UFC OKC’s Austin Bashi on Diego Lopes’ Influence on Career

Austin Bashi isn’t the type that sits still for long. Starting with his first amateur fight in early 2020, the 24-year old has rarely gone a full year without four or five fights. Even in the years that he came up short of those numbers, it was due to the fact that opponents pulled out of fights. However, this last year has been different. Following his first win in the octagon, Bashi has been sidelined for 13 months. Some of that was recovering from a minor injury in the fall that pulled him from a bout with Jamall Emmers. However,…