A featherweight bout between third-ranked Brian Ortega and 14th-ranked Diego Lopes serves as Saturday’s UFC 303 co-main event. Ortega (16-3, 1 NC) will enter the fight coming off a win over Yair Rodriguez in February. Lopes (24-6) is riding a three-fight winning streak.
For Ortega, a win would keep him in contender status and within title shot reach. Lopes has the opportunity to leap several fighters in the rankings is he’s able to upset Ortega.