recent video posted to his YouTube channel.<\/a><\/p>\n“I didn\u2019t expect Diego to look so dominant early.”<\/p>\n
The featherweight champion reclaimed the belt at UFC 314 in April against Lopes, but is already throwing his name back into the list of potential contenders for his next fight.<\/p>\n
“Does Diego get a rematch? Crazy fight like that, wild fashion again doing what he always does,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I know the UFC absolutely loves him.”<\/p>\n
Volkanovski also referenced Lerone Murphy, who recently knocked out Aaron Pico with a spinning elbow of his own at UFC 319.<\/p>\n
“I know that Lerone Murphy is coming off of a big knockout against Pico,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I should get some information on that very soon.”<\/p>\n
Lopes’ win reinforces his status as a top featherweight, and Murphy’s highlight-reel knockout strengthens his claim for a title shot.<\/p>\n
Volkanovski suggested that December could be the window for his next fight, giving the UFC time to set up a high-profile matchup.<\/p>\n
The featherweight division remains unpredictable after former champion\u00a0Ilia Topuria vacated his belt in pursuit of the lightweight crown.<\/p>\n
Lopes and Murphy are both dangerous, meaning Volkanovski’s next fight promises to be another thrilling showdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Volkanovski is closely watching the featherweight division after Diego Lopes’ wild UFC Noche win over Jean Silva.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-142081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}