UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva
| UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 13, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Frost Bank Center | |||
| City | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva (also known as UFC Fight Night 259 and Noche UFC 3) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on September 13, 2025, at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, United States.[1]
Background
The event will mark the promotion's fourth visit to San Antonio and first since UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen in March 2023.[1]
It will also be the third annual "Noche UFC" event commemorating Mexico's independence day, following September 2023's UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 and September 2024's UFC 306. The card was originally expected to take place in Guadalajara, Mexico and serve as UFC 320, but it was moved to San Antonio (and shifted to a Fight Night event) due to the construction of Arena Guadalajara being stalled.[2][3]
A featherweight bout between former UFC Featherweight Championship challenger Diego Lopes and Jean Silva is scheduled to headline this event.[4]
A women's strawweight bout between former UFC Women's Strawweight Championship challengers Amanda Lemos and Tatiana Suarez (also The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia strawweight winner) is scheduled for this event.[5] They were originally scheduled to meet at UFC 298 in February 2024, but Suarez withdrew from the event due to an injury.[6]
Sedriques Dumas and Zachary Reese are scheduled meet in a middleweight bout at the event.[7] They were originally scheduled to meet at UFC 311 in January, but Dumas withdrew from the event for unknown reasons.[8]
Fight card
| Fight card (ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Diego Lopes | vs. | Jean Silva | ||||
| Middleweight | José Daniel Medina | vs. | Duško Todorović | ||||
| Flyweight | Jesús Santos Aguilar | vs. | Luis Gurule | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Raquel Pennington | vs. | Norma Dumont | ||||
| Lightweight | Rafa García | vs. | Jared Gordon | ||||
Announced bouts
- Bantamweight bout: Rob Font vs. Raul Rosas Jr.[10]
- Flyweight bout: Édgar Cháirez vs. Alessandro Costa[11]
- Women's Bantamweight bout: Alice Pereira vs. Montserrat Rendon[12]
- Lightweight bout: Joaquim Silva vs Claudio Puelles[13]
- Women's Strawweight bout: Tatiana Suarez vs. Amanda Lemos[5]
- Middleweight bout: Sedriques Dumas vs. Zachary Reese[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b Eddie Law (2025-05-31). "Noche UFC moved from Guadalajara to San Antonio, Texas". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
- ^ Nolan King (2025-03-29). "Noche UFC heads to Mexico for first time as UFC 320 set for Guadalajara". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
- ^ Damon Martin (2025-05-31). "Noche UFC 3 moves from Guadalajara, Mexico to San Antonio". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
- ^ Damon Martin (2025-06-24). "Diego Lopes vs. Jean Silva booked as main event for latest Noche UFC". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
- ^ a b Drew Beaupre (2025-07-23). "Former title challengers booked for pivotal Noche UFC fight". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
- ^ Newswire (2024-01-16). "Tatiana Suarez out of UFC 298, Mackenzie Dern now faces Amanda Lemos". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ a b Alexander Behunin (2025-07-23). "Recently jailed UFC fighter booked for another fight at Noche UFC 3". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
- ^ Nolan King (2025-01-13). "LFA champion gets late UFC 311 opportunity as replacement fighter". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
- ^ Bartłomiej Zubkiewicz. "Rob Font kontra Raul Rosas Jr. na wrześniowej gali Noche UFC". mmarocks.pl. Retrieved 2025-07-03. (in Polish)
- ^ Segura, Danny. "Edgar Chairez vs. Alessandro Costa added to Noche UFC". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ Behunin, Alexander. "Youngest female in UFC history will debut at Noche UFC 3 in September". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ Gaspar Bruno (2025-07-11). "Ultimate encaminha luta entre Netto BJJ e rival peruano para o Noche UFC- Ag. Fight – MMA, UFC, Boxe e Mais" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-11.
