{"id":451287,"date":"2026-02-03T14:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/451287\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:04:07","slug":"volkanovski-apologizes-to-lopes-i-didnt-know-i-was-sitting-on-your-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/451287\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkanovski apologizes to Lopes: \u2018I didn\u2019t know I was sitting on your face\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">UFC 325\u2019s main event between Alexander Volkanovksi and Diego Lopes was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-325-results-volkanovski-lopes-2\/419450\/ufc-325-the-morning-after-alexander-volkanovskis-limited-time-wasted-by-bad-matchmaking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nearly a carbon copy<\/a> of their first fight at UFC 314, which is what everyone expected considering less than a year had passed between Lopes\u2019 first and second attempt to solve the Volk puzzle. What we didn\u2019t expect was the ending of the fight, which saw Volkanovski sit on Lopes\u2019 face while amping the crowd up with a raised fist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It was a funny moment, and definitely one of those odd positions that make non-MMA fans give us UFC enjoyers some serious side-eye. A little disrespectful on Volkanovski\u2019s part? Maybe a little, but according to the Australian champ, he didn\u2019t realize his butt was actually on Lopes\u2019 head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In a new video on his YouTube channel, Volkanovski explained how an escape from a leg lock attempt led to the awkward position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI wasn\u2019t too worried, I just knew that I would end up on top and that\u2019s exactly what happened,\u201d he explained. \u201cThat\u2019s when we end up in that position when I was sort of sitting on his face, which was pretty funny. And again, I was there. I was like, \u2018I\u2019m going to end up on top here. I\u2019m winning.\u2019 He\u2019s holding on to me here. There\u2019s not much he can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI didn\u2019t realize my my ass was actually on his face,\u201d he added. \u201cI thought that I was sitting on his chest. That\u2019s why I\u2019m trying to swing back these punches thinking his head\u2019s there and I\u2019m like, \u2018Why aren\u2019t I hitting his head?\u2019 Because I was literally sitting on his face. So I thought his head was maybe a little bit further out. So I apologize for that. Lopes, I didn\u2019t know I was sitting on your face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cBut yeah, he went for the leg and then I knew I\u2019d get out of that and I knew there wasn\u2019t long left and I thought I\u2019d throw a couple of bombs and finish on top and and there it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Add that to the \u2018These things happen in MMA\u2019 pile, folks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC 325\u2019s main event between Alexander Volkanovksi and Diego Lopes was nearly a carbon copy of their first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82,182216,702],"class_list":["post-451287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-325","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}