UFC 314
{{Short description|Mixed martial arts event in 2025}}
{{Infobox MMA event
|name= UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes
|image=UFC_314_poster.jpeg
|promotion= Ultimate Fighting Championship
|date= {{start date|2025|04|12}}
|venue= Kaseya Center
|city= Miami, Florida, United States
|previousevent= UFC on ESPN: Emmett vs. Murphy
|followingevent= UFC on ESPN: Machado Garry vs. Prates
}}
UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 12, 2025, at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, United States.{{Cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/02/ufc-314-fight-card-date-location-miami|title=UFC 314 officially heads to Miami|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Nolan King|date=2025-02-09|access-date=2025-02-09}}
Background
The event marked the promotion's fourth visit to Miami and first since UFC 299 in March 2024.
A UFC Featherweight Championship bout for the vacant title between former champion Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes headlined the event. Current champion Ilia Topuria vacated the title in order to move up to lightweight.{{Cite web|title=UFC 314 headlined by Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes title bout with Ilia Topuria vacating|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/02/ufc-314-fight-card-volkanovski-vs-lopes|date=2025-02-19|access-date=2025-02-19|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Nolan King}}
Former three-time Bellator Lightweight World Champion (also former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger) Michael Chandler and Paddy Pimblett met in a five-round lightweight co-main event.{{Cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/02/ufc-314-michael-chandler-vs-paddy-pimblett|title=UFC 314 adds Michael Chandler vs. Paddy Pimblett – and it's five rounds|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Nolan King|date=2025-02-19|access-date=2025-02-20}}
A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Alexandre Pantoja and former interim title challenger Kai Kara-France was rumored to take place at this event, but it never materialized.{{Cite web|date=2025-01-29|title=Report: Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Kara-France set for UFC 314 in Miami on April 12|url=https://www.mmanews.com/news/ufc/alexandre-pantoja-vs-kara-france-ufc-314/|access-date=2025-01-29|publisher=mmanews.com|author=Harvey Leonard}}
A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Gilbert Burns and Michael Morales was scheduled for this event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lowkickmma.com/gilbert-burns-fights-against-ko-star-ufc-314/|title=Report – Gilbert Burns books return fight against unbeaten KO star at UFC 314 in Miami|publisher=lowkickmma.com|author=Ross Markey|date=2025-01-09|access-date=2025-01-10}} However, the pairing was moved to UFC 315 due to undisclosed reasons.{{Cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/02/ufc-315-fight-card-montreal-muhammad-della-maddalenna-shevchenko-fiorot|title=UFC 315 title fights revealed: Belal Muhammad, Valentina Shevchenko set to defend in Montreal|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Nolan King|date=2025-02-19|access-date=2025-02-20}}
Former three-time Bellator Featherweight World Champion (also former Bellator Lightweight World Champion) Patrício Pitbull made his promotional debut in a featherweight bout against former interim UFC Featherweight Champion Yair Rodríguez.{{Cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/02/ufc-314-patricio-pitbull-freire-vs-yair-rodriguez-miami|title=UFC signs Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire, set to debut vs. Yair Rodriguez in Miami|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Nolan King|date=2025-02-19|access-date=2025-02-20}}
A women's bantamweight bout between Nora Cornolle and Hailey Cowan was expected to take place at UFC 315.{{Cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/02/ufc-315-hailey-cowan-vs-nora-cornolle-montreal|title=UFC 315 targets Hailey Cowan vs. Nora Cornolle addition to Montreal lineup|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Nolan King and Farah Hannoun|date=2025-02-16|access-date=2025-02-16}} However, the bout was moved to this event for unknown reasons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmanews.com/features/matchmaking-bulletin/ufc-new-fights-2025/|title=UFC matchmaking bulletin: new fights for Gaethje, Mitchell, Hill, Aldo, and more|publisher=mmanews.com|author=Harvey Leonard|date=2025-03-02|access-date=2025-03-03}} At the weigh-ins, Cornolle weighed in at 137.5 pounds, one and a half pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and she was fined 20 percent of her purse which went to Cowan.{{Cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/04/ufc-314-volkanovski-vs-lopes-weigh-in-results-live-video-stream|title=UFC 314 weigh-in results: Stacked card set for Miami with one miss|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Staff|date=2025-04-11|access-date=2025-04-11}}
