UFC star Diego Lopes has hit out at Jean Silva forward of their Noche UFC conflict over feedback relating to his Mexican/Brazilian heritage.
Subsequent month at Noche UFC, Diego Lopes and Jean Silva will collide in a vital featherweight encounter. Each males consider they’re able to changing into world champion, and for Lopes, he must show that he’s capable of bounce again in model following his setback towards Alexander Volkanovski.
No matter who you like out of those two males, there’s no denying that Diego Lopes and Jean Silva are seemingly destined to placed on an awesome struggle. Just lately, nevertheless, Silva turned up the warmth by questioning Diego’s background, implying he doesn’t know whether or not he’s Mexican or Brazilian.
As you possibly can think about, Diego Lopes was fast to defend himself.
Diego Lopes exhibits frustration at Jean Silva
“I discover that very foolish,” Lopes instructed MMA Junkie in Spanish reacting to Silva’s feedback. “Other than all of it, we’re in a sport that’s international. If we had been within the Olympics, the place it’s a must to actually signify your nation, OK, advantageous. However that’s not the case in MMA. Imagine me: I’ve been listening to this nonsense for thus a few years from folks like, ‘Oh, he’s not Mexican. He’s not Brazilian.’
“I’ve heard it from each side, from Hispanic folks to Brazilians. It’s all good. I don’t care. I do know the individuals who assist me and which can be with me. I keep in mind the individuals who had been with me once I actually had nothing. I let folks discuss. One factor is for certain, although: The day of the struggle I’ll stroll out with the flag of Brazil and Mexico – whether or not they prefer it or not. It’s that easy.”
“I don’t prefer to be speaking on the web. I did with ‘El Pantera (Rodriguez),’ however he regarded for it, after which he didn’t wish to struggle,” Lopes mentioned. “Jean Silva is speaking unhealthy about me, and that’s advantageous.
“He’s attempting quite a lot of issues, and even saying that I disrespected him, however to at the present time, I’m nonetheless attempting to grasp once I disrespected him. I noticed an interview come out the place he was like, ‘Oh, no. I feel possibly I acquired issues confused, and that is all infantile, however I’m going to interrupt him anyway.’ that’s advantageous if he desires to promote the struggle that manner. It doesn’t have an effect on me in any manner.”
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