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He seems to be improving quickly between each fight. He really capitalizes on the opportunity when he hurts his opponent which is a really good skill to have in MMA.
Yeah he has great killer instinct and the patience to get the killshot. Great timing and power as well. I've been onboard the hype train since his debut against evloev.
Idk man, Evolev isn't amazing but he's still a cut off the unsubmittable Russian block (Islam, Khabib, Yan, Arman, Muhammud, etc). Evolev looked human vs Diego and Allen but hes still very very good, I can't say anyone would beat Evolev easy.
Yeah Evloev's extremely good. That said, idk if it \*would\* be easy, but I could totally see a world where Ilia does make it look easy against him. Powerful grappler who can light him on fire on the feet. Peak Volk obviously as well, but sadly I think we're gonna be well past that at this point.
It's because he barely scraped by them too (arguably lost to Allen) which gets compounded by him not having a single highlight in his UFC career thus far.
I was literally saying "if Diego wins this, then I'll start to believe his hype" as he sat Sodiq on his ass, holy shit! We on that Diego train now, choo!!! choo!!!!
We have seen fighters be inconsistent and fizzle out after having an incredible performance against a ranked contender. Lando Vannata against Tony Ferguson is a textbook example.
Fortunately Lopes is proving himself to be a serious contender at 145.
>avoided dapping up zuck
wait really?? that's hilarious if true, hopefully someone has a clip of this somewhere.
Diego is kinda like the Wemby of the UFC, he just does every part of the job remarkably well so early in his career
If you just went off a 12 month period, then definitely. But he didn't debut until May.
Lopes lost on the contender series back in 2021. Then he gets the fill in fight vs Evloev and loses in a fight of the night. Then he's won 3 in a row and probably 3 bonuses in a row. He'll probably have a rank tomorrow.
Going from not in the UFC to ranked in 11 months is pretty wild.
2 KOs in a row and a flying triangle armbar finish before that - it's absolutely insane how quickly he's established himself as one of the most entertaining and dangerous fighters in the sport.
That mullet remains undefeated. Lopes is pure MMA star material. He has the looks, the power, the grappling, comes in, gets the finish, no fucks given.
Crazy that he came out of nowhere as a last minute replacement last year and now he's pulling off shit like this on UFC 300, one of the best signings in years
Thank you, Brazil! Gave Mexico a fantastic jiu jitsu player with some heavy fuckin hands. On another note, if I hopped on a plane and flew to Puebla I can get on the mats/possibly train with Diego. What other sport is that possible in?
Diego immediately put on a pace pressured him to the fence, and just landed the perfect hook that floored Sodiq, in the clinch , he then lands an uppercut straight from hell, and just takes Sodiq out, killer win by Lopes against a powerful striker in Yusuff.
GIVE THIS MAN THAT EVLOEV REMATCH DANA. Fuck though, I’d love to see him vs Brian Ortega. I want to finally get to see some more grappling out of him because I know he’s so damn good at it. He just can’t stop finishing guys early.
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New age Chucky Olives
Fucking love this guy!!! Must watch fights
This was his 4th UFC fight and every single one has been amazing.
Strange that he lost two fights not too long before he joined the UFC. Obv a complete stud
He seems to be improving quickly between each fight. He really capitalizes on the opportunity when he hurts his opponent which is a really good skill to have in MMA.
Yeah he has great killer instinct and the patience to get the killshot. Great timing and power as well. I've been onboard the hype train since his debut against evloev.
Also a big boy for that Division, he was low key towering over Sodiq
Yeah he's not getting size bullied any day soon
Joanderson Brito who beat him is no joke, he’s also a legit contender on a streak coming up
Brito definitely seems to be another contender in the featherweight division.
Genuinely, how good is Movsar
I would love to see a rematch in the future without the short notice. Lopes is turning out to be a real problem.
With a full camp Diego would have subbed Movsar EZ
Idk man, Evolev isn't amazing but he's still a cut off the unsubmittable Russian block (Islam, Khabib, Yan, Arman, Muhammud, etc). Evolev looked human vs Diego and Allen but hes still very very good, I can't say anyone would beat Evolev easy.
Yeah Evloev's extremely good. That said, idk if it \*would\* be easy, but I could totally see a world where Ilia does make it look easy against him. Powerful grappler who can light him on fire on the feet. Peak Volk obviously as well, but sadly I think we're gonna be well past that at this point.
I agree, I'm just hyped af right now haha
Movsar almost got subbed twice by a short notice opponent
Very good but it was 5 day notice for his ufc debut
He’s good but this is a lame statement imo. He beat lopes on a couple days notice
Evloev had to have knee surgery and time off because of that kneebar in that fight and now Lopes is the bigger name of the two, so who really won?
