It also proved that Topuria is one of, if not THE, best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet today. Topuria’s win sets up a potentially huge grudge match with Paddy Pimblett, but with Arman Tsarukyan and Justin Gaethje also staking their claims to the next shot at the title, who will get the first shot at the new undisputed lightweight champion?
At flyweight, Alexandre Pantoja proved he’s still the best in the world at 125 pounds as he dominated Kai Kara-France en route to his fourth straight title defence. Pantoja’s third-round submission finish underscored his greatness at the top of the flyweight division and begged the question: Who on earth can challenge him?
Well, we found out, as Joshua Van continued his meteoric rise up the flyweight division by outpointing number-one contender Brandon Royval in a Fight of the Year candidate. The event also saw a contender for scariest knockout of the year, thanks to Gregory Rodrigues’ terrifying left-hook KO of Jack Hermansson.
On The RDX Sports Podcast this week…
On this week’s episode of the RDX Sports Podcast, editor-in-chief Simon Head looks back at a thrilling night of fights at UFC 317 in Las Vegas as he offers his take on all of the big matchups from T-Mobile Arena.
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