{"id":313141,"date":"2025-11-28T22:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T22:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/313141\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T22:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T22:35:12","slug":"diego-lopes-has-message-for-fighters-criticizing-ufc-325-title-fight-rematch-stop-whining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/313141\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego Lopes has message for fighters criticizing UFC 325 title fight rematch: \u2018Stop whining\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Diego Lopes is all smiles no matter what anyone says about his surprising UFC title shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On Thursday, UFC CEO Dana White announced that Lopes is set to challenge featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski in the main event of UFC 325, which takes place Jan. 31 in Sydney, Australia. Lopes is coming off of a spectacular knockout of Jean Silva at Noche UFC 3, but the timing of the rematch is odd considering Volkanovski just defeated Lopes at UFC 314 this past April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Top featherweight contenders Lerone Murphy and Aljamain Sterling criticized the booking, with Murphy writing, \u201cIt\u2019s not about who\u2019s the best anymore. It\u2019s about who\u2019s most popular,\u201d Sterling issuing several tweets questioning the matchmakers\u2019 decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On Friday, Lopes issued a response on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRnK6pYkWSW\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">social media<\/a> to everyone complaining about him getting his rematch, with some harsh words aimed specifically at his fellow featherweights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cMy face when I saw everyone crying,\u201d Lopes wrote. \u201cSitting around, he won\u2019t give you a title fight. Get to work and stop whining on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Lopes\u2019 retort makes sense when it comes to the undefeated Movsar Evloev, who holds a win over Sterling but didn\u2019t log an in-cage appearance in 2025, but doesn\u2019t apply to Murphy or Sterling, who both competed in August (only one month before Lopes\u2019 most recent fight). Murphy, undefeated in 18 pro bouts including 10 UFC appearances, scored a highlight-reel knockout of former Bellator star Aaron Pico, and Sterling won a lopsided decision over two-time UFC title challenger Brian Ortega.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Evloev has already stepped forward and suggested he and Murphy fight for the next title shot, while Murphy is simply ready to move on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">See more of Sterling\u2019s critical comments below.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diego Lopes is all smiles no matter what anyone says about his surprising UFC title shot. 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