
Diego Lopes’ UFC debut in May didn’t come under the best circumstances. That bad taste likely is gone after Saturday.
Lopes (22-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC) looked virtually perfect with a first-round triangle-armbar submission of Gavin Tucker (13-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) that came just 98 seconds into the first round at UFC on ESPN 50 in Nashville, Tenn. It was just the 11th finish of its kind in UFC history.