Diego Lopes Gets Emotional After Receiving Good Luck Video from Family

🥺 🇧🇷 Diego Lopes tears up when his family in Brazil whom he haven't seen for 11 years wished him good luck in his title fight this weekend:

"I left them 11 years ago, when I left home. I remember I was very clear with my mother and my father, and with my brothers that I will… pic.twitter.com/AgCu5HPayC

— Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) April 11, 2025

Diego Lopes was recently overwhelmed with emotions while speaking of his family.

Lopes challenges Alexander Volkanovski for the vacant featherweight title in the main event at UFC 314 on Saturday at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. The Brazilian recently received a compilation video of his family members wishing him luck going into his first UFC title fight. Lopes was clearly overwhelmed by the video and shed some tears while discussing his family. The UFC star left home more than a decade ago, promising to return only when he could afford a better life for his family. After having lived up to his promise, Lopes now wants to seal the deal by winning the title against Volkanovski on Saturday.

“It’s great to know that there are so many people who support me, especially my family,” Lopes said in an interview with the UFC. “I left them 11 years ago, when I left home. I remember I was very clear with my mother, with my father, with my brothers — that I was only going to come home one day when I could give them a better life. Each person who appeared in this video is a special person in my life. I know that every fighter has their story, every fighter has a story of sacrifices and things that have happened in their lives. But I think the way things have turned around in my life and career professionally, it’s been completely different. So I think the way to make them good is to win the title on Saturday.”

After paying his dues on the Brazilian regional circuit, Lopes was a full-time jiu-jitsu coach at the Lobo Gym MMA in Mexico. Lopes made his UFC debut in 2023 on five days’ notice against undefeated contender Movsar Evloev, where he dropped a hard-fought unanimous decision. He then soared to stardom by racking up a five-fight winning streak with three first round finishes.