Volkanovski Defeats Lopes, Maintains Belt and Ties Aldo’s Record

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UFC 325: Volkanovski Defeats Lopes, Retains Title

Visibly more comfortable in the cage, Volkanovski connected his best strikes while standing, dominating the rhythm of the confrontation in his striking.Without finding the ideal distance, Diego lopes was met with counterattacks whenever he tried to shorten the distance to work on his boxing. At the end of the round,the Brazilian engaged in grappling for the first time and,after defending a guillotine choke from the champion,he reached the Australian’s back and narrowly missed landing a rear-naked choke,being hindered by the sound of the bell.

The scenario did not change in the first half of the third round, with the champion dominating the striking and connecting the best attacks. In an attempt to shorten the distance, Lopes landed good blows to Volkanovski’s head, who even bent his knees, but managed to recover. Interestingly, the same thing happened in the final minute of the period, only in reverse, with the Australian suffering a flash knockdown after receiving a punch.

Experienced, Volkanovski tried to pace the fight in the fourth round, thus containing the momentum of Lopes, who finished better in the previous round. Despite the likely adverse score, Diego maintained the same strategy, without being able to show his best. A kick below the champion’s waist line stopped the dispute briefly for Lopes, who recovered quickly.

Aware of the advantage on the scoreboard, the champion came to play with the rules under his belt in the last round. Seeking to fight the fight in grappling, Volkanovski gave a chance to Lopes, who, for the first time in the dispute, put the Australian in danger, using his high-level jiu-jitsu to threaten his rival – first with a rear-naked choke from the back, then with a kimura and, with an armbar, defended in a chokehold by Alexander in the final minute of the duel.

Check out the UFC 325 results:

Alexander Volkanovski won Diego Lopes by unanimous decision of the judges;
Benoit Saint Denis beat Dan Hooker by technical knockout;
Mauricio Ruffy beat Rafael Fiziev by technical knockout;
Tallison ‘Xicão’ Teixeira beat Tai Tuivasa by unanimous decision of the judges;
Quillan Salkilld beat Jamie Mullarkey via submission;
Billy Elekana beat Junior Tafa by submission;
Cam Rowston beat Cody brundage by TKO;
Jacob Malkoun beat Torrez Finney via unanimous decision;
jonathan Micallef defeated Oban elliott by submission;
Kaan Ofli beat Yi Zha by majority decision of the judges;
Dom Mar Fan beat Sang Wook Kim via split decision;
Keiichiro Nakamura beat Sebastian Szalay by technical knockout;
Lawrence Lui beat Sulang Rangbo via split decision.