Uncrowned has UFC 325 live results, round-by-round updates, start time and highlights for the Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes 2 fight card on Saturday night at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and fan-favorite contender Diego Lopes rematch in the night’s five-round main event, while all-action lightweights Dan Hooker and Benoit Saint Denis clash in the co-headliner of UFC’s second numbered event in as many weeks on Paramount.
Volkanovski (27-4) is Uncrowned’s No. 8-ranked pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Already hailed as one of the greatest featherweights in MMA history, Volkanovski kicked off his second reign as UFC champion this past April with a thorough decision win over Lopes. The 37-year-old future Hall of Famer told Uncrowned ahead of UFC 325 that, despite his age in a division that historically favors younger fighters, he doesn’t plan on retiring this weekend “unless things go horrendously wrong.”
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Lopes (27-7) bounced back from his title loss to Volkanovski by scoring a scintillating knockout of Jean Silva after a wild back-and-forth fight this past September at Noche UFC. The 31-year-old Lopes had won five consecutive UFC bouts prior to his setback against Volkanovski.
In the evening’s co-main event, lightweights Hooker (24-13) and Saint Denis (16-3, 1 NC) collide in a bout that promises fireworks between two of the division’s most exciting contenders.
The UFC 325 start time for the preliminary card is at 5 p.m. ET on Paramount+. The main card begins live at 9 p.m. ET on Paramount+, free for all subscribers.
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Follow along with Uncrowned’s live UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 results, highlights and live blog below, including round-by-round play-by-play for the main card.
Main card (9 p.m. ET, Paramount+)
Featherweight championship: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes
Lightweight: Dan Hooker vs. Benoit Saint Denis
Lightweight: Rafael Fiziev vs. Mauricio Ruffy
Heavyweight: Tai Tuivasa vs. Tallison Teixeira
Lightweight: Quillan Salkilld vs. Jamie Mullarkey
Preliminary card (7 p.m. ET, Paramount+)
Heavyweight: Junior Tafa vs. Billy Elekana
Middleweight: Cameron Rowston vs. Cody Brundage
Middleweight: Jacob Malkoun vs. Torrez Finney
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Welterweight: Jonathan Micallef vs. Oban Elliott
Early prelims (5 p.m. ET, Paramount+)
Featherweight: Kaan Ofli vs. Yizha
“Road to UFC” lightweight final: Sangwook Kim vs. Dom Mar Fan
“Road to UFC” featherweight final: Keiichiro Nakamura def. Sebastian Szalay via TKO (knee) at 3:48 of R3 | Watch finish
“Road to UFC” bantamweight final: Lawrence Lui def. Sulangrangbo via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 01: (R-L) Lawrence Lui of New Zealand punches Sulangrangbo of China in a bantamweight fight during the UFC 325 event at Qudos Bank Arena on February 01, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
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The first fight of the night features Sulang Rangbo vs. Lawrence Lui in the Road to UFC bantamweight finale.
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Not to worry — Uncrowned’s Chuck Mindenhall and Petesy Carroll have you covered.
Chuck: I have a feeling you can talk about your guy Oban Elliott’s bout with Jonathan Micalef, Petesy, so I’ll go with Torrez Finley versus Australia’s own Jacob Malkoun. Finley is built like Khalil Rountree if Rountree were hit with a shrink gun that dropped him to a middleweight. He hits like Rountree, too. I liked Malkoun’s last fight with Andre Petroski, and that body shot he delivered still hurts to watch.
Feel like that one will deliver some action, and, in the end, somebody will get knocked “The Chuck” out. (That’s a new phrase I’m implementing in 2026 — he got knocked the Chuck out. Has a nice ring, yeah?).
Petesy: Can we make a segment out of this? Perhaps we can have a “Knocked the Chuck out” section each week where we declare our most likely candidate to enter the shadow realm. Just throwing out feelers here, but it’s too catchy to be left on the shelf.
Chuck: You’re on, Petesy. Let’s do it.
Petesy: Deal! And you’re damn right I’m going with Oban Elliott vs. Jonathan Micalef. They didn’t take their foot off the gas for my Welsh brother with this one. It reminds me of Payton Talbott being matched with Felipe Lima on the back of his loss to Raoni Barcelos — it doesn’t feel like a step back in competition at all. Sink or swim moment for “The Bad Guy,” but I think this one could be on the shortlist for Fight of the Night if things go as I expect.
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After last week’s UFC on Paramount kickoff, it’s a three-way tie between Ben Fowlkes, Chuck Mindenhall and Mysterious Frank atop the early leaderboard.
Can Petesy Carroll escape the basement tonight?
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Aside from the main event, tonight’s UFC 325 main card is effectively a lightweight showcase.
One of the division’s top rising prospects, Quillan Salkilld, opens the main card against Jamie Mullarkey. Then, back-to-back battles between all-action contenders Rafael Fiziev vs. Mauricio Ruffy and Dan Hooker vs. Benoit Saint Denis promise to blow the roof off Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena.
And in case you forgot why Salkilld is being so hyped…
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At age 37, Alexander Volkanovski has been upfront and honest in the lead-up to Saturday night, acknowledging that he’s nearing the end of his legendary career.
Volkanovski reiterated numerous times this week that he doesn’t plan on UFC 325 becoming his swan song, though he did admit on Uncrowned’s “The Ariel Helwani Show” that those plans could change if Diego Lopes manages to pull off the upset in Sydney, Australia.
“How many more do I have? If I was to get beaten up [by Lopes], am I going to come back to fight? No,” Volkanovski said. “But that’s not my plans. Unless things go horrendously wrong, I’m planning on getting back out there.
“There was talk straight after my last fight, I’m like, ‘How many more? You never know.’ There were talks like that,” Volkanovski added. “But as soon as I started training, I was like, ‘Ah, let’s keep going.’ … I can’t promise another three or four years, but I don’t think I’m retiring after this one.”
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It’s a rematch for the UFC featherweight championship atop today’s card, with future Hall of Famer Alexander Volkanovski once again taking on Diego Lopes in a five-round battle.
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Welcome to Uncrowned’s coverage of UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2, which goes down today (Saturday, Jan. 31) at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.
Follow along all night for live updates. The UFC 325 prelims kick off at 5 p.m. ET on Paramount+.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 30: (L-R) Opponents Alexander Volkanovski of Australia and Diego Lopes of Brazil face off during the UFC 325 Ceremonial Weigh-in at Qudos Bank Arena on January 30, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
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