UFC 325: Volkanovski vs Lopes 2 start time, schedule, fight card, TV channel, live stream and odds

Victory saw beloved UFC veteran and legend ‘Volk’ re-capture the featherweight strap vacated by Ilia Topuria following his move back up to lightweight, where he quickly became a two-weight champion with a destructive first-round knockout of Charles Oliveira.

It began a second championship reign for the 37-year-old Australian, who first won the title at 145lbs against Max Holloway in 2019 and successfully defended it five times before being stopped by the formidable Topuria at UFC 298, with two unsuccessful challenges for lightweight gold along the way against Islam Makhachev.

It was only a second defeat in seven UFC outings for Lopes and a first since his thrilling debut against Movsar Evloev in 2023, though he ultimately earned a second shot by finishing fellow Brazilian Jean Silva with an eye-catching spinning back elbow at Noche UFC last September.

UFC 325: Volkanovski vs Lopes 2 takes place on Saturday January 31, 2026 at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.

The main card is set to begin at 2am GMT in the early hours of Sunday morning, which is 1pm on Sunday afternoon in Sydney. That is 9pm ET and 6pm PT on Saturday evening in the United States.

The main prelims are scheduled for 12am GMT, 11am AEDT, 7pm ET and 4pm PT. The early prelims are at 10pm GMT, 9am AEDT, 5pm ET and 2pm PT.

Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes 2

Dan Hooker vs Benoit Saint-Denis

Rafael Fiziev vs Mauricio Ruffy

Tai Tuivasa vs Tallison Teixeira

Quillan Salkilld vs Jamie Mullarkey

Junior Tafa vs Billy Elekana

Cam Rowston vs Cody Brundage

Jacob Malkoun vs Torrez Finney

Jonathan Micallef vs Oban Elliott

Sangwook Kim vs Dom Mar Fan

Keiichiro Nakamura vs Sebastian Szalay

Sulangrangbo vs Lawrence Lui

TV channel: Saturday night’s event is being shown live in the UK from 12am GMT on TNT Sports 1.

The early prelim fights are being screened on UFC Fight Pass, the UFC’s in-house subscription-based streaming service that currently costs from £7.99 a month in the UK.

Live stream: Those with a TNT Sports subscription can also watch the action live online through the discovery+ app and website.

Volkanovski to win by knockout or technical knockout: 9/2

Volkanovski to win by decision or technical decision: 13/10

Volkanovski to win by submission: 14/1

Lopes to win by knockout or technical knockout: 11/4

Lopes to win by decision or technical decision: 13/2

Lopes to win by submission: 6/1

Odds via Betfair (subject to change).