Diego Lopes

Diego Lopes is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the UFC’s featherweight division and has twice challenged for the undisputed featherweight title. No single authoritative net worth figure exists for Lopes, but his reported UFC fight purses — detailed below — give a genuine sense of his earnings.

Early Life & Family

Diego Lopes turned professional as a mixed martial artist in 2012 and built his game around composure, technical discipline and grappling; he holds a second-degree Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, with twelve of his career wins coming by submission.

Rise to Fame

Before signing with the UFC, Lopes competed for the Mexican promotion LUX Fight League, where he was a former LUX featherweight champion. The UFC signed him in 2023, and he first caught wider attention in May of that year when he accepted a short-notice UFC debut against then-No. 6-ranked Movsar Evloev.

Career History

A run of wins and finishes earned Lopes a shot at the vacant UFC featherweight title against Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 314 in April 2025, which he lost via decision. He fought Volkanovski again at UFC 325 in Sydney on February 1, 2026, in a rematch that ended the same way: another five-round decision loss.

How They Built Their Wealth

Reported figures put Lopes’ UFC 314 title-fight earnings at roughly $500,000 in base pay plus a $50,000 performance bonus, while his UFC 325 rematch payout was reported at around $1,632,000 — a substantial increase reflecting his rising profile in the division.

Diego Lopes’ documented UFC purses put his fight-night earnings in the high six figures to low seven figures for his biggest bouts, though no comprehensive net worth figure covering his full career and assets has been independently verified.