A welterweight bout between Geoff Neal and Carlos Prates was scheduled for this event.{{Cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/02/ufc-314-fight-card-geoff-neal-vs-carlos-prates-miami|title=UFC 314 adds Geoff Neal vs. Carlos Prates banger to Miami|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Nolan King|date=2025-02-19|access-date=2025-02-20}} However, Neal withdrew from the fight due to an injury and the bout was subsequently cancelled.{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/fannation/mma/news/ufc-314-main-card-cancellation|title=UFC 314 hit by huge main card cancellation|publisher=si.com|author=Mathew Riddle|date=2025-03-29|access-date=2025-03-29}}
A featherweight bout between Roberto Romero and promotional newcomer Alberto Montes was scheduled for this event.{{Cite web|title=Chihuahua native to the UFC cage; Roberto Romero will return on April 12|url=https://oem.com.mx/elheraldodechihuahua/deportes/chihuahuense-a-la-jaula-de-la-ufc-roberto-romero-regresara-este-12-de-abril-21560497|date=2025-02-06|access-date=2025-02-06|publisher=oem.com.mx|author=Daniel Coronado}} {{in lang|es}} However, Montes withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and Romero was moved to UFC on ESPN: Machado Garry vs. Prates two weeks later.{{Cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/article/ufc-schedule-fight-cards-start-times-odds-how-to-watch-212552711.html|title=UFC schedule, fight cards, start times, odds, how to watch UFC 314: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes|publisher=sports.yahoo.com|author=Uncrowned Staff|date=2025-04-06|access-date=2025-04-06}}
During the event's broadcast, former two-time UFC Women's Bantamweight and one-time Women's Featherweight Champion Amanda Nunes was announced as the next "modern wing" UFC Hall of Fame inductee during International Fight Week festivities in Las Vegas this June.{{Cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/04/ufc-hall-of-fame-amanda-nunes-induction-announcement|title=Amanda Nunes to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Nolan King|date=2025-04-12|access-date=2025-04-12}}
Results
{{MMAevent}}
{{MMAevent card|Main card}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Featherweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 49–46, 49–46)
|5
|5:00
|For the vacant UFC Featherweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|def.
|TKO (elbows and punches)
|3
|3:07
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Featherweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Featherweight
|def.
|Submission (ninja choke)
|2
|3:52
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Light Heavyweight
|def.
|KO (punch)
|1
|2:24
|
}}
{{MMAevent card|Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+ / Disney+)|header=no}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Featherweight
|def.
|TKO (punches)
|3
|1:12
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Women's Strawweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Featherweight
|def.
|TKO (punches)
|1
|4:15
|
}}
{{MMAevent card|Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / Disney+ / UFC Fight Pass)|header=no}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Middleweight
|def.
|Sedriques Dumas
|TKO (punches and elbows)
|1
|2:49
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Flyweight
|def.
|Mitch Raposo
|Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Middleweight
|Marco Tulio
|def.
|Tresean Gore
|TKO (punch)
|2
|3:16
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Catchweight (137.5 lb)
|def.
|Hailey Cowan
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|2
|1:52
|
}}
{{MMAevent end|notes=yes}}
Bonus awards
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmamania.com/2025/4/13/24406358/bonuses-jean-silva-picks-up-extra-50k-for-dog-walking-bryce-mitchell-ufc-314-espn-mma-miami|title=Bonuses! Jean Silva cashes extra $50k for dog walking Bryce Mitchell - UFC 314|publisher=mmamania.com|author=Andrew Richardson|date=2025-04-13|access-date=2025-04-13}}
- Fight of the Night: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes
- Performance of the Night: Paddy Pimblett and Jean Silva
See also
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References
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