Diego Lopes faces the battle of his life later this month.
At UFC 314, which can hit your screens from Miami, Florida on April 12, Lopes will tackle featherweight nice Alexander Volkanovski with the recently-vacated 145-pounds title up for grabs.
In a way, Lopes’ very participation in his maiden UFC title bout represents him overcoming the chances. Coming into the UFC in Could 2023, Lopes was defeated by Mosvar Evloev in his debut battle for the organisation in what was his third loss in his a 5 battle spell on the time.
Since then, although, the 30-year-old Brazilian has been close to faultless. He has gained 5 straight within the UFC’s light-weight fold, with a transparent reduce resolution win over Brian Ortega as a part of the Noche UFC card contained in the Las Vegas Sphere final September finally proving to be the ultimate litmus take a look at earlier than his title bid in a few weeks time.
You possibly can watch that bout in full beneath.
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