Gustavo Lopez takes on Heili Alateng in the preliminary portion of UFC Fight Night: Smith vs Spann. The bantamweight bout goes down on September 18th and emanates from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
I spoke with Lopez ahead of this bout and he touched on multiple topics:
-Recent training efforts leading into this next Octagon foray
-The Cody Stamann training timeline
-The tons of fighters from the myriad of promotions he trains with at Xtreme Couture
-The mentorship from Miesha Tate over the years
-Generational martial arts teachings and creating a lineage of learning
-The seemingly perpetual positivity on his social media platforms
-The UFC PI for his growth
-Thoughts on Heili Alateng's big stylistic attributes heading into this one
-Meeting Shaq at the UFC PI and the backstory there
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