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Diyar Nurgozhay and Bruno Lopes are both sitting at 1-2 in the UFC, which means somebody's walking out with momentum and somebody's probably getting their walking papers. Both guys know what's at stake here.\n\nNurgozhay's UFC run has been a rollercoaster. He bounced back from getting submitted twice (that Ezekiel choke from Uran Satybaldiev in Shanghai was nasty, and Brendson Ribeiro caught him with a kimura) to grind out a unanimous decision over Rafael Tobias back in March. The southpaw from Kazakhstan showed he could go three hard rounds and get his hand raised when it mattered. Lopes has had an even rougher stretch lately. The Brazilian Cowboy got starched by Dustin Jacoby in under two minutes last May, then got pounded out from mount by Navajo Stirling in March. 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