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That's the kind of fight that tells you everything about where someone's head is at. Lopes took those back to back title losses (unanimous decisions in Miami and Sydney) and immediately bounced back with a nasty second round TKO over Jean Silva in September. The Brazilian's not here to rebuild slowly.\n\nGarcia's been on an absolute tear with four straight finishes. He slept SeungWoo Choi in 96 seconds, then crushed Kyle Nelson with elbows from half guard. Most recently, he starched David Onama in the first round last November and outworked Calvin Kattar over three rounds in Nashville. The Jackson Wink product is dangerous as hell early, landing 60% of his strikes against Onama before putting him away at 3:34 of round one.\n\nThis is southpaw power against an orthodox pressure fighter who just headlined a Fight Night. Lopes showed he can hang in championship rounds against Volk, landing 74 strikes in that Sydney rematch. 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