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Hooker vs DenisMain Card · Lightweight
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Tafa vs ElekanaPreliminary Card · Light Heavyweight
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Rowston vs BrundagePreliminary Card · Middleweight
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Malkoun vs FinneyPreliminary Card · Middleweight
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Micallef vs ElliottPreliminary Card · Welterweight
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Ofli vs ZhaEarly Preliminary Card · Featherweight
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Prophecy read
Volkanovski v Lopes
Featherweight
Our fair value
$1.78
best price $1.73
PASS · MARKET AGREES
Where to back Volkanovski
best price · region · EV vs fair $1.78
US
Caesars
$1.71
-4%
Caesars
$1.71
-4%
UK
Paddy Power
$1.73
-3%
EU
BET
Betsson
$1.72
-3%
AU
SportsBet
$1.70
-4%
SportsBet
$1.70
-4%
PM
PM
Polymarket crowd exchange
$1.69
How it endsmethod calls · Volkanovski · crowd line
KO/TKO
5
$8.54
Decision
19
$2.25
Tale of the tape
the matchup, side by side
Volkanovski 27-4
VS
27-8 Lopes
5'6"
height
5'11"
145 lb
weight
146 lb
72"
reach
72"
37
age
31
Orthodox
stance
Orthodox
6.0
strikes landed / min
3.5
51%
striking accuracy
58%
3.4
strikes absorbed / min
2.2
57%
striking defence
56%
3.0
takedowns / 15 min
1.0
48%
takedown accuracy
39%
70%
takedown defence
52%
0.4
submissions / 15 min
1.2
AI analysis
Deep research · camps & rumours
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What the numbers say
Model vs market56% vs 58%
Consensus169 of 304 analysts
Sharpest angleVolkanovski by Decision — 19 of 24 method calls
Recommendation
Pass — no edge model agrees with the market
PASS
Analyst tape
every extracted call on this fight
CM
Crashout MMA picks Diego Lopes VALUE
“None”
CM
Crashout MMA picks Alexander Volkanovski VALUE
“Van let's go sh Benoît Saint Denis beats Dan Hooker”
DF
DFitMMA picks Diego Lopes
“even though I picked Diego Lopes to win.”
FI
FIGHTBLOODLINE picks Alexander Volkanovski
“I got to go with Alexander Volkanovski cuz he's a dog.”
FI
FIGHTBLOODLINE picks Diego Lopes
“He's going to go out there and knock out Alexander Volkanovski”
TH
ThaGamingDojo picks Alexander Volkanovski VALUE
“I pick Vulcganoski again.”
AM
Anchor MMA picks Diego Lopes VALUE
“I'm going with Alexander Vulcanoski to keep the flyweight strap”
KM
Knuckles MMA picks Diego Lopes VALUE
“I know Vog's going to win this fight ... I could see Vulcanoski getting caught with the same cross right down the middle that he did in the first fight”
KM
Knuckles MMA picks Alexander Volkanovski VALUE
“I have Alexander Volkanovski by uh unanimous decision”
FI
FightCircuit picks Diego Lopes
“Diego Lopes his number”
BP
Battle Cage Podcast picks Diego Lopes VALUE
“My pick was Diego Lopes”
IM
Industry Plant MMA picks Diego Lopes VALUE
“Diego Lopes is going to finish Alexander Volkanovski by submission”
Recent form
last five, most recent first
Volkanovski27-4
W
Lopes
Feb '26
W
Lopes
Apr '25
L
Topuria
Feb '24
L
Makhachev
Oct '23
W
Rodríguez
Jul '23
Lopes27-8
W
Garcia
Jun '26
L
Volkanovski
Feb '26
W
Silva
Sep '25
L
Volkanovski
Apr '25
W
Ortega
Sep '24