Alexander Volkanovski will seek to answer a few questions when he fights Diego Lopes for the vacant featherweight championship at UFC 314 next month.
The Aussie, a former longtime 145-pound champion, has found himself in the unusual position of losing three of his past four bouts after opening his career with a stellar 25-1 record and establishing himself as one of the finest featherweight champions in history. But after coming up short in two bids to claim the lightweight title from Islam Makhachev, as well as a shocking KO loss to Ilia Topuria a year ago, Volk says that the bout with Lopes will determine where he really is at this stage of his career.
“You are going to ask yourself like, ‘All right, this is unfamiliar territory, an