Bantamweight Benito Lopez will look to rebound from his first professional loss Saturday in front of his hometown crowd at UFC on ESPN+ 13 in Sacramento, Calif. And while most fighters feel like a weight has been lifted off their shoulders after suffering their first loss, Lopez (9-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) feels like there’s even more pressure now. He never wanted to taste defeat and hopes that his loss to Manny Bermudez at UFC on ESPN 1 will be his last one, at least for a while. “I honestly felt like I was born to be undefeated,” Lopez told MMA Junkie in his pre-fight interview.
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No longer undefeated, Benito Lopez says he feels even more pressure – MMA Junkie