MIAMI – Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes will resolve a brand new featherweight champion at UFC 314, and on Thursday, they received to measurement one another up formally for the primary time on battle week.
With Ilia Topuria vacating the belt for a transfer to light-weight, former divisional kingpin Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) now meets the red-hot Lopes (26-6 MMA, 5-1 UFC) within the headliner of Saturday occasion at Kaseya Heart (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN/Disney+, ESPN+).
Volkanovski, 36, and Lopes, 30, have been respectful all through the construct to the competition, and that didn’t change on the pre-fight press convention. They have been intense in the course of the staredown, nevertheless, with a transparent understanding of what’s at stake this weekend.
Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes have one other faceoff following the #UFC314 pre-fight press convention. pic.twitter.com/ZwziSDM13r
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Try the video above to see the Volkanovski vs. Lopes staredown from the UFC 314 press convention.
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