Diego Lopes

Diego Lopes holds a 27-8-0 professional record and competes as an Orthodox featherweight standing 5'11" with a 72-inch reach. His fighting style reflects a balanced but defensively-minded approach: he lands 3.83 strikes per minute with 47% accuracy while absorbing 4.56 strikes per minute and defending 45% of incoming strikes, indicating he operates in competitive exchanges without overwhelming volume.

Lopes attempts 0.88 takedowns per 15 minutes at 50% accuracy while defending 68% of takedown attempts, and he averages 1.4 submission attempts per 15 minutes, establishing him as a submission threat with solid grappling fundamentals. Recent performances show mixed results: he earned a unanimous decision victory over Brian Ortega in September 2024, followed by a second-round TKO finish of Jean Silva in September 2025, but suffered a unanimous decision loss to Alexander Volkanovski in January 2026.

Earlier, he recorded a dominant first-round submission of Gavin Tucker in August 2023 and a first-round KO of Pat Sabatini in November 2023. His 5-3 record across eight recent fights demonstrates streaky consistency, with his submission and finishing capabilities offsetting occasional decision losses to elite competition like Volkanovski and Movsar Evloev.