The Octagon will return to Miami for tonight’s UFC 314 occasion. It is a 13-boat struggle card found within the featherweight title struggle between Alex Volkanovsky and Diego Lopez.
Volkanovski (26-4 MMA) will likely be participating in tonight’s contest in hopes of snapping a skid who misplaced two matches. “The Nice” is out of successive knockout losses by the hands of Islamic Makhachev and Ilia Topria. Earlier than these set-offs, Aussie had a TKO victory over Yair Rodriguez in July 2023.
In the meantime, Diego Lopez (26-6 MMA) will participate in his first UFC title struggle, reaching a five-game profitable streak, a unanimous resolution victory over Brian Ortega on the UFC 306 occasion final September. The 30-year-old has now reached 5-1 since becoming a member of the UFC rank in Could 2023.
The UFC 314 is co-headlined by a extremely anticipated light-weight match that includes Michael Chandler-winning Paddy Pimblett.
Pimblett (22-3 MMA) will return to motion for the primary time since recording a first-round obedience victory over King Inexperienced within the UFC 304 occasion in Manchester final July. “The Baddy” is at the moment boasting eight consecutive wins. Six of those eight wins have stopped.
In the meantime, Michael Chandler (23-9 MMA) will enter tonight’s co-headliner in hopes of snapping a skid that misplaced two video games. “Irons” are out of consecutive losses to perennial division candidates Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier, respectively. Previous to that, the American standout had gained a nasty knockout victory over Tony Ferguson at UFC 274 in September 2022.
Additionally, tonight’s UFC 314 foremost card lineup is Jaarrodriguez’s extremely anticipated male featherweight match towards former Bellator champion Patricio Pitbull.
Rodriguez (19-5 MMA) is about to snap a skid who misplaced two video games as he stepped into the Octagon tonight. “El Pantera” is out of consecutive cease losses to Brian Ortega and Alex Volkanovsky, respectively. Earlier than these setbacks, the Mexican standout had gained the victory submitted to Josh Emmett to win the promotional interim featherweight title.
In the meantime, the Patrico Pitbull (36-7 MMA) will make his UFC debut in Miami tonight. Former Bellator Champion not too long ago labored in Belfast final March, incomes a first-round TKO victory over Jeremy Kennedy. The Brazilians have total gone 4-2 of their final six fights.
Get all the reside outcomes and highlights tonight beneath (up to date for updates):
UFC 314 Predominant Card (ESPN+ PPV, 10pm ET)
Alexander Volkanovski (145) vs. Diego Lopes (145) –
Michael Chandler (156) vs. Paddy Pinblett (156) –
Yair Rodriguez (146) vs. Patricio Pitbull (145) –
Bryce Mitchell (146) vs Jean Silva (146) –
Nikita Krylov (206) vs. Dominick Reyes (206) –
UFC 314 Prelims (ESPN/ESPN+, 8pm ET)
and Ige (146) vs. Sean Woodson (146) –
Yan Xiana (116) vs. Gird Virna (116) –
Jim Miller (156) vs. Chase Hooper (156) – Hooper def. Mirrors by unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28 x2)
Darren Elkins (145) vs. Julian Erosa (146) – Erose Def. Elkins through TKO (punch) at 4:15 in Spherical 1
For a juicy J 😮💨 now three in a row
Julian Erosa wins spherical 1 TKO in Miami! 👊
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UFC 314 Early Qualifiers (ESPN+, 6pm ET)
Sedriques Dumas (185) vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk (186) – Oleksiejczuk def. DUMAS by means of TKO (punch and elbow) at 2:49 in Spherical 1
One other cease for a person from Poland! 🇵🇱
Michal Oleksiejczuk will get TKO in Spherical 1!
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– ufc (@ufc) April 12, 2025
Su Mudaerji (126) vs. Mitch Raposo (126) – Mudaerji def. Laposo by division resolution (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Tresean Gore (186) vs. Marco Tulio (186) – Tulio def. Gore through TKO at 3:16 in Spherical 2
What a wild 5 minutes 🤯@marcotulio_mma Get a knockdown on the last moments of spherical 1!
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– ufc (@ufc) April 12, 2025
Nora Cornor (137.5)* vs. Haley Cowan (136) – Corle def. Cowan through submission (rear bare chalk) at 1:52 of spherical 2
Sink submissions to start out the cardboard 👏
Nora Cornor wins a second spherical submission in Miami 🌴
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– ufc (@ufc) April 12, 2025
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