{"id":492412,"date":"2025-04-13T02:13:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T06:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=492412"},"modified":"2025-04-13T02:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T06:13:19","slug":"alexander-volkanovski-reclaims-ufc-featherweight-title-with-fritty-win-over-diego-lopes","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/alexander-volkanovski-reclaims-ufc-featherweight-title-with-fritty-win-over-diego-lopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Volkanovski reclaims UFC featherweight title with fritty win over Diego Lopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Volkanovski is back on top. The UFC featherweight legend reclaimed his 145-pound title on Saturday night with a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over Diego Lopes in the main event of UFC 314 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\ude24 \u2694\ufe0f Slow-mo Volkanovski and Lopes exchanging strikes.<\/p>\n<p>This UFC action camera is so good \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zNGVXVAZd6\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/zNGVXVAZd6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Home_of_Fight\/status\/1911283699187929354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The win not only made Volkanovski a two-time champion, but also etched his name into the record books \u2014 at 36 years old, he becomes the first fighter under 155 pounds to win a UFC title past the age of 35.<\/p>\n<p>It was a much-needed return to form after a challenging period that saw him suffer back-to-back knockout losses to Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria, sparking speculation that his reign at the top might be over. But Volkanovski silenced the doubters with a vintage performance, earning scorecards of 48-47, 49-46, and 49-46.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83e\udd79\u2764\ufe0f Seeing Alexander Volkanovski become champion again is an incredible moment for MMA fans. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1u1yv74CPX\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/1u1yv74CPX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Home_of_Fight\/status\/1911296282519289973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now holding a 27-4 record, Volkanovski hadn\u2019t fought since his knockout defeat to Topuria in February 2024 \u2014 a 14-month hiatus, the longest of his UFC career. But the Aussie proved he&#8217;s far from finished, adding another chapter to his legacy in the featherweight division.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dqFw9Knisls?si=_0JGBdHlb-971PQJ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Volkanovski is back on top. The UFC featherweight legend reclaimed his 145-pound title on Saturday night with a hard-fought unanimous decision victory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":492413,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17371,20541,23461],"news_category":[16710,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[19739,23462,1072],"acf":{"announce":"He becomes the first fighter under 155 pounds to win a UFC title past the age of 35","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492414,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492412\/revisions\/492414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492412"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=492412"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=492412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}