The UFC returns to Florida on April 12, 2025, for the UFC 314 pay-per-view fight card. A featherweight matchup between Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes is set to headline the UFC 314 PPV. The 145-pound scrap will crown the next UFC featherweight champion. In the co-main event, Michael Chandler faces Paddy Pimblett in a lightweight scrap. Overall, UFC 314 could be the best UFC PPV event since UFC 300 took place in April 2024. We look at the opening betting odds for the UFC 314 PPV fight card.

The winner of the UFC 314 main event will walk away from the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida with the UFC featherweight title over their shoulder.

In announcing Volkanovski vs. Lopes, UFC CEO Dana White said of the soon to be former UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria, “Topuria has felt like he’s done all he can in that division, and he feels like he’s cemented his legacy, and his body cannot make the weight anymore. So Topuria will be moving up to 155 pounds and will be vacating the featherweight title. … As soon as the first punch is thrown in (Volkanovski vs. Lopes), the title is vacated. We will announce what Topuria’s next fight will be when we get it done.”

Volkanovski (26-4) is a former UFC featherweight champion. He held the title from December 2019 through February 2024, defending the belt five times over that time. His reign began with a unanimous decision win over Max Holloway and ended in a knockout loss to Topuria in February 2024.

During his run with the 145-pound belt, Volkanovski twice fought for the UFC lightweight belt, losing to Islam Makhachev in February and October 2023. Makhachev won the first meeting by decision. He followed that with a knockout victory.

Volkanovski has not stepped into the Octagon since his loss to Topuria. He is the No. 1 fighter in the official UFC featherweight rankings.

Lopes (26-6) is the No. 3 fighter in the UFC’s 145-pound weight class. Lopes joined the UFC in May 2023, dropping his promotional debut to Movsar Evloev via decision. Since then, Lopes is unbeaten in five fights. His most recent victory was a UFC 306 decision win over two-time UFC title challenger Brian Ortega.

Michael Chandler (23-9) missed a lot of time over the past few years waiting for a bout opposite Conor McGregor to come together. With that fight looking less likely by the day, Chandler returned to the Octagon on November 2024 to face former UFC champion Charles Oliveira. It was Chandler’s first foray into the cage since a 2022 loss to Dustin Poirier. Oliveira downed Chandler via decision at UFC 309.

Paddy Pimblett (22-3) is a former Cage Warriors lightweight champion. He has slowly been working his way up the UFC rankings since making his promotional debut in September 2021. Now 6-0 with the UFC, Pimblett looks to take a step up in competition against Chandler. Pimblett is coming off a UFC 304 “Performance of the Night” bonus-winning submission win over Bobby Green.

The UFC announced the updated UFC 314 main card during the UFC Vegas 104 fight card.

Below we look at what the betting lines for UFC 314 looked like when odds were first listed.

*Opening UFC 314 odds via FanDuel

Alexander Volkanovski (-102) vs. Diego Lopes (-125)

Michael Chandler (-136) vs. Paddy Pimblett (+106)

Bryce Mitchell (+285) vs. Jean Silva (-400)

Geoff Neal (+290) vs. Carlos Prates (-400)

Yair Rodriguez (-184) vs. Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (+142)

“I think I can beat Diego everywhere,” Volkanovski told Engage of his 30-year-opponent. “He is dangerous. He’s gonna be dangerous everywhere, so I need to sharpen everything. Even if I wanted to go the wrestling route, or grappling route, I think I would dominate there anyway.

"Everyone knows him for his jiu-jitsu, but trust me I ain’t worried if it goes there. Can he handle the fact that even when things are going his way, I ain’t quitting. I am coming back even stronger. I don’t even think he’ll get me there but even if he does, I think he’s still gonna absolutely hate being in these positions. Because he’s gonna realize, ‘I can’t stop this guy.’ I’ll show the world and him that I’m just different.”

“He’s a unit isn’t he?” Pimblett said of Chandler when speaking to ESPN. “He’s going to come out and try to knock my head off. I do think he is one of the most entertaining fighters in the UFC.

"He comes out trying to take your head off swinging overhands, left hooks, and that’s all anyone’s ever tried to do against me trying to knock me out and no one has ever knocked me out. Michael Chandler is not going to be the first person to do it.

“Again, just like last time (his UFC 304 win over Bobbty ”King" Green. "I’m going to kick him, keep him on the end of my range and frustrate him. I do think I could land a knockout blow as he steps in and brings all his weight forward leaning into a shot. I think I can knock him out. I also think I can TKO him with leg kicks but I don’t think he’s going to try to take me down. He knows I’d submit him.”

UFC 314 Fight Card

The remaining fights on the UFC 314 fight card are:

Nikita Krylov vs. Dominick Reyes

Dan Ige vs. Sean Woodson

Yan Xiaonan vs. Virna Jandiroba

Jim Miller vs. Chase Hooper

Darren Elkins vs. Julian Erosa

Alberto Montes vs. Roberto Romero

Sedriques Dumas vs. Michał Oleksiejczuk

Sumudaerji vs. Mitch Raposo

Tresean Gore vs. Marco Tulio

Nora Cornolle vs. Hailey Cowan

*Fight card is subject to change

UFC 314 takes place on Saturday, April 12 from Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.

We will have more on the UFC 314 fight card, including full fight card betting odds as fight night approaches.