The Octagon returns to Sydney for tonight’s UFC 325 occasion, with a 13-fight card headlined by Alex Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopez 2.
Volkanovski (27-4 blended martial arts) will likely be returning to motion for the primary time since retaking the promotion’s featherweight title with a unanimous choice win over Lopez at UFC 314 in Miami final April. Volk had beforehand suffered back-to-back KO losses to Ilya Topria and Islam Makhachev, so this win ended a two-fight dropping streak for “The Nice.”
In the meantime, Diego Lopez (27-7 MMA) was at his finest this previous September, scoring a second-round TKO victory over Gian Silva (watch it right here). The Brazilian has an total file of 6-1 in his previous seven appearances contained in the Octagon, along with his solely loss coming in opposition to Alex Volkanovski.
UFC 325 will likely be co-headlined by Dan Hooker’s extremely anticipated light-weight bout in opposition to Benoit Saint-Denis.
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Hooker (24-13 MMA) enters tonight’s contest trying to bounce again from a lopsided submission loss to Arman Tsarukian within the Octagon final November. Previous to that setback, “The Hangman” was on a three-fight successful streak, together with victories over Jalyn Turner and Mateusz Gamrot.
In the meantime, Benoît St. Denis (16-3 MMA) will enter tonight’s contest on a three-fight successful streak, his most up-to-date victory being a 16-second knockout of Beneil Darish at UFC 322 this November. ‘God of Warfare’ has completed in every of his final three wins.
Tonight’s UFC 325 primary card lineup additionally options one other essential light-weight matchup: Rafael Fiziev vs. Mauricio Ruffy.
Fiziev (13-4 blended martial arts) returns to motion for the primary time since final June, when he earned a call victory over Ignacio Bahamondes. Previous to this victory, ‘Ataman’ was on a three-fight dropping streak after dropping fights to Mateusz Gamrot and Justin Gaethje (x2).
In the meantime, Mauricio Ruffy (12-2 blended martial arts) will likely be trying to bounce again from his submission loss to Benoit Saint-Denis within the Octagon in September of this 12 months. Previous to that setback, Luffy had a 3-0 file beneath the UFC banner, with wins by knockout over King Inexperienced and Jamie Malarkey.
If this is not sufficient to pique your curiosity, the primary card of UFC 325 additionally features a heavyweight showdown between Tai Tuivasa and Talison Teixeira.
Tuivasa (14-8 MMA) steps into the Octagon tonight and can look to snap a five-fight dropping streak. “Bam Bam” hasn’t tasted a victory since knocking out Derrick Lewis at UFC 271 in February 2022.
In the meantime, Talison Teixeira (8-1 blended martial arts) will even be trying to bounce again tonight in Sydney after struggling his first profession loss by TKO to Derrick Lewis in July. Previous to that setback, “Xicao” had a TKO victory over Justin Tafa.
See all of tonight’s stay outcomes and highlights under (refresh for the most recent data).
UFC 325 Predominant Card (Paramount+/PPV, 9pm ET)
Alexander Volkanovski (144.5) vs. Diego Lopez (145) –
Dan Hooker (155) vs. Benoit St. Denis (155.75) –
Rafael Fiziev (155.5) vs. Mauricio Ruffy (155.25) –
Talison Teixeira (259) vs. Tide (265.5) –
Jamie Malarkey (155.5) vs. Quilan Salkild (155.5) –
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Billy Elekana (204) vs. Junior Tafa (205.25) –
Cody Brundage (184.75) vs. Cam Louston (184.5) –
Torres Finney (185.75) vs. Jacob Marcon (185.75) –
Orban Elliott (169.75) vs. Jonathan Micallef (170.25) –
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Different Offri (145.25) vs. Isa (145.5) –
Don Mar Hwang (154.75) vs. Kim Sung Wook (155.75) – Hwang match. Kim, unanimous choice (30-27 x3)
Keiichiro Nakamura (145.25) vs. Sebastian Zarai (145.75) – Nakamura def. Zarai, Spherical 3 3:48, TKO (knees and punches)
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Lawrence Louie (135.25) vs. Suran Lambeau (135.75) – Louie def. Lambeau, cut up choice (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
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