Diego Lopes has no regrets over his UFC 325 loss to Alexander Volkanovski.
Lopes was rematching for Volkanovski at the top of January for a rematch for the featherweight belt. In the rematch, Lopes was outclassed once more, as Volkanovski cruised to a lopsided win.
Over a month for the reason that loss, Lopes opened up on the defeat and admitted he’s at peace with it.
“I’m good. I’m at peace with myself,” Lopes informed Hablemos MMA in Spanish. “We had to lose one more time in another title, but what can you do? You have to continue with life. It’s not the end of the world.”
Although Lopes misplaced once more, he felt like he gave his greatest and had the most effective recreation plan he may, which is why he’s not dropping sleep over the loss, as he doesn’t assume there’s anything he may have achieved.
“I did a bit of everything,” Lopes mentioned. “People talked after the last fight, saying I didn’t go for takedowns. I did take him down this time, but I didn’t do anything big with it. His defense was really good. He stood up quickly and defended well the back, and the submission. ‘Oh, you didn’t kick.’ I kicked a ton – so much I destroyed my feet kicking. Unfortunately, there’s not much to say. I did more than the first fight. He was just simply better than me that night.”
Diego Lopes doesn’t perceive UFC 325 criticism
Even although Diego Lopes is at peace with the loss, he mentioned he’s gotten loads of feedback questioning why he misplaced.
Lopes doesn’t perceive that crtisicm as he is aware of how elite Volkanovski is at preventing
“We truly made the adjustments we needed to make,” Lopes mentioned. “We did a very good job. If you actually focus in on the struggle, and look at the stats, when it comes to strikes landed, we landed the identical ammount. I feel I even threw two greater than him. It was 169 to 168. Round after spherical, the distinction between us was a strike or two, max 5 strikes. In Round 5, we did probably the most scrambles and he took a bonus there. But the fact is that we did all the things that was in attain. Simply that we simply want to settle for and admit that Volkanovski is an clever motherf*cker when it comes to preventing.
“What am I going to do or what do I have to complain? He beat me twice. There’s not much to say. I just have to give him the credit. I felt we did give a more competitive fight than the first, even though some people don’t see it that way. I felt it was more competitive. I was able to take him down. I locked in a submission. I defended takedowns, submissions. I cut the angle when he was moving left. I kicked him. I did everything and it wasn’t enough. I just have to give him credit.”
With the loss to Volkanovski, Lopes fell to 27-8 as a professional. He has now hinted at probably transferring up to light-weight.
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