Alexander Volkanovski is plotting a course again to UFC gold.
The Australian former featherweight champion will search to regain the 145-pounds title he misplaced to Ilia Topuria somewhat greater than a yr in the past when he fights Diego Lopes within the UFC 314 predominant occasion in Miami, Florida on April 12 for the title which now lies vacant following Topuria’s transfer to the light-weight division.
For the Australian, the stakes have not often been greater all through his profession. After a 22-fight win streak was snapped in his first unsuccessful bid to assert the 155-pound title from Islam Makhachev again in February 2023, Volkanovski finds himself within the uncommon place of getting misplaced three of his previous 4 following a defeat to Makhachev within the rematch in addition to the aforementioned defeat to Topuria (a TKO win over Yair Rodrigues is his sole win within the UFC cage relationship again to July 2022).
After all, a lot was made forward of his loss to Topuria about how the lighter weight divisions are dominated by fighters below the age of 35. At 36, Volkanovski is a full six years older than his Brazilian opponent.
However all issues thought of, there has not often been a simpler fighter at featherweight lately than Volkanovski — as evidenced by his trio of wins over one other divisional stalwart in Max Holloway — the third of which you’ll be able to watch in full beneath.
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