Alexander Volkanovski delivered one other dominant efficiency in opposition to Diego Lopes within the UFC 325 headliner on Saturday night time.
Whereas issues bought off to a reasonably gradual begin within the first spherical, the tempo shortly picked up within the second as Lopes appeared to place strain on the defending featherweight champion. Throughout one change, Lopes ate a nasty uppercut from Volk, however shortly countered with a left that brought about a reduce below Volk’s proper eye.
With time ticking down within the spherical, Volk appeared to cinch in a guillotine throughout a late grappling change. Lopes slipped his head out of the maintain and took Volkanovski’s again, using him like a backpack by way of the top of the stanza.
Each fighters discovered a few of their greatest moments within the third. Volkanovski bought issues began by cracking Lopes with back-to-back proper palms — the second practically taking the challenger off his ft. Nonetheless, it was Lopes who would land the extra impactful blow, touchdown a sneaky counter proper that knocked Volk down to 1 knee.
It was one other shut spherical within the fourth, main us to the fifth and closing spherical. With the battle on the road, Lopes ramped up his aggression, however in the end paid the value, ending up on the underside of a grappling change and consuming some stable floor pictures from Volk as the ultimate seconds ticked off the clock.
In the long run, it might be ‘And Nonetheless’ as Volkanovski ran away with the choice and his featherweight title.
Official Consequence: Alexander Volkanovski def. Diego Lopes by way of unanimous determination (49-46, 49-46, 50-45).
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