With the primary UFC event of 2026 within the books, one other major card is already quickly approaching.
The promotion’s decisions regarding matchmaking for UFC 324 weren’t without criticism and this weekend’s return to Sydney has been no different.
Dana White told fans to easily not watch UFC 325 in the event that they’re not completely satisfied with the featherweight title fight that may close the show.
Diego Lopes has made adjustments for his rematch with Alexander Volkanovski after coming up short of their first encounter last yr.
The title challenger could also be getting a chance that he was never going to show down but that doesn’t mean that this decision comes without risk.
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Dana White’s easy message for the UFC 325 haters.
Should the UFC boss be more receptive to matchmaking complaints from the fans?
Dan Hardy believes a future Diego Lopes title reign might be ‘devalued’ if he loses to Alexander Volkanovski again
Numerous fans questioned why Diego Lopes was getting one other shot on the featherweight title after bouncing back from his loss to Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 314.
While there are other contenders within the division which may be more deserving, the challenger won’t care about that ahead of his opportunity at redemption.
Lopes has even said that he’d face Volkanovski in a trilogy if he’s in a position to avenge his loss to the present champion and the UFC wants them to settle the rating.
In a recent interview with Submission Radio, Dan Hardy spoke concerning the risks that the Brazilian faces if he suffers a second loss to the identical opponent this Saturday.
‘The Outlaw’ explained why the choice to make this rematch so soon after their first encounter could find yourself impacting Lopes going forward even when he’s in a position to change into a champion.
“The issue is that if in some unspecified time in the future he does come up with the belt, especially if it’s within the near future it type of devalues his title reign,” Hardy said. “Persons are like, ‘Ah, yeah, but that guy that retired was still higher than you.’”
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Dan Hardy backs Alexander Volkanovski to beat an improved Diego Lopes at UFC 325
Other contenders not getting the subsequent featherweight title shot isn’t the one reason why the principal event of UFC 325 received criticism.
It was only last April after we saw Alexander Volkanovski beat Diego Lopes in convincing fashion over five rounds after weathering some tough moments.
Dan Hardy believes that while we are going to see a greater version of Lopes on January 31, not enough time has passed for that to be enough to avenge his loss to the present champion.
“I feel Volk’s probably going to do it,” he told Submission Radio. “I feel he could probably lose a round. I feel Lopes goes to indicate some improvements but I don’t know whether he’s going to make enough technical improvements to give you the option to make any major difference, especially if we get a rather different version of Volk.”
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