No doubt in the rematch: Volkanovski retains featherweight title vs Lopes

UFC 325 took place in Sydney, Australia, where hometown favorite Alexander Volkanovski produced a confident performance to defeat Diego Lopes by decision in their rematch and successfully defended the UFC featherweight championship.

In the co-main event of UFC 325, Benoît Saint Denis faced Dan Hooker. The Frenchman came out on top, scoring a second-round technical knockout over the New Zealander. Also worth noting: at UFC 325, Azerbaijan’s Rafael Fiziev suffered his fourth loss in his last five fights, falling to Brazil’s Mauricio Ruffy.

Full results:

• Alexander Volkanovski def. Diego Lopes via unanimous decision (49–46, 49–46, 50–45) to retain the featherweight title;

• Benoît Saint Denis def. Dan Hooker via TKO (Round 2, 4:45);

• Mauricio Ruffy def. Rafael Fiziev via TKO (Round 2, 4:30);

• Tallison Teixeira def. Tai Tuivasa via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28);

• Quillan Salkilld def. Jamie Mullarkey via submission (choke) (Round 1, 3:02);

• Billy Elekana def. Junior Tafa via submission (choke) (Round 2, 3:18);

• Cameron Rouston def. Cody Brundage via TKO (Round 2, 4:08);

• Jacob Malkoun def. Torres Finney via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–26, 30–26);

• Jonathan Micallef def. Oban Elliott via submission (choke) (Round 2, 3:31);

• Kaan Ofli def. Yi Zha via majority decision (29–28, 28–28, 29–28);

• Dom Mar Fan def. Sangwook Kim via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) to win “Road to UFC” at lightweight;

• Keiichiro Nakamura def. Sebastian Szalay via TKO (Round 3, 3:48) to win “Road to UFC” at featherweight;

• Lawrence Lui def. Sulanrangbo via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) to win “Road to UFC” at bantamweight.

Photo: Alexander Volkanovski’s social media