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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will stage its final pre-fight press conference for the upcoming UFC 314 pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for this Sat. night (April 12, 2025) at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. Today’s media festivities will get underway LIVE at 5 p.m. ET in the embedded video above.
UFC 314 will be headlined by the vacant featherweight title fight pitting former division kingpin, Alexander Volkanovski, opposite Brazilian wunderkind, Diego Lopes. Co-headlining the “Sunshine State” fight card is the lightweight collision between Michael Chandler and Paddy Pimblett.
Keep an eye on Bryce Mitchell and Jean Silva during the UFC 314 presser. If history is any indication, things are likely to boil over ahead of their featherweight grudge match on the UFC 314 PPV main card. Light heavyweight rivals Dominick Reyes and Nikita Krylov are also expected to be in attendance.
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FEATHERWEIGHT MADNESS! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues its 2025 pay-per-view (PPV) schedule on Sat., April 12, 2025, with a high-stakes clash between Featherweight standout, Alexander Volkanovski, and rising contender, Diego Lopes, battling for Ilia Topuria’s vacated Featherweight title in the five-round main event. In UFC 314’s electrifying co-headliner from inside Kaseya Center in Miami, Fla., Lightweight fan-favorite Michael Chandler will face the brash Paddy Pimblett in a five-round co-main event. UFC 314 will also feature a must-watch, bad-blood Featherweight showdown between Bryce Mitchell vs. Jean Silva, alongside another 145-pound clash with Yair Rodriguez taking on promotional newcomer, Patricio Pitbull, and so much more! UFC 314’s start time is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET (“Prelims” undercard) and 10 p.m. ET (PPV main card).
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MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 314 fight card right here, starting with the ESPN+ “Prelims” matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. ET, before the main card start time at 10 p.m. ET (also on ESPN+)
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