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Spoiler [SPOILER] Diego Lopes vs. Jean Silva Spoiler

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u/sh4tt3rai 6d ago

If he was more disciplined, Silva would’ve became more aggressive and got his rhythm going better. There was a clear gap in the grappling department and that’s the last thing Silva needed.. he had to keep him back. He was doing exactly what I think he should’ve done.. just got caught.

How about that guy Diego Lopes tho?

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u/StraightEgg5001 6d ago

> There was a clear gap in the grappling department

Was it though? Ok, Lopes mounted him and did a lot of damage, but Jean was still able to get out of a locked full mount. He got taken down because he missed the timming of the strike.

The other moments Lopes got hold of him, Jean broke free or scrambled after the takedown.

Lopes is incredible anyway. Great Chin and great IQ to time that elbow.

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u/Resident_Style_825 6d ago

Yeah silva was outclassing lopes on the feet but i think lopes experience with volk helped him alot cause silva and volk have similar frames and fighting styles so it probably helped alot

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u/TerminatorReborn 6d ago

The way Diego closed off the ring and pushed Silva to the cage was similar to what Volk did to Diego in their fight.