{"id":36180,"date":"2025-02-20T12:33:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=36180"},"modified":"2025-02-20T12:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:33:35","slug":"volkanovski-vs-lopes-ufc-314-featherweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/volkanovski-vs-lopes-ufc-314-featherweight-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes CONFIRMED For UFC Featherweight Title At UFC 314 Following Ilia Topuria Vacating 145-Pound Belt"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC President Dana White has confirmed that Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes will headline UFC 314 on April 12 in Miami.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Volkanovski vs Lopes has been confirmed for the UFC Featherweight Title, with Ilia Topuria officially vacating his 145-pound belt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes Confirmed For UFC 314 Main Event<\/h2>\n

UFC President Dana White<\/a> has confirmed that Alexander Volkanovski will take on Diego Lopes in the UFC 314 main event for the vacant UFC Featherweight Title in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n

UFC 314 goes down on April 12 in Miami, with the full UFC 314 card announced. It is an incredible pay-per-view event, with Michael Chandler<\/a> vs Paddy Pimblett<\/a> to co-main event to Volkanovski vs Lopes at the top of the bill.<\/p>\n

With Alexander Volkanovski’s next fight<\/a> being for the UFC Featherweight Title, this of course means that Ilia Topuria<\/a> has officially vacated his 145-pound strap.<\/p>\n

Topuria dethroned Volkanovski back at UFC 298 to become the featherweight king, before then making a successful defence of his belt against Max Holloway<\/a> at UFC 308. Topuria won both fights via emphatic knockout, but has now confirmed that he will be moving up in weight.<\/p>\n

This means that Volkanovski vs Lopes, which had been in the works for some time, has now been officially confirmed as the UFC 314 main event with the vacant UFC Featherweight Title on the line.<\/p>\n

The Australian will be looking to get back to winning ways following back-to-back defeats to Islam Makhachev<\/a> and Ilia Topuria<\/a>. For Diego Lopes, he will be confident of winning the 145-pound belt at the first time of asking in his maiden shot at UFC gold.<\/p>\n

The best UFC betting sites<\/a> have listed ‘The Great’ as a marginal favourite over Lopes, but only just. Lopes is in the form of his life and will be supremely confident of handing Volkanovski a third straight UFC defeat.<\/p>\n

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TOPURIA VACATS\u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n

ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI VS DIEGO LOPES SET FOR #UFC314<\/a> FOR THE BELT \ud83c\udfc6
April 12th, MIAMI\ud83d\udccd<\/p>\n

VIA DANA WHITE pic.twitter.com\/pMa6gfoO4a<\/a><\/p>\n

— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n