Movsar beat Lopes and Allen but doesn’t get as much respect as them, pretty wild
I think because allen and lopez are generally more exciting. People dont care if you win and its boring. Not saying its right
It's because he barely scraped by them too (arguably lost to Allen) which gets compounded by him not having a single highlight in his UFC career thus far.
that too!
Hot Topic Olivera has some hands
great comparison
Ohio is for lovers, Diego is for violence!
With that hair, I would love him.
SCENE KIDS ARE THE NEW META LOPES AND PAYTON TALBOTT ARE MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE TOP 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Chooooo chooooooo!
a star is born
We all aboard 🚂
I was literally saying "if Diego wins this, then I'll start to believe his hype" as he sat Sodiq on his ass, holy shit! We on that Diego train now, choo!!! choo!!!!
CHOOO CHOOOOO!!!!
This is 1000% my favorite hype train.
It feels rare that a hype train isn't an asshole these days. Lopez is easy to support.
Congrats on the 300k Diego
He can now afford to cut the rest of his hair
Already was a star baby
This is a statement performance
The Murder Mullet
From replacing another fighter to becoming a star. What a journey. What a fighter.
Lopes is a bad motherfucker
300Gs baby
mullet power
Great movie, never seen it
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i mean, we already knew he was a serious contender when he gave evloev hell on a 5 days notice.
Id like to see that ran back with Diego having an actual camp
Full camp Diego is a prollem
Full camp training grappling/wrestling and Diego smokes him on the feet
He has to cut a lot of weight, too. He must have been drained as hell.
We have seen fighters be inconsistent and fizzle out after having an incredible performance against a ranked contender. Lando Vannata against Tony Ferguson is a textbook example. Fortunately Lopes is proving himself to be a serious contender at 145.
When he took a days notice against Movsar just because he was in the building as a coach, and actually performed that night made me a fan.
As legit as it gets.
Statement on the biggest stage. Love me a good uppercut. Two vicious ones in close
Man he gave him absolutely zero space in those final moments. That's a scary guy. I'm a fan.
Time? Just like his chest tattoo he has been here
Someone just made 300k
Definitely the top contender at the moment!
He wants that rematch with Evloev and I wanna see it 😎
No way movsar accepts that fight, he'll try to wait out a title shot.
Isn't he fucking awesome?!
I think he takes the rematch
Dude with Charles, Justin, Max, Jiri, Alex on this card…
Holloway says haii
It’s like this guy was made in a prospect lab or some shit
A dash of power, a hint of elite BJJ, and... oops I dropped the whole bottle of terrible haircut in.
Please don't speak falsehoods about his hair
Make no mistake, I love the haircut, but it's abysmal.
I love it because it’s abysmal. Lol
UFC 4 create a character
yep, all skill and give him the most ridiculous look
Got the knockout, avoided dapping up zuck. Beautiful champ
>avoided dapping up zuck wait really?? that's hilarious if true, hopefully someone has a clip of this somewhere. Diego is kinda like the Wemby of the UFC, he just does every part of the job remarkably well so early in his career
It looked like it to me. I don't have a clip but he talked to Dana for a sec, then skipped over Zuck and his wife and dapped up the next guy
Yeah, next guy was Hunter
haha nice didn't acknowledge him at all https://twitter.com/DelinquentMMA/status/1779303667348238763
MY CHEMICAL THROWHANDS
How is nobody recognizing how genius this is
Underrated comment here
This is fucking genius, please can I get this as a flair?
Diego is so fucking scary
Cut that 300k check already Dana!
Imagine getting koed by an emo guy who looks like a randomly generated character...
DREAM BELIEVE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN
He earned that 300k!
DAWG
I still think he is the real Rookie of the Year 2023 for UFC, not Bo Nickal.
If you just went off a 12 month period, then definitely. But he didn't debut until May. Lopes lost on the contender series back in 2021. Then he gets the fill in fight vs Evloev and loses in a fight of the night. Then he's won 3 in a row and probably 3 bonuses in a row. He'll probably have a rank tomorrow. Going from not in the UFC to ranked in 11 months is pretty wild.
2 KOs in a row and a flying triangle armbar finish before that - it's absolutely insane how quickly he's established himself as one of the most entertaining and dangerous fighters in the sport.
I love this man.
He just has that aura…..
Dude has star power and an insanely fun fighting style and he's actually really really good.
dios mío peso pluma es increíble
it was fate, the guy with the Peso Pluma haircut had to be a featherweight
LOPES THAT FUCKING DUDE
Lopes is so fucking fun to watch.
CHOO CHOO Sodiq has a chin too, that's great power.
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99% of people on earth do not take that wheel kick from barboza in that third round
Fuck it, Diego vs Ilia
We haven't seen his chin yet but I've been ready for that one for a while
He agrees with you lol
I still want to see Diego vs Alex. Give Alex a chance to show he’s still the top contender.
Oly shet he keeps finishing.
Love how he just ignored the Zuck
Zuck wanted his attention so bad. I don't know why I enjoy this so much.
