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Diego Lopes immediately benefited from the decision of Ilia Topuria to switch to light weights while he faces Alexander Volkanovski for the featherweight now sacred on April 12 in Miami, and the headliner of the UFC 314 thinks that Topuria can shine at 155 pounds.
Topuria fought as light weight in the UFC, when he slept Jai Herbert with a right hook in March 2022. The Georgian-Spanish star was 3-0 in the company before this fight, and has since won four in a row with a trio of finishes, including historical stops from Max Holloway and Volkanovski.
“It is a guy who can achieve great things in this division,” Lopes told MMA fighting the Passage de Topuria in Lightweight. “He is very athletic and quite young too. I think he’s 27, 28, so I think he has time to do much of a division. »»
If Topuria returns one day by featherweight in case things are wrong for him against heavier competition, Lopes hosts the challenge.
“If he comes back, I hope to be the champion so that I can fight him,” said.
Lopes is now focusing on the beat of Volkanovski to claim gold of 145 pounds after winning his last five at the UFC, with three finishes and a pair of decisions on Brian Ortega and Dan Ige. The 30 -year -old Brazilian fought as rooster weight in the past, and did not exclude again to compete with other weight categories.
“I spoke to my nutritionist and he said to me:” You can fight in any weight class you want “,” said Lopes. “(He said)” You have the weight to fight at 135, you have the weight to fight at 145, and you can go up a little, have the structure and body height to also fight at 155. “But for the moment, I focus on this division, then we will see what the future has in store for us. I focus on the division now. Maybe that in the future, I can go up, no problem,”
