The Champ is on point! 🎯@AlexVolkanovski
| 144.5lbs[
#UFC325 | JAN 31 | 9pmET on @ParamountPlus
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January 30, 2026
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship goes abroad for the first time
in 2026 and returns to Australia for a fun
UFC 325 fight card, which is now official following the
weigh-ins.
The main event will see featherweight champion Alexander
Volkanovski inexplicably facing Diego Lopes
again. This rematch comes after “The Great” won the vacant
featherweight title over Lopes in April 2025 via a unanimous
decision. Both men made weight for the title fight rematch. The
only fighter to miss weight was would-be flyweight Aaron Tau,
who came in 3 pounds overweight for his fight against Namsrai
Batbayar. The fight has been canceled as a result.
The 37-year-old champion reclaimed his featherweight title by
soundly beating Lopes (27-7) over five rounds last year. Prior to
the defeat, Volkanovski (27-4) suffered back-to-back defeats for
the first time in his illustrious career to Islam
Makhachev and Ilia
Topuria. The Aussie fighter weighed 145 pounds on the dot.
Lopes rebounded from his loss to Volkanovski by knocking out
Jean
Silva with a spinning back elbow in September 2025. The
Brazilian has won six of his last seven fights. His recent
victories also include Brian
Ortega, Dan Ige and
Sodiq
Yusuff as victims. The 31-year-old will look to shock the
world, and he also weighed 145 pounds.
UFC 325 will air in its entirety on Paramount+. Prelims begin at 5
p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT while the main card kicks off at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m.
PT.
UFC 325 Weigh-in Results:
Alexander
Volkanovski (145) vs. Diego Lopes
(145)
Dan
Hooker (155) vs. Benoit St.
Denis (155.75)
Rafael
Fiziev (155.5) vs. Mauricio
Ruffy (155.25)
Tallison
Teixeira (259) vs. Tai Tuivasa
(265.5)
Jamie
Mullarkey (155.5) vs. Quillan
Salkilld (155.5)
Billy
Elekana (204) vs. Junior Tafa
(205.25)
Cody
Brundage (184.75) vs. Cameron
Rowston (184.5)
Torrez
Finney (185.75) vs. Jacob
Malkoun (185.75)
Oban
Elliott (169.75) vs. Jonathan
Micallef (170.25)
Kaan
Ofli (145.25) vs. Zha Yi
(145.5)
Dom Mar
Fan (154.75) vs. Sang Wook
Kim (155.75)
Keiichiro
Nakamura (145.25) vs. Sebastian
Szalay (145.75)
Lawrence
Lui (135.25) vs. Rangbo
Sulang (135.75)
Namsrai
Batbayar (126) vs. Aaron Tau
(129)*
*Tau missed weight by 3 pounds, and the fight was canceled.