Jean
Silva recently took a dig a Movsar
Evloev for mocking Diego
Lopes.
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Ilia
Topuria recently vacated the featherweight title to move up to
lightweight. Lopes is now scheduled to fight Alexander
Volkanovski for the vacant title in the main event at UFC
314 on April 12 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. This
matchup didn’t go over well with Movsar
Evloev, who is expected to be the next contender at
featherweight. Evloev called Lopes his “chicken,” predicting
Volkanovski to beat the Brazilian.
“[Alexander Volkanovski] good luck for your next fight,” Evloev
wrote on X. “I know you’re gonna beat this guy. He’s my
chicken.”
@alexvolkanovski
good luck for your next fight. I know you’re gonna beat this guy.
He’s my chicken.— Movsar Evloev (@MovsarUFC)
March 1, 2025
Silva, a surging force in the division, hit back at Evloev for his
comments. “Lord” blamed Evloev’s inactivity for Lopes surpassing
him for the title shot — even though he already beat the
Brazilian.
“Brother, you talk so much, but where are your fights? While you’re
sitting around, a guy you already beat is about to fight for the
title,” Silva wrote. “Staying undefeated without action is easy.
You’re just another one who talks too much and does too
little.”
Brother @MovsarUFC
, you talk so much, but where are your fights? While you’re sitting
around, a guy you already beat is about to fight for the title.
Staying undefeated without action is easy. You’re just another one
who talks too much and does too little.— Jean de Lord Silva (@Jeansilvamma96)
March 2, 2025
Lopes dropped a hard-fought unanimous decision against Evloev in
his short-notice
UFC debut in 2023. Lopes has since racked up five consecutive
wins with three finishes, leaving behind credible names like
Dan
Ige, Sodiq
Yusuff and Brian
Ortega in his wake. Meanwhile, Evloev has since earned
unanimous decision wins over Arnold
Allen and former bantamweight champ Aljamain
Sterling.
Silva’s rise to stardom has been nothing short of spectacular
within a short period of time. Silva has racked up four consecutive
finishes since his UFC debut last year, even accepting a
lightweight matchup against Drew Dober on
two weeks’ notice. The 28-year-old most recently finished Melsik
Baghdasaryan at UFC
Seattle last month and called for a matchup against Bryce
Mitchell, which is now scheduled for UFC 314 on April 12 at the
Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.