The UFC 325 lineup is now quick one struggle after the latest withdrawal.
The UFC’s second numbered occasion of 2026 is ready for January 31, with the motion rolling into February 1 in Australia, at Sydney’s Qudos Financial institution Enviornment.
With simply over two weeks to go earlier than the occasion, mild heavyweight Jimmy Crute revealed on Wednesday that he has been pressured to withdraw from his UFC 325 main-card opener towards Dustin Jacoby after tearing his ACL in coaching.
The 29-year-old Melbourne native shared in a social media video that he’s deeply annoyed by the setback, noting that the severity of the damage may maintain him sidelined for the rest of the 12 months.
“I’ve some fairly disappointing information,” Crute mentioned on Instagram. “On Monday, I utterly ruptured my ACL. I’m out of my struggle on February 1 towards Dustin. I’m extraordinarily upset. I’m clearly very upset and gutted, however I feel I can use this chance to develop with endurance. In 9, 10 months, I’ll come again stronger. Extra in tune with my physique, stronger legs. God is nice, and there’s a motive for this, so, yeah. Little velocity bump, however I’ll be again stronger.”
Crute was coming off back-to-back submission victories in 2025, most just lately finishing Ivan Erslan at UFC Perth in September. Previous to that rebound, “The Brute” endured a troublesome stretch, going 2-4-2 throughout his final eight Octagon appearances.
Though he earned his UFC contract with a formidable knockout of Chris Birchler on Dana White’s Contender Sequence in July 2018, consistency has confirmed elusive on the sport’s highest degree. Because it stands, Crute holds a 6-4-2 document within the UFC.
It stays unclear whether or not Jacoby will keep on the UFC 325 card towards a short-notice alternative or if the matchup will probably be rescheduled for a later date.
What Does The Present UFC 325 Lineup Function?
With the Jimmy Crute vs. Dustin Jacoby matchup formally scrapped, the UFC 325 card now stands at 14 bouts. The occasion will probably be headlined by reigning featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski, who places his title on the road towards Diego Lopes in a rematch.
Right here’s what the present UFC 325 lineup appears like:
Principal Card
- Featherweight title bout: Alexander Volkanovski (c) vs. Diego Lopes
- Light-weight bout: Dan Hooker vs. Benoit Saint Denis
- Light-weight bout: Rafael Fiziev vs. Mauricio Ruffy
- Heavyweight bout: Tai Tuivasa vs. Tallison Teixeira
Preliminary Card
- Light-weight bout: Quillan Salkilld vs. Rongzhu
- Mild heavyweight bout: Junior Tafa vs. Billy Elekana
- Welterweight bout: Jonathan Micallef vs. Oban Elliott
- Middleweight bout: Jacob Malkoun vs. Torrez Finney
- Featherweight bout: Kaan Ofli vs. Yizha
- Middleweight bout: Cam Rowston vs. Cody Brundage
- Light-weight bout: Sangwook Kim vs. Dom Mar Fan
- Featherweight bout: Keiichiro Nakamura vs. Sebastian Szalay
- Bantamweight bout: Sulangrangbo vs. Lawrence Lui
- Flyweight bout: Aaron Tau vs. Namsrai Batbayar
