Diego Lopes Caps Off Noche UFC With An Amazing Spinning Elbow Finish

WOWWWW WHAT A MAIN EVENT, AND WHAT A FINISH! DIEGO LOPES IS HIM!

I couldn't believe Diego Lopes was an underdog all week. He was hovering around +200 after going five rounds with Alexander Volkanovski in April, and that just didn't make sense to me. Sure, he lost that fight, but he displayed amazing cardio and an iron chin - one that I seriously doubted Jean Silva could crack - and Lopes made pretty quick work of the "Fighting Nerd" tonight. He capitalized on the very first mistake Silva made and got an easy takedown, took his back, and then got in full mount where he almost got the finish!

Lopes was landing NASTY 12-6 elbows that were busting Silva's head up and giving him some big ol' welts, and I almost thought the fight was gonna get called - but Silva survived (because he's a savage) and actually started hitting Diego with some nasty shots of his own. In the second round, though, Silva just went full psychopath mode and got caught with a beautiful spinning elbow followed by ground-and-pound that ended things quickly. He hated the stoppage, and push/punched Diego Lopes in the back of the head after the fight (SORE LOSER, LAME!) but that didn't ruin Diego's good time!