Diego lopes e Yair Rodriguez they got into trouble at the press conference UFC 314. Photo: UFC Reproduction
It seems that the differences between Yair Rodriguez e Diego lopes will only be resolved inside the cage. The representatives of Mexico, who starred in a great disagreement during the press conference of UFC 314, have a previously unknown rivalry. However, everything came to light after a statement by Lopes.
In an interview with Ariel Helwani, Yair Rodriguez explained that the tension began when the Brazilian provoked him during the press conference. Feeling disrespected, the Mexican assured that he would resolve everything inside the octagon.
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“It all started because Lopes wanted to point out that I was coming off a loss. I’ve always respected him. Even in the past we took a picture together…. I’m not going to tolerate disrespect like that. I was thinking that when the time comes to fight Diego, I’m going to take care of it inside the Octagon, like I have to do for my friend Marco Beltrán. I told Marco, ‘Don’t worry about it. I’m going to take care of it, damn it. I promise, I’m going to beat him for you, man. I promise.’” Rodriguez said.
The discussion between Diego lopes e Yair Rodriguez The fight began suddenly. The title challenger responded to Yair's comments, who confronted him by calling him a “culón” (coward, in Spanish), claiming that about 10 people from Diego's team cornered one of his teammates. Lopes, in turn, became angry and retorted, saying that Rodriguez should not speak ill of his team.
Lopes and Rodriguez were in action in the UFC 314, where “El Pantera” surpassed Patricio pitbull by unanimous decision, while Diego lost to Alexander Volkanovsky, also by decision.
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