new all-time record for most in a three-fight UFC fight.
Van and Royval combined for 419 significant strikes landed, the most in UFC flyweight history and third-most all-time a single UFC fight.
Van landed 215 significant strikes landed and Royval landed 204 significant strikes landed, marking the first time in UFC history where two fighters have had 200 significant strikes more in a single fight.
Royval has suffered six of his eight career losses by decision.
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Royval's five Fight of the Night bonuses for UFC flyweight bouts are most in divisional history.
Beneil Dariush def. Renato Moicano
Beneil Dariush (23-6-1 MMA, 17-6-1 UFC) 17 victories in UFC lightweight competition are tied with Donald Cerrone for second-most in divisional history behind Jim Miller (24).
Renato Moicano (20-7-1 MMA, 12-7 UFC) fell to 7-3 since he moved up to the UFC lightweight division in March 2020.
Payton Talbott def. Felipe Lima
Payton Talbott (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) rebounded from the first loss of his career in January.
Felipe Lima (14-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) had his 14-fight winning streak snapped for his first defeat since his MMA debut in August 2015.
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Lima suffered the first decision loss of his career.
Gregory Rodrigues def. Jack Hermansson
Rodrigues (17-6 MMA, 8-3 UFC) has earned 14 of his 17 career victories by stoppage.
Jack Hermansson (24-9 MMA, 11-7 UFC) has suffered five of his seven UFC losses by stoppage.
Jose Delgado def. Hyder Amil
Jose Delgado (10-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned all 10 of his career victories by stoppage.
Hyder Amil (11-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) had his 11-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.
Tracy Cortez def. Viviane Araujo
Tracy Cortez (12-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) improved to 4-1 since she dropped to the UFC women's flyweight division in April 2021.
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Cortez has earned nine of her 11 career victories by decision. That includes all six of her UFC wins.
Viviane Araujo (13-7 MMA, 7-6 UFC) has suffered all six of her UFC losses by decision.
Terrance McKinney def. Viacheslav Borshchev
Terrance McKinney (17-7 MMA, 7-4 UFC) has earned all 17 of his career victories by stoppage. He's finished 16 of those wins in Round 1.
McKinney has earned all seven of his UFC victories by first-round stoppage.
McKinney's seven first-round stoppage victories since 2021 in UFC competition are most among active fighters in the company.
McKinney became the 15th fighter in UFC history to earn a knockout victory and a submission victory in 60 seconds or less each.
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Viacheslav Borshchev (8-6-1 MMA, 3-5-1 UFC) has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by submission.
Jacobe Smith def. Niko Price
Jacobe Smith (11-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned nine of his 11 career victories by stoppage.
Smith earned the first submission victory of his career.
Niko Price (16-9 MMA, 8-9 UFC) has suffered seven of his nine career losses by stoppage.
Jhonata Diniz def. Alvin Hines
Jhonata Diniz (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) earned just the second decision victory of his career.
Alvin Hines (7-1 MMA, 0- 1 UFC) had his seven-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.
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