MIAMI – Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes will decide a new featherweight champion at UFC 314 , and on Thursday, they got to size each other up officially for the first time on fight week. With Ilia Topuria vacating the belt for a move to lightweight, former divisional kingpin Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC) now meets the red-hot Lopes (26-6 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in the headliner of Saturday event at Kaseya Center ( ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN/Disney+, ESPN+). Volkanovski, 36, and Lopes, 30, have been respectful throughout the build to the contest, and that didn’t change at the pre-fight press conference. They were intense during the staredown, however, with a clear understanding of what’s at stake this weekend

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UFC 314 video: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes press conference faceoff – MMA Junkie

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