When Diego Lopes returns to the Octagon this Saturday night time, he’ll use what he discovered from combating reigning featherweight king Alexander Volkanovski.
Lopes steps again into the primary occasion highlight at Noche UFC for a high-stakes 145-pound conflict in opposition to surging contender Jean Silva. It is going to be Lopes’ first time competing since coming up short in opposition to Volkanovski at UFC 314.
Throughout a latest look on The Ariel Helwani Show, Lopes provided some perception into how combating ‘The Nice’ has positively impacted his MMA recreation forward of this weekend’s showdown with Silva in San Antonio.
“It’s a totally totally different Diego Lopes now,” the Brazilian star instructed Helwani. “I really feel a lot better. I discovered an excessive amount of within the combat with Alex. I’ve extra confidence in myself now… I all the time have faith in my fights, however now I show myself with the very best guys on the planet like Alex Volkanovski. After this, nothing is new for me.”
Lopes sees his loss to Alexander Volkanovski as a studying expertise
Whereas Lopes did discover some success within the combat, stifling 10 of Volkanovski’s 11 takedown makes an attempt, he was finally outstruck by a margin of 165-71, leaving no query as to who the higher fighter was that night time.
“After the combat, I instructed myself to return to the fitness center, hold working, hold coaching,” Lopes added. “I made many errors within the combat, so it was a studying expertise. My life now could be nice. I don’t have time to remain down. I simply hold transferring ahead.”
He’ll face one other robust take a look at at Noche UFC when he meets Silva, a vicious knockout artist who delighted MMA followers in April with a violent submission victory over Bryce Mitchell.
To this point, ‘Lord’ has completed all 5 of his opponents contained in the Octagon. If he can bag another highlight-reel end in The Lone Star State, Silva will seemingly be the subsequent man up for Volkanovski.
