Another exciting night in MMA at UFC 314 a long-awaited card with big fighters on the list. 

So many in attendance, including the President of America Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who sat ringside along with UFC CEO Dana White. The card had exciting fighters like Yair Rodriguez vs Patricio Pitbull, Bryce Mitchell vs Jean Silva etc. The most exciting fights of the night were the co main and main events. 

CO-MAIN EVENT 

The co-main was a high-stake lightweight fight between England Paddy Piblett aka Paddy the Baddy one of the best top contenders Michael Chandler. Chandler, a three-time Bellator champion did not stand a chance against Piblet,t who savagely finished him in round three with a ground and pound. Chandler was greeted with a vicious knee to the head and later in that round, the fight was called after Paddy mounted and dropped a heavy series of twelve to six elbows. 38-year-old Chandler, since joining UFC in 2021, has developed into one of the most popular fighters because of his fighting style and willingness to trade punches. However not given a chance by Piblett. Paddy has not been a fan favorite for some time ,but somehow found his crowd. Chandler was definitely Paddy’s toughest test of his career. Things were and remained respectful between the two lightweights. 

MAIN EVENT 

Alexander Volkanosvski was crowned featherweight champion again, after the legend made history with a brilliant effort taken over very skilled top contender Diego Lopez. Volanovski made history as he has become the first fighter under 155 pounds and over the age of 35 to win the US title. 

He also proved his power with a big come back after back-to-back knock out losses to Ilia Topuria and Islam  Makahachev. Alex proved that he has been top contender in the division and gained his respect back. Volkanovski had not competed for 14 months following his loss to Topuria making, it the longest break of his career and showed his fans everything he had been working hard for in that ring.  

Alex and Lopez delivered a five-round exchange battle of skill set and attrition worthy of the championship stake. Volk opened the fight in the first round with a blistering pace accompanied with stiff jabs putting, Lopez into defense mode early in the fight. He also had the only successful take-down on Lopezthen continued to hard pounds on him. Lopez was sent into a sense of urgency and his aggression increased as the rounds went on, Lopez launched a perfect right hand in the second round that knocked down Alexander Clean, also putting a cut under his eye. Although Lopez did land hard combinations, Volkanovski out landed him by wide range of 165-71 in total strikes and 158-63 in significant strikes, however the fight was closer in reality. 

After this win, Alexander also became the second fighter in this division to get featherweight title after losing it.