Both UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski and his coach are on board with Movsar Evloev getting the next title shot.

There's nothing but respect between Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes after their headlining title fight at UFC 314.

Alexander Volkanovski is UFC featherweight champion once again. Volkanovski defeated Diego Lopes by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 314 to capture the vacant title. Were there concerns that Volkanovski may have been gun-shy after suffering nasty knockouts to Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria in back-to-back fights,