UFC 314: Volkanovski vs Lopes airs dwell on pay-per-view from the Kaseya Middle in Miami, FL on Saturday, April 12. The battle card includes a collection of MMA bouts, with a vacant featherweight title contested within the headliner.
The scheduled five-round primary occasion pits Australia’s Alexander Volkanovski in opposition to Diego Lopes of Brazil. Former champion Volkanovski (26-4) goals to regain the belt and rebound from two defeats in opposition to Ilia Topuria and Islam Makhachev. Mexico-based Lopes (26-6) targets his sixth straight victory in his first try to get on prime of the division.
The strap, held by Topuria (16-0), is about to turn out to be vacant as soon as the Volkanovski vs Lopes showdown begins. The Georgian-Spanish champion strikes up a weight class, along with his subsequent battle anticipated at light-weight.
The co-main occasion is a light-weight conflict between Michael Chandler (23-9) of Excessive Ridge, MO and Paddy Pimblett (22-3) of England. Additionally on the primary card is a pair of featherweight bouts that includes Bryce Mitchell (17-2) of Texarkana, AR versus Brazilian Jean Silva (15-2), and Yair Rodriguez (19-5, 1 NC) of Mexico in opposition to Patricio “Pitbull” (36-7) of Brazil. The PPV opener is a lightweight heavyweight matchup between Dominick Reyes (14-4) of Hesperia, CA and Nikita Krylov (30-9) of Ukraine.
Atop the UFC 314 prelims, Hawaii’s Dan Ige (18-9) and Sean Woodson (13-1-1) of St. Louis, MO battle it out at featherweight. Amongst different bouts, Yan Xiaonan (19-4) of China meets Virna Jandiroba (21-3) of Brazil at strawweight.
Jim Miller (38-18) of Sparta, NJ takes on Chase Hooper (15-3-1) of Enumclaw, WA at light-weight. Darren Elkins (29-11) of Hobart, IN faces Julian Erosa (30-12) of Yakima, WA at featherweight.
Among the many early prelims, Sedriques Dumas (10-2) of Pensacola, FL and Michal Oleksiejczuk (19-9) of Poland go head-to-head at middleweight. Sumudaerji (16-7) of China and Mitch Raposo (9-2) of Fall River, MA sq. off at flyweight.
One other bout at middleweight options Tresean Gore (6-2) of Myrtle Seaside, SC up in opposition to Marco Tulio (13-1) of Brazil. Kicking off the motion, Nora Cornolle (8-2) of France and Hailey Cowan (7-3) of Waco, TX face off at bantamweight.
What time is UFC 314: Volkanovski vs Lopes?
UFC 314 begin time is scheduled for Saturday, April 12 at 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT. The prelims start at 8:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM PT. The early prelims begin at 6:00 PM ET / 3:00 PM PT.
UFC 314 dwell stream is accessible on ESPN+.
UFC 314: Volkanovski vs Lopes battle card
The present UFC 314: Volkanovski vs Lopes battle card is as follows:
Primary Card
Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes – vacant UFC featherweight title
Michael Chandler vs. Paddy Pimblett
Yair Rodriguez vs. Patricio Pitbull
Bryce Mitchell vs. Jean Silva
Nikita Krylov vs. Dominick Reyes
Prelims
Dan Ige vs. Sean Woodson
Yan Xiaonan vs. Virna Jandiroba
Jim Miller vs. Chase Hooper
Darren Elkins vs. Julian Erosa
Early Prelims
Sedriques Dumas vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk
Su Mudaerji vs. Mitch Raposo
Tresean Gore vs. Marco Tulio
Nora Cornolle vs. Hailey Cowan
