UFC is in Miami with local ties. Some free events leading to Saturday’s MMA card
UFC 314 will occur Saturday at Kaseya Center in Miami.
The main event is a UFC featherweight championship bout for the vacant title between former champion Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes.
The co-main event features former three-time Bellator lightweight world champion (also former UFC lightweight championship challenger) Michael Chandler of South Florida’s Kill Cliff FC against Paddy Pimblett in a five-round lightweight battle.
Also, former three-time Bellator featherweight world champion and former Bellator lightweight world champion Patrício “Pitbull” Freire will make his UFC debut in a featherweight bout against former interim UFC featherweight champion Yair Rodríguez.
Pitbull’s coach/manager is Captain Americas Eric Albarracin, a Coral Springs High School alum, who was an FHSAA state runner-up wrestler. A former U.S. Army Captain, he was a three-time university national champion, a seven-time armed forces champion and a U.S. national team member in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. Internationally, Albarracin won silver medals in the freestyle 54 kilogram division at the Pan American Championships and at the Military World Wrestling Championships.
Albarracin also coaches/manages former UFC Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion Henry Cejudo, former Bellator champion Patricky Pitbull Freire, UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo, Paulo Costa, and The Korean Zombie. He assisted in the UFC title camps of champions Zhang Weili, Jiří Prochazka and Jon Jones.
About UFC in Florida
UFC 314 marks the fourth UFC event in Miami. Since debuting with UFC 42: Hughes vs. Sherk in 2003, UFC has conducted 23 premier sporting events in Florida, across six cities which featured 10 world championship bouts. The past two UFC shows in Miami (2023 and 2024) have seen President Trump, Kid Rock and Mike Tyson among those in attendance, two sold-out crowds.
UFC 314 exclusive video interviews: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/fighting/article302389989.html
UFC is under the direction of Dana White along with his outstanding team behind the scenes.
UFC 314 Events, Schedule
▪ UFC 314 news conference
Thursday, April 10 at Miami’s Kaseya Center.
Doors open 4 p.m. ET. (Free for fans)
Event starts 5 p.m. ET.
(Participants: Alexander Volkanovski – No. 1 UFC featherweight; Diego Lopes – No. 3 UFC featherweight; Michael Chandler – No. 7 UFC lightweight; Paddy Pimblett – No. 12 UFC lightweight; Bryce Mitchell – No. 13 UFC featherweight; Jean Silva – UFC featherweight; Yair Rodriguez – No. 5 UFC featherweight; Patricio Pitbull – UFC featherweight; Nikita Krylov – No. 8 UFC light heavyweight; Dominick Reyes – No. 11 UFC light heavyweight)
▪ UFC 314 weigh-Ins / UFC 316 presser
Friday, April 11 at Kaseya Center.
Doors open 3:30 p.m. ET.
UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs O’Malley 2 Press Conference 4 p.m. ET.
(Participants: Kayla Harrison, Julianna Pena, Merab Dvalishvili, Sean O’Malley)
UFC 314 Weigh-Ins 5 p.m. ET.
▪ UFC Fan Experience
Presented by UFC and Miami DDA
Saturday, April 12 in Downtown Miami
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET (Free for fans)
(Flagler Street, between Second Street and Biscayne Boulevard, in front of Julia & Henry’s)
▪ UFC 314
Saturday, April 12 at Kaseya Center.
Early preliminaries will air on ESPN+, Disney+, and UFC Fight Pass starting at 6 p.m. ET.
Late preliminaries available on ESPN+, ESPN, Disney+, and ESPN Deportes at 8 p.m. ET.
The ESPN+ Pay-Per-View main card kicks off at 10 p.m. ET.
Visit https://www.ufc.com/.
This story was originally published April 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM.
