UFC 325: Volkanovski's Victory, Fiziev's Defeat, and Other Results

The UFC 325 tournament took place in Sydney, Australia, with a featherweight title fight as the main event.

Idman.Biz reports that division champion Alexander Volkanovski confidently defended his belt by winning a unanimous decision over Diego Lopes. The judges' scores were 49-46, 49-46, and 50-45 in favor of Volkanovski.

In the second main fight of the night, Benoit Saint-Denis defeated Dan Hooker by technical knockout in the second round in the lightweight division. In another match, Mauricio Ruffi stopped Azerbaijani fighter Rafael Fiziev in the same way in the second round. In the heavyweight division, Tallison Teixeira won by unanimous decision against Tai Tuivasa.

In other fights held as part of the tournament, Quillan Salkilld defeated Jamie Mullarkey by submission in the first round. Billy Elekana finished the fight with Junior Tafa by submission in the second round. Cameron Roston stopped Cody Brandege in the second round by technical knockout. Jacob Malkoun and Jonathan Mikallef won by unanimous decision.

Special attention was paid to the finals of the "Road to UFC" show. In the lightweight division, Dong Ma defeated Fan Kim San Uk by unanimous decision. In the featherweight division, Keitiro Nakamura won against Sebastian Szalay by technical knockout in the third round. In the flyweight division, Lawrence Lui was superior to Sulanrangbo by split decision.