Alexander Volkanovski came away impressed with Diego Lopes following his former opponent’s performance at Noche UFC.
Lopes dispatched Jean Silva with a spinning back elbow and follow-up punches 4:48 into the second round of the UFC Fight Night 259 headliner at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday night. Though Lopes is just one bout removed from a unanimous decision loss to Volkanovski at UFC 314 this past April, it was the type of showing that could vault the Brazilian right back into title contention.
Volkanovski acknowledged as much on his YouTube channel following the event on Saturday evening.