Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-04-12, nice and tough exchanges: the mma bout Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).Lopes vs Volkanovski is scheduled to take place Saturday, April 12th, at the Kaseya Center in Miami (Florida, United States), in a 5-round featherweight (145 lbs, 66 kg) bout; it is valid for the vacant UFC featherweight championship and it is the main event of the UFC 314. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Alexander Volkanovski record
The black belt in Bjj and former Ufc Fw champion Alexander Volkanovski entered this fight with a professional mma record of 26-4-0 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.2 featherweight in the world.
He won just one out of his last four bouts, against Yair Rodriguez in 2023 (Alexander Volkanovski vs Yair Rodriguez), then he has lost the rematch with Islam Makhachev (Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski II) and to Ilia Topuria (Alexander Volkanovski vs Ilia Topuria).
But if you want to watch Volkanovski’s best fights, here are the three:
- Chad Mendes vs Alexander Volkanovski (match ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2018),
- Alexander Volkanovski vs Brian Ortega (4-stars match of 2021),
- Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski I (bout ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2023).
Diego Lopes record
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Diego Lopes, has an official record of 26-6-0 (85% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.5 in the featherweight division.
He lost to Movsar Evloev in 2023 (Movsar Evloev vs Diego Lopes) but then he has won five consecutive bouts defeating Dan Ige (Dan Ige vs Diego Lopes) and Brian Ortega in his last two (Brian Ortega vs Diego Lopes).
Fight card
Here is the UFC 314 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN+ PPV)
Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes
Michael Chandler vs Paddy Pimblett
Yair Rodriguez vs Patricio Freire
Bryce Mitchell vs Jean Silva
Dominick Reyes vs Nikita Krylov
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+ / Disney+)
Dan Ige vs Sean Woodson
Virna Jandiroba vs Xiaonan Yan
Jim Miller vs Chase Hooper
Darren Elkins vs Julian Erosa
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+ / Disney+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Michal Oleksiejczuk vs Sedriques Dumas
Mitch Raposo vs Su Mudaerji
Marco Tulio vs Tresean Gore
Nora Cornolle vs Hailey Cowan
Countdown – Video preview
Watch the official video of the full episode of UFC 314 countdown Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes, a documentary to know better the life of both fighters and how they prepare for their bout.
Embedded: Vlog Series
Watch all the episodes of UFC 314 Embedded: Vlog Series (we usually post the playlist with all the videos or, if not possible, every single clip).
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the UFC 314 pre-fight press conference, featuring Diego Lopes and Alexander Volkanovski!
Weigh-in
Watch the videos of UFC 314: Volkanovski vs Lopes weigh-in and faceoffs from the official Ufc Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lr8eCf3Gww
Result
Who won Volkanovski vs Lopes fight?
Alexander Volkanovski defeated Diego Lopes via unanimous decision. Scores were 48–47, 49–46, 49–46.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 314 post-fight octagon interview of Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes.
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official UFC 314 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Diego Lopes and Alexander Volkanovski (free live stream from the UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Youtube channel).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwDU-yGTbrU
Bonus awards
UFC 314 Fight of the Night: Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes
UFC 314 Performance of the Night: Paddy Pimblett, Jean Silva
