Diego Lopes not ruling out changing weight classes
Although Diego Lopes is set to fight for the vacant featherweight title, the Brazilian isn’t opposed to fighting in different weight classes in the future.
Lopes has fought at featherweight in the UFC, but has fought at bantamweight in the past. So, he says he isn’t ruling out dropping back down, or even going up to lightweight in the future.
“I’ve talked to my nutritionist and he’s said to me, ‘You can fight in any weight class you want,’” Lopes said. “[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 bit, have the body structure and height to fight at 155 as well.’ But for now my focus is this division, and then we’ll see what the future holds for us. I’m focused on the division now. Maybe in the future I can go up, no problem, and put on good fights at 155.”
Ultimately, the focus right now for Diego Lopes is beating Alexander Volkanovski and becoming the UFC’s featherweight champion.
Lopes is 26-6 as a pro and coming off a decision win over Brian Ortega. The Brazilian is 5-1 in the UFC and is riding a five-fight winning streak.
