Diego Lopes shortly shut down Movsar Evloev’s name for a short-notice combat.
Evloev was scheduled to combat former UFC champion Aljamain Sterling at UFC 307, which takes place on Oct. 5 at Delta Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis, however was left with out an opponent Wednesday after Sterling revealed he was out of the combat resulting from damage. Hoping to remain on the cardboard, Evloev known as for Lopes to step in on brief discover.
“Hey, when you wanna defend your honor, you will have 2.5 weeks to attempt to get this loss off your document,” Evloev wrote to Lopes on X (previously Twitter).
To which Lopes shortly replied,
“You had your likelihood just a few months in the past once I known as you to combat,” Lopes wrote. “Now you sit again and watch because the bus leaves you ready.”
You had your likelihood just a few months in the past once I known as you to combat!! Now you sit again and watch because the bus leaves you ready. https://t.co/JMnQfNOUp4
— Diego Lopes 🇧🇷🇲🇽 (@Diegolopesmma) September 18, 2024
Lopes fought this previous weekend on the primary card of UFC 306 at Sphere in Las Vegas. He defeated former title challenger Brian Ortega in a dominant unanimous determination, which put him on a five-fight profitable streak.
Lopes’ final defeat got here in opposition to Evloev again in 2023, in a combat he took on brief discover the week of the occasion. The choice loss to Evloev, which received Struggle of the Night time honors, marked Lopes’ UFC debut.
Evloev is undefeated in his MMA profession. His final win got here in January when he outpointed fellow prime contender Arnold Allen.
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