What time is the Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Kara-France fight tonight? Cagewalks, running order, streaming, how to watch UFC 317

Alexandre Pantoja makes his fourth defence of the UFC flyweight title tonight when he faces Kai Kara-France at UFC 317.

Pantoja won the belt on July 8, 2023 and has held it ever since, dispatching of challengers Brandon Royval, Steve Erceg and Kai Asakura. It was against the latter that the 'Cannibal' was last in action, when he earned performance of the night at UFC 310 following his second-round submission (rear-naked choke) of the Japanese fighter.

As for Kara-France, he was last seen making quick work of Erceg in August of last year, when he earned a TKO (punches) victory inside the first round.

DAZN News has everything you need to know ahead of Ilia Topuria against Carles Oliveira.

Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Kara-France fight date, start time

Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Kara-France will take place on tonight at UFC 317, with the whole card set to be shown on ESPN Pay-Per-View in the US.

Fans in Canada can watch on DAZN PPV.

The main card set to begin at 10pm ET.

• Date: Saturday, June 28
• Main card start time: 10pm ET / 7pm PT / 3am BST (Sunday)  
• Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Kara-France co-main event cagewalks (approx): 11:45pm ET / 8:45pm PT / 4:45am BST (Sunday)

Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Kara-France fight card

Main Card

• Ilia Topuria vs Charles Oliveira; For the vacant UFC lightweight title
• Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Kara-France; For Pantoja's UFC flyweight title
• Brandon Royval vs Joshua Van; Flyweight
• Payton Talbot vs Felipe Lima; Bantamweight

Prelims

• Jack Hermansson vs Gregory Rodrigues; Middleweight
• Hyder Amil vs Jose Miguel Delgado; Featherweight
• Vivian Araujo vs Tracy Cortez; Women's flyweight
• Terrance McKinney vs Viacheslav Borshchev; Lightweight

Early prelims

• Sedriques Dumas vs Jackson McVey; Middleweight
• Jhonata Diniz vs Alvin Hines; Heavyweight
• Niko Price vs Jacobe Smith; Welterweight

How to watch Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Kara-France

Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Kara-France and the whole UFC 317 fight card will stream live on ESPN Pay-Per-View in the United States and fans in Canada can watch it on DAZN PPV.

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Where is the Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Kara-France?

The fight is set to be held at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas, United States. 

The arena has a long assocation with mixed martial arts and combat sports, and will prove familiar territory for UFC fans this weekend.

Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Kara-France tale of the tape

Alexandre Pantoja record 

• Nationality: Brazilian
• Age: 35
• Height: 5' 5" 
• Reach: 68" 
• Total fights: 34
• Record: 29-5 (8 KOs)

Kai Kara-France record

• Nationality: New Zealander
• Age: 32
• Height: 5' 4"
• Reach: 69" 
• Total fights: 37
• Record: 25-11-1 (12 KOs)