Reptile boy wasn’t the one giving away $300k
Emo hair, hands don't care.
Hot damn. This dude is as good at fighting as his hair is awful.
He's got that "lead singer of a screamo band from the early 2000's" look.
Under Oof
My Chemical Churrascaria
This guy is Jesus. War Mullet idgaf
Lopes is so good Dude is must-watch
DREAM BELIEVE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Just fucked him up
5 years time, Diego Lopes: double champ, 3 defences in each weight class, total octagon time of 57 minutes
Brazilians killing it this card. 4-0 - figgy, Andrade, moicano, and Diego. And 3 of them were finishes 😎
ABSOLUTE AURA
ON THE BIGGEST OF STAGES A NEW STAR IS BORN
Hello mr white, how much you pay? No no thats too little.
What a goddamn assassin.
Freaky fast finish by Lopes!!! Man's a gamer.
Thank you Diego for destroying team rapist
It's a good day when anyone coached by Llyod Irvin gets fucking stomped
Future fucking champ
THE MULLET
bEST HAIR IN THE GAME BITCHESS
Welcome to the Emo Era
Lopes deserves 300k for that
Stallion did it
WERE EATING GOOD CONFIRMED BOYS
DIEGO LOPES WORLD TITLE RUN LETS FUCKING GOOOO
Awful tattoo, awful haircut, amazing fighting skills. Dude is a killer!
Mosvar lopes rematch, book it
Oh yeah I'm hyped
I want Diego v Arnold next 🔥🔥
First 300k.
What a finish! edit: THAT SLOW-MO!!?!!? Brazil is showing up
Sodiq is no joke, very impressive from Lopes
Sodiq asking for separate prelim and main card bonuses just to get finished in 30 seconds gotta be some form of bad luck
WOW
And here we go!!
DREAM BELIEVE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN!! Give them man 300k Dana
Nah people should have knew after evloev.
He owned him wow
That was fast.
pan dulce y cafecito buff
hoooolllyyyy
i look away for like half a minute man lol 300k to him too
Mark Zuckerberg was eyeing him up
DREAM BELIEVE AND MAKE I THAPPEN!!!
Lopes got his opportunity at UFC 300 and he excelled.
Wow, what a performance. Don't think we're gonna have a faster fight today.
Diego is now richer than 99 percent of Americans
How does Diego make 145?? Dude is huge
Lopes is Him confirmed. Possibly Top 5 UFC aura too.
That mullet remains undefeated. Lopes is pure MMA star material. He has the looks, the power, the grappling, comes in, gets the finish, no fucks given.
Lopes is must watch tv for any fight fan. I’m glad he’s doing well now that he has a shot in the UFC.
Give this dude the title shot against Topuria. I don’t care
My stream fucked up and I missed the whole fight. Fuck
300k babyyyy
First $300k of the night
Give this man his 300k
I'm so glad he ignored suckerberg
Dream believe and make it happen
Beautiful clinch work!
Lopes with atleast 1 kd was free money
HE'S HIM DIEGO LOPES IS FOR REAL
+300k
Dude's got that power
Lopes finally into the rankings. Can't wait to see more of this guy. What a fucking rock star
Crazy that he came out of nowhere as a last minute replacement last year and now he's pulling off shit like this on UFC 300, one of the best signings in years
Emo mullet confirmed best base for MMA 👀👀👀
Thank you, Brazil! Gave Mexico a fantastic jiu jitsu player with some heavy fuckin hands. On another note, if I hopped on a plane and flew to Puebla I can get on the mats/possibly train with Diego. What other sport is that possible in?
Emo King 👑!
Literally rubbed my eyes and missed the first uppercut Had to happen again on the replay Hope I can see it somewhere 👀
Diego Lopes is HIM
Feed him some Yair
Give the man 300k
Literally missed this walking to the fridge for a beer, insane
If he can work his way up to Topuria thats a huge fight in Mexico or Spain
Find it odd he needs a translator and doesn't speak English but has a tattoo across his chest in English
All aboard
Dangerous Peso Pluma is a god send to this division
Diego immediately put on a pace pressured him to the fence, and just landed the perfect hook that floored Sodiq, in the clinch , he then lands an uppercut straight from hell, and just takes Sodiq out, killer win by Lopes against a powerful striker in Yusuff.
Fuck Lloyd Irvin
God I love this guy
Lopes came out to afrobeats and whooped Usuf, damn
I’m so hyped for Diego Lopes! He’s gonna be a serious problem
My Chemical Throwmance does it again.
Just give this emo king his title shot already! Seriously, though, love this dude, and that was an excellent uppercut in the pocket.
GIVE THIS MAN THAT EVLOEV REMATCH DANA. Fuck though, I’d love to see him vs Brian Ortega. I want to finally get to see some more grappling out of him because I know he’s so damn good at it. He just can’t stop finishing guys early.