Alexander Volkanovski is happy to see the UFC 303 co-main occasion between Brian Ortega and Diego Lopes.
Ortega and Lopes agreed to fight each other on short notice within the co-main occasion in a pivotal bout at featherweight. The winner of the scrap will put themselves in a great place to combat for the title subsequent.
Coming into the bout at UFC 303, Lopes is a slight betting favourite, which doesn’t shock Volkanovski as he is aware of the Brazilian has been overvalued and is wanting spectacular. Nonetheless, Alexander Volkanovski thinks Brian Ortega will probably be too powerful and too sturdy for Diego Lopes and expects ‘T-Metropolis’ to climate the early storm to finally get the win.
“Who am I choosing? Lopes is the favourite. Lopes is sweet, man. That is going to be the primary time I may be going towards Lopes. Simply (due to) Ortega’s sturdiness,” Alexander Volkanovski stated on his YouTube channel. “It’s a three-rounder, does he do sufficient harm within the first two rounds to get a choice? 5-rounder I don’t know, five-round can be a tough one for me to get via. Three rounds, man, am I going to go together with Lopes?
“I feel on the toes he’s going to land extra as a result of he’s going to return aggressive,” Volkanovaski added. “I don’t assume he’s going to drop him or knock him out. Ortega’s chin is legit. Man, this can be a difficult one for me. I can’t pull the set off on this. This one may damage the parlays, guys. I’m going to go together with the underdog right here… I acquired a whole lot of respect for Lopes, and I do know he’s going to convey it, and I do know this can be a short-notice combat, three rounds. Stylistically on this state of affairs may favor him a bit bit extra, however I’m going to go Ortega. I feel he could have extra well timed putting, a bit extra calculated.”
Alexander Volkanovski believes Brian Ortega will probably be too onerous to complete and he expects ‘T-Metropolis’ to make use of his veteran savyness to edge out the win.
If Ortega does defeat Lopes, it’s unsure what will probably be subsequent for him as he has hinted at moving up to lightweight after this. However, Volkanovski does assume Ortega will lengthen his win streak to 2 on Saturday evening at UFC 303.
