{"id":451933,"date":"2026-02-01T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/451933\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:36:08","slug":"diego-lopes-shows-respect-to-alexander-volkanovski-after-ufc-325","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/451933\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego Lopes shows respect to Alexander Volkanovski after UFC 325"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC featherweight Diego Lopes has sent a classy message to Alexander Volkanovski in the wake of his loss at UFC 325.<\/p>\n<p>Last night at UFC 325, Diego Lopes had his second shot at winning the UFC featherweight championship when he took on Alexander Volkanovski in the main event of the evening. Unfortunately, he once again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/alex-volkanovski\/ufc-325-results-alex-volkanovski-defeats-diego-lopes-highlights\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fell short of the mark<\/a>, leaving many to wonder what exactly is going to be next for him at 145 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/alex-volkanovski\/pros-react-after-alex-volkanovski-defeats-diego-lopes-for-a-second-time-at-ufc-325\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pros react after Alex Volkanovski defeats Diego Lopes for a second time at UFC 325<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no denying that Lopes is an incredibly talented fighter, but in equal measure, he\u2019s clearly a step or two behind someone like Volkanovski. He\u2019s young enough to go back to the drawing board and make the necessary adjustments, and if he can do that, there are lots of interesting fights on the table.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/diegolopesmma\/status\/2017895947410293166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">quick tweet<\/a> after the event, Lopes had the following to say to Volkanovski.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No excuses, you\u2019re \u201c the great \u201c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexvolkanovski?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@alexvolkanovski<\/a> for a reason, thanks for the fight \ud83e\udd1d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Diego Lopes \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd (@Diegolopesmma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diegolopesmma\/status\/2017895947410293166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lopes shows respect to Volkanovski after UFC 325<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo excuses, you\u2019re \u201c\u00a0 the great \u201c @alexvolkanovski for a reason, thanks for the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diego understands that he was going up against one of the greatest featherweights of all time, but there were definitely some things he could\u2019ve changed based on what he did in the first fight. As for \u2018The Great\u2019, he will move on to face the likes of Movsar Evloev and Lerone Murphy \u2013 depending on what the UFC wants to do.<\/p>\n<p>What do you believe Diego Lopes should do next in his mixed martial arts career? Will he ever become a world champion and if so, does he need to change divisions in order to try and make it happen? Let us know your thoughts in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC featherweight Diego Lopes has sent a classy message to Alexander Volkanovski in the wake of his loss&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-451933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}