Last weekend, in the main event of UFC 298 in Anaheim, USA, Volkanovski lost to Topuria by knockout in the second round and was stripped of his title.
“Alex stuck to the plan for the fight, looked for his distance and had already begun to beat Topuria. I was disappointed with the result, knowing that Alex is much more technical than his opponent. Even before the fight, we knew that Elijah would have a chance at lucky punch. And he managed to do it,” Lopez said in an interview with the Daily Mail.
Let us remember that this defeat was the second in a row for the 35-year-old Volkanovski. Last October he lost to Islam Makhachev, also by knockout.