{"id":556931,"date":"2026-01-31T19:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/556931\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T19:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:18:13","slug":"ufc-325-live-results-alexander-volkanovski-vs-diego-lopes-2-updates-round-by-round-scoring-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/556931\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 325 live results: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes 2 updates, round-by-round scoring, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uncrowned has <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mma\/article\/ufc-325-preview-6-big-questions-for-saturdays-rematch-on-paramount-alexander-volkanovski-vs-diego-lopes-2-143057651.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:UFC 325;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 325<\/a> live results, round-by-round updates, start time and highlights for the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mma\/article\/ufc-325-predictions-alexander-volkanovski-or-diego-lopes-who-wins-saturdays-rematch-in-sydney-171143315.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes 2 fight card;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes 2 fight card<\/a> 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&#8217;s five-round main event, while all-action lightweights Dan Hooker and Benoit Saint Denis clash in the co-headliner of UFC&#8217;s second numbered event in as many weeks on Paramount.<\/p>\n<p>Volkanovski (27-4) is <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mma\/article\/mma-pound-for-pound-rankings-jan-2026-how-did-ufc-324-affect-the-ranks-justin-gaethje-paddy-pimblett-190551688.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Uncrowned&#039;s No. 8-ranked pound-for-pound fighter in the world;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Uncrowned&#8217;s No. 8-ranked pound-for-pound fighter in the world<\/a>. 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&#8217;t plan on retiring this weekend <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mma\/article\/alexander-volkanovski-wont-retire-after-ufc-325-diego-lopes-fight-unless-things-go-horrendously-wrong-235659016.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;unless things go horrendously wrong.&quot;;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;unless things go horrendously wrong.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Lopes (27-7) bounced back from his title loss to Volkanovski by scoring a <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mma\/breaking-news\/live\/noche-ufc-live-updates-diego-lopes-vs-jean-silva-results-round-by-round-analysis-highlights-060038263.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:scintillating knockout of Jean Silva;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">scintillating knockout of Jean Silva<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>In the evening&#8217;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&#8217;s most exciting contenders.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Follow along with Uncrowned&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main card (9 p.m. ET, Paramount+)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Featherweight championship: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes<\/p>\n<p>Lightweight: Dan Hooker vs. Benoit Saint Denis<\/p>\n<p>Lightweight: Rafael Fiziev vs. Mauricio Ruffy<\/p>\n<p>Heavyweight: Tai Tuivasa vs. Tallison Teixeira<\/p>\n<p>Lightweight: Quillan Salkilld vs. Jamie Mullarkey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preliminary card (7 p.m. ET, Paramount+)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heavyweight: Junior Tafa vs. Billy Elekana<\/p>\n<p>Middleweight: Cameron Rowston vs. Cody Brundage<\/p>\n<p>Middleweight: Jacob Malkoun vs. Torrez Finney<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Welterweight: Jonathan Micallef vs. Oban Elliott<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early prelims (5 p.m. ET, Paramount+)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Featherweight: Kaan Ofli vs. Yizha<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Road to UFC&#8221; lightweight final: Sangwook Kim vs. Dom Mar Fan<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Road to UFC&#8221; featherweight final: Keiichiro Nakamura vs. Sebastian Szalay<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Road to UFC&#8221; bantamweight final: Sulangrangbo vs. Lawrence Lui<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Uncrowned has UFC 325 live results, round-by-round updates, start time and highlights for the Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":556932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[111138,243615,122296,243614,243613,62,552,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-556931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-alexander-volkanovski","tag-benoit-saint-denis","tag-diego-lopes","tag-noche-ufc","tag-saint-denis","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115991327905864728","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}