Aaron Pico credits Diego Lopes for his toughness, but expected more out of him at UFC 314. Lopes (27-6 MMA, 6-1 UFC) lost a unanimous decision to Alexander Volkanovski (27-5 MMA, 14-4 UFC) in their vacant featherweight title fight,

Volkanovski wins by unanimous decision in his 10th straight title fight, snapping a two-bout losing streak and ending Lopes’ five-fight win run at UFC 314 in Miami.

Alexander Volkanovski is UFC featherweight champion once again. Volkanovski defeated Diego Lopes by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 314 to capture the vacant title. Were there concerns that Volkanovski may have been gun-shy after suffering nasty knockouts to Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria in back-to-back fights,