'Make something happen' – MMA Fans call out UFC boss Dana White for not announcing the UFC 317 headliner bout
Dana White. Photo by Getty Images
Scheduled for June 28, 2025,
UFC
317
will headline the UFC International Fight Week, which will start on June 25 and continue through June 29, 2025. However, much to the
fans
' dismay, the
headline bout
of UFC 317 has not been announced yet. Over the past few months, there have been too many speculations amongst the fans stemming from the results of the past UFC events. The rumors of Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall, Islam Makhachev vs. Ilia Topuria and others have provided the promotion with enough options to announce the headline bout. But it seems like the
UFC boss, Dana White
, is taking his own sweet time to weigh in on these options.
The UFC 317 will headline the International Fight Week, fighters eye for the open cards throughout the event
The MMA community has seen so many transitions and debates, and wars of words between fighters in recent times. Nonetheless, such back-and-forths are quite common amongst the athletes of these combat sports. Ilia Topuria vacated his title and moved up to the lightweight division, where Islam Makhachev is currently the title holder. Even though Topuria called out Makhachev several times, the latter and his team turned down the proposal, stating that they wanted Topuria to have a lightweight bout first, prove himself and then secure a title run. Topuria, on the other hand, is quite adamant about fighting Makhachev alone and no one else. Meanwhile, there were also rumors of Makhachev moving up to the welterweight division to secure a two-division championship.
Amidst all this, the fighters recently, through different approaches, announced their training camp, which has now left fans wondering who the fighter would be facing next. With the training camp having started already, many fans have started believing that it is UFC 317 itself that the fighters are training for.
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However, there is another speculated fight that has garnered a huge reaction within the combat sports community - a title unification bout between Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall. Despite all the rumors, nothing has been confirmed as of yet. With UFC 318 already featuring a headline bout, which has been scheduled for July 20, 2025, fans are growing restless over the vacant main card of UFC 317, an event less than two months away.
Fans have started reacting and putting out their own interpretation of the reason behind the delay. One of them wrote, 'he[Dana]'s obv waiting until 315 result. if jdm wins, islam moves up and charles vs ilia vacant belt. if belal wins, islam stays vs ilia'
Another one wrote, 'The main event is being announced at UFC Montreal post fight presser.'
'I'm tired of the fat bald f**k, make something happen @danawhite stop being p**sy'
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A lot of fans believe that Belal Muhammad's headline bout against Jack Della Maddalena will be one of the major reasons for the setup of the upcoming events. The world of MMA is eagerly waiting for an announcement for the event that will be one of the major highlights of the upcoming International Fight Week.
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