| UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 1, 2026 | |||
| Venue | Qudos Bank Arena | |||
| City | Sydney, Australia | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on February 1, 2026, at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. [1]
The event will mark the promotion's eighth visit to Sydney and first since UFC 312 in February 2025. [1]
A UFC Featherweight Championship rematch between reigning two-time champion Alexander Volkanovski and former title challenger Diego Lopes is scheduled to headline the event. [2] The pair previously met at UFC 314 in April 2025, where Volkanovski captured the vacant championship with a unanimous decision victory. [3]
A welterweight bout between Oban Elliott and Jonathan Micallef is scheduled for the event. [4] The pairing was originally expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes in September 2025, but was cancelled less than 48 hours before the event after Elliott withdrew due to illness. [5] [6]
A heavyweight bout between Serghei Spivac and 2022 PFL Heavyweight Tournament winner Ante Delija was initially scheduled for this event. [7] The bout was later rescheduled to UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez in February. [8]
Additionally, the four finals of Road to UFC Season 4 are scheduled to take place at the event. [9]
| Fight card (Paramount+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski (c) | vs. | Diego Lopes | [a] | |||
| Lightweight | Dan Hooker | vs. | Benoît Saint Denis | ||||
| Lightweight | Rafael Fiziev | vs. | Maurício Ruffy | ||||
| Featherweight | Kaan Ofli | vs. | Yi Zha | ||||
| Heavyweight | Tai Tuivasa | vs. | Tallison Teixeira | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Junior Tafa | vs. | Billy Elekana | ||||
| Welterweight | Jonathan Micallef | vs. | Oban Elliott | ||||
| Lightweight | Quillan Salkilld | vs. | Rong Zhu | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Jimmy Crute | vs. | Dustin Jacoby | ||||
| Middleweight | Cameron Rowston | vs. | Cody Brundage | ||||
| Lightweight | Kim Sang-wook | vs. | Dom Mar Fan | [b] | |||
| Featherweight | Keiichiro Nakamura | vs. | Sebastian Szalay | [c] | |||
| Middleweight | Jacob Malkoun | vs. | Torrez Finney | ||||
| Bantamweight | Sulang Rangbo | vs. | Lawrence Lui | [d] | |||
| Flyweight | Aaron Tau | vs. | Namsrai Batbayar | [e] | |||
