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No Bets Barred: Will Alexander Volkanovski Beat Diego Lopes A Second Time At UFC 325?

MMA Fighting

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4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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For the first time since 2021, the UFC is giving us back-to-back numbered events. This Saturday, the UFC returns to Australia for UFC 325, the immediate follow-up to last week's UFC 324. Looking to make an impression at the start of their new Paramount deal, the UFC is bringing another fight that figures to provide big action as featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski rematches Diego Lopes for the title, and No Bets Barred is here to break it all down. This week, host Jed Meshew is joined by the Action Network's Billy Ward to dive into all things UFC 325. Topics discussed include what has changed from the first fight between Volkanovski and Lopes just 10 months ago, if Benoit Saint Denis can keep rolling against Dan Hooker, whether Tai Tuivasa has anything left in the tank, the four Road to UFC fights that start off the prelims, the continuation of The Climb, and more. Tune in for episode 147 of No Bets Barred. Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Billy Ward: @PsychoWard586 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to MMA Fighting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our full video catalog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Like MMA Fighting on Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.8

You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.

0:43.3

Talks, network. What is up, y'all?

0:44.3

We are back with another edition of No Betts Bard.

0:47.5

I am your host, Jedmishuggan, Newfound.com.

0:50.0

We probably already know that.

0:51.8

And thanks for tuning in because we are back,

0:55.2

full back into the grind,

0:57.5

ladies and gentlemen.

0:58.5

We had six weeks off.

1:00.7

And it's not going to be that long.

1:02.4

We've got another break coming up here in just a little bit.

1:04.5

But we are back to immediate back-to-back paper views.

1:09.4

I'm still calling them pay-per-views because just because you don't pay for them in America

1:14.2

doesn't mean the rest of the world is getting off with that Paramount Plus subscription.

1:19.1

Last week was UFC 324 to break the seal.

1:22.7

This week we are heading to Australia for UFC 325.

1:32.0

And a different guest for you uh i mean not that different you know them pretty well frankly it's a wonderful billy ward of action network billy you haven't

1:38.2

been on for a pay-per-view in a while and it felt it felt bad to make you come on for not we got two

1:43.5

pretty decent cards to start the year i figured let let's split the difference. Let's get you for one of them. And UFC 325, you've returned to Australia. How are you doing? How you been? We talked a little off air, but let the people know how you're doing things going on in your life and your level of excitement for this weekend yeah

2:01.8

i'm glad you had me on for this one i spent a ton of time with the road to ufc tournament both before

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