<p>Former champion Alexander Volkanovski regained his once undisputed UFC featherweight championship Saturday night opposite Diego Lopes in the main event of UFC 314 by winning a unanimous decision 48-47, 49-46, 49-46 in Miami.</p><p>The fight lived up to expectations, with both men staying composed on their feet despite a near-fight-changing sequence from Lopes (26-7 MMA) by dropping Volkanovski (27-4 MMA) in the final seconds of Round 2.</p><p>Nevertheless, the volume of Volkanovski's striking made the difference despite being unable to find a home for the knockout.</p><p>"It's good to be back," Volkanovski said after the win.</p><p>As for Lopes, he gave his full respect to the champion but wanted the crowd to know this is not the end of the journey.</p><p>"It was an honor to share the Octagon with Alexander Volkanovski," Lopes said. "I'll be back."</p>.Trump and some of his cabinet members attend UFC fight in Miami.<p>The co-main event saw Paddy Pimblett use his potent striking and relentless pace to put away Michael Chandler with an effortless third-round TKO to remain unbeaten in the UFC. Pimblett (23-3 MMA) is firmly in title contention, while Chandler (23-10 MMA) returns to the drawing board now suffering back-to-back losses at lightweight.</p><p>Featherweight Yair Rodriguez earned a unanimous decision against the debuting Patricio Pitbull, taking the scorecards 30-27, 30-27, 30-27.</p><p>Primarily a striking battle, Rodriguez caught Pitbull with a right hand in Round 3 before swarming the former Bellator star with punches to seal the deal. Rodriguez (21-5 MMA) ended a two-fight skid, while Pitbull (36-8 MMA) hadn't tasted defeat in nearly two years after spending 14 years under the Bellator banner.</p><p>Jean Silva won a grudge match against the charismatic Bryce Mitchell in the main card's second fight. Silva (16-2 MMA) submitted Mitchell with a ninja front choke at 3:52 of the second round after dominating Mitchell (17-4 MMA) for the first round's entirety while nearly finding an opening for a guillotine choke in the round's final minute.</p><p>Silva improved to 5-0 in the UFC. He has quickly emerged as a featherweight contender, snapping Mitchell's brief bounce-back momentum after Mitchell secured a TKO win last December.</p><p>Light heavyweight Dominick Reyes made short work of Nikita Krylov, to open the UFC 314 main card. Reyes landed a counter left hook to get the KO at 2:24 of the opening round. Reyes (15-4 MMA) has won three in a row, while Krylov (30-10 MMA) had a three-fight winning streak snapped dating to July 2022.</p>
<p>Former champion Alexander Volkanovski regained his once undisputed UFC featherweight championship Saturday night opposite Diego Lopes in the main event of UFC 314 by winning a unanimous decision 48-47, 49-46, 49-46 in Miami.</p><p>The fight lived up to expectations, with both men staying composed on their feet despite a near-fight-changing sequence from Lopes (26-7 MMA) by dropping Volkanovski (27-4 MMA) in the final seconds of Round 2.</p><p>Nevertheless, the volume of Volkanovski's striking made the difference despite being unable to find a home for the knockout.</p><p>"It's good to be back," Volkanovski said after the win.</p><p>As for Lopes, he gave his full respect to the champion but wanted the crowd to know this is not the end of the journey.</p><p>"It was an honor to share the Octagon with Alexander Volkanovski," Lopes said. "I'll be back."</p>.Trump and some of his cabinet members attend UFC fight in Miami.<p>The co-main event saw Paddy Pimblett use his potent striking and relentless pace to put away Michael Chandler with an effortless third-round TKO to remain unbeaten in the UFC. Pimblett (23-3 MMA) is firmly in title contention, while Chandler (23-10 MMA) returns to the drawing board now suffering back-to-back losses at lightweight.</p><p>Featherweight Yair Rodriguez earned a unanimous decision against the debuting Patricio Pitbull, taking the scorecards 30-27, 30-27, 30-27.</p><p>Primarily a striking battle, Rodriguez caught Pitbull with a right hand in Round 3 before swarming the former Bellator star with punches to seal the deal. Rodriguez (21-5 MMA) ended a two-fight skid, while Pitbull (36-8 MMA) hadn't tasted defeat in nearly two years after spending 14 years under the Bellator banner.</p><p>Jean Silva won a grudge match against the charismatic Bryce Mitchell in the main card's second fight. Silva (16-2 MMA) submitted Mitchell with a ninja front choke at 3:52 of the second round after dominating Mitchell (17-4 MMA) for the first round's entirety while nearly finding an opening for a guillotine choke in the round's final minute.</p><p>Silva improved to 5-0 in the UFC. He has quickly emerged as a featherweight contender, snapping Mitchell's brief bounce-back momentum after Mitchell secured a TKO win last December.</p><p>Light heavyweight Dominick Reyes made short work of Nikita Krylov, to open the UFC 314 main card. Reyes landed a counter left hook to get the KO at 2:24 of the opening round. Reyes (15-4 MMA) has won three in a row, while Krylov (30-10 MMA) had a three-fight winning streak snapped dating to July 2022.</p>