{"id":444107,"date":"2026-01-29T01:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444107\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T01:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:25:07","slug":"no-bets-barred-will-alexander-volkanovski-beat-diego-lopes-a-second-time-at-ufc-325","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444107\/","title":{"rendered":"No Bets Barred: Will Alexander Volkanovski beat Diego Lopes a second time at UFC 325?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For the first time since 2021, the UFC is giving us back-to-back numbered events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This Saturday, the UFC returns to Australia for UFC 325, the immediate follow-up to last week\u2019s UFC 324. Looking to make an impression at the start of their new Paramount deal, the UFC is bringing another fight that figures to provide big action as featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski rematches Diego Lopes for the title, and No Bets Barred is here to break it all down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This week, host Jed Meshew is joined by the Action Network\u2019s Billy Ward to dive into all things UFC 325. Topics discussed include what has changed from the first fight between Volkanovski and Lopes just 10 months ago, if Benoit Saint Denis can keep rolling against Dan Hooker, whether Tai Tuivasa has anything left in the tank, the four Road to UFC fights that start the prelims, the continuation of The Climb, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tune in for episode 147 of No Bets Barred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">New episodes of the No Bets Barred podcast drop every Wednesday and are available on <a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com\/?xcust=__sb0128awD__24219199____r______________google.com&amp;id=66960X1516590&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/id320642139&amp;referrer=sbnation.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/?feed=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmZlZWRidXJuZXIuY29tL1RoZU1tYUhvdXJXaXRoQXJpZWxIZWx3YW5p\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/27Z2RR39rjGrRcV1DiQ40J?si=5ZS0Lje7QbWITUd60cOb8g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>, or wherever else you find your favorite podcasts. The latest episode can be heard below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time since 2021, the UFC is giving us back-to-back numbered events. This Saturday, the UFC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,45518,1591,85,787,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-444107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-mmaf-podcast-network","14":"tag-podcasts","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-ufc","17":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}