Key takeaways
Alexander Volkanovski beat Diego Lopes by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 325 at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. Diego Lopes had come in as the division's No. 2. In the co-main event, Benoit Saint Denis beat Dan Hooker, the division's No. 9, by knockout at 4:45 of round two at lightweight.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, three by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in 13 fights. Two of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Quillan Salkilld, who stopped Jamie Mullarkey at 3:02 of round one, and one of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Keiichiro Nakamura's knockout of Sebastian Szalay, 13 minutes and 48 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 42 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of five, against four of the eight below it. Billy Elekana (submission, round two), Cam Rowston (knockout, round two) and Jonathan Micallef (submission, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Nine ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts, among them champion Alexander Volkanovski.
Seven weight classes were used, lightweight most often with four bouts. Paramount+ carried all 17 bouts, split across a main card and two preliminary blocks.
