Alexander Volkanovski has already won a victory before his UFC 314 title fight against Diego Lopes even started.
This Saturday at UFC 314 in Miami, Alexander Volkanovski will take on Diego Lopes for the empty UFC -Fedweight title after Ilia Topuria left it earlier this year.
Also on the map is a huge Co-Main event fight between Paddy Pimblett and Michael Chandler, while Pimblett wants to continue his impressive series in the UFC by entering the top eight of the ranking.
The commitment to the Co-Main event by five round has increased after Conor McGregor had declared his interest to combat the winner.
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Alexander Volkanovski records the highest score at the grip strength test
In addition to the Blockbuster two fights on top of the map, UFC 314 includes the expected debut of Patricio Pitbull, which takes Yair Rodriguez in a huge featherweight fight.
Prior to the Blockbuster fight, took a select number of hunters who compete on the main map participation in a grip strength match.
UFC Heavyweight Champion, Jon Jones and Alex Pereira also participated in the power test, with Jones' score that the fans shocked.
Volkanovski started the procedure by registering a solid score of 131.2 pounds, which was only 1.6 pounds less than what Jones scored.
The other half of the main event, Lopes, then scored an impressive 121.8 pound, not far from 'the great' Volkanovski.
The next was 'Iron' Michael Chandler, who is generally considered the strongest wrestler on the main map. The former title Challenger registered a score of only 127.6 pounds.
High -flying fighting nerd, Jean Silva, then stepped up and registered one of the lowest scores of the party with only 103 pounds.
Newcomer Pitbull only somewhat one-uped silva by scoring 104LBS prior to his debut in the promotion. Surprisingly, with the lowest score of only 101.4LBS was 'The Baddy' Pimblett.
Veteran record holder Jim Miller stepped up and registered a score of 119 pounds and shows why he has 13 entry victories in the promotion.
Drake curses possible Volkanovski with UFC 314 bet
Only a few hours before the UFC 314 Main Event, Volkanovski may be cursed by notorious Canadian rapper Drake.
In the UFC world it is general jokes that on whom Drake bets on 'cursed', because many stars have fallen after the rapper bets have used them to win.
Drake made his first UFC bet of the year and has placed a deployment of $ 545,000 on Volkanovski to recover his featherweight title.
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