UFC veteran Gustavo Lopez plans to “break” Jonas Magard at Oktagon 41

Interview with Gustavo Lopez above

Gustavo Lopez (13-6-1) discusses his bantamweight title fight against Jonas Magard (14-5) at Oktagon 41 on Apr. 15. Gustavo also spoke about the trash talk leading into the fight, how Oktagon as a promotion compares to the UFC and how he plans to break his opponent next Saturday at Home Credit Arena in Liberec, Czech Republic.

Fans who have been waiting for this tournament for years will witness the battle of bantamweight champion Danish “Shark” and trashtalk champion Magard against interim champion Lopez.

“I see me finishing him. I’m going to go out there, I’m going to f—- put that pressure on him and break him. I’m going to drown him.”

Oktagon 41 fight card:

Jonas Mågård vs. Gustavo Lopez – 135 lbs
Karlos Vémola vs. Al Matavao – 196 lbs
Jorick Montagnac vs. Jan Gottvald – 205 lbs
Adam Pałasz vs. Lazar Todev – 265 lbs
Jan Malach vs. E. Hosseinpour – 161 lbs
Daniel Škvor vs. Dan Vinni – 205 lbs
Václav Mikulášek vs. Matyas Viszlay – 192 lbs
Peter Gabal vs. Hafeni Nafuka – 155 lbs
Robin Fošum vs. N. Hajdarpašić – 214 lbs
Ondřej Raška vs. Jamie Cordero – 185 lbs

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