Diego Lopes is pondering changing divisions after failing to capture the UFC featherweight title.

Lopes (27-8 MMA, 6-3 UFC) lost to featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski (28-4 MMA, 15-3 UFC) for a second time at UFC 325 in February, with the rematch being a more decisive win for the champion.

Two title losses has Lopes wondering if a move up to lightweight will help him seek new life in the UFC title picture.

"It's something I've actually been thinking about for a while now," Lopes said of lightweight in a translated interview with Laerte Viana (h/t Championship Rounds). "I've already been talking with the people closest to me, and yes, it's definitely a possibility, but we also have to see what the UFC's plans are, right? So first, I want to sit down, talk to the UFC, see what they have in mind for me, see what they'll tell me, then we'll also give them our opinion from there. But yes, moving up a division is definitely a possibility."

In between his title losses to Volkanovski, Lopes knocked out top contender Jean Silva with a spinning back elbow.

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