UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva

UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateSeptember 13, 2025 (2025-09-13)
VenueFrost Bank Center
CitySan Antonio, Texas, United States
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]

Édgar Cháirez was expected to face Alessandro Costa in a flyweight bout at the event.[9] However, Cháirez pulled out in late July due to a broken leg and was replaced by Alden Coria.[10][11]

A women's bantamweight bout between former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Raquel Pennington and Norma Dumont was scheduled for this event.[12] However, Pennington had to withdraw due to an undisclosed injury, so the bout was removed from the card.[13][14]

The welterweight final of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Cormier vs. Team Sonnen between Rodrigo Sezinando and Daniil Donchenko is scheduled to take place at the event.[15] They were initially scheduled to compete at UFC 319 one month before, but the bout was shifted to this card due to an injury suffered from Sezinando's side.[16]

A bantamweight bout between Carlos Vera and David Martinez was scheduled for this event.[17] However, Vera pulled out and was replaced by Quang Le.[18]

Fight card

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Diego Lopes vs. Jean Silva
Bantamweight Rob Font vs. Raul Rosas Jr.
Lightweight Rafa García vs. Jared Gordon
Middleweight José Daniel Medina vs. Duško Todorović
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Lightweight Claudio Puelles vs. Joaquim Silva
Women's Strawweight Tatiana Suarez vs. Amanda Lemos
Middleweight Zachary Reese vs. Sedriques Dumas
Flyweight Jesús Santos Aguilar vs. Luis Gurule
Women's Bantamweight Montserrat Rendon vs. Alice Pereira

[19]

Announced bouts

See also

References

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Damon Martin (2025-05-31). "Noche UFC 3 moves from Guadalajara, Mexico to San Antonio". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
  4. ^ Damon Martin (2025-06-24). "Diego Lopes vs. Jean Silva booked as main event for latest Noche UFC". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  5. ^ Drew Beaupre (2025-07-23). "Former title challengers booked for pivotal Noche UFC fight". si.com. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  6. ^ Newswire (2024-01-16). "Tatiana Suarez out of UFC 298, Mackenzie Dern now faces Amanda Lemos". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  7. ^ Alexander Behunin (2025-07-23). "Recently jailed UFC fighter booked for another fight at Noche UFC 3". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  8. ^ Nolan King (2025-01-13). "LFA champion gets late UFC 311 opportunity as replacement fighter". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  9. ^ Oscar Arrieta (2025-07-23). "¡De regreso! Édgar Cháirez enfrentará a Alessandro Costa en Noche UFC". lineadirectaportal.com. Retrieved 2025-07-30. (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Mario Ángel Guzmán Domínguez (2025-07-29). "Edgar Chairez se perderá la Noche de UFC por lesión en el pie". record.com.mx. Retrieved 2025-07-30. (in Spanish)
  11. ^ a b Christopher De Santiago (2025-08-04). "'Unreal' … UFC's newest fighter Alden Coria reacts to short notice Noche UFC debut in home state". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
  12. ^ Tristen Critchfield (2025-07-08). "Ex-Champ, 19-Year-Old 'Golden Girl' Among Those Expected for Noche UFC". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  13. ^ Damon Martin (2025-08-07). "Raquel Pennington reveals she's out of fight against Norma Dumont at Noche UFC 3". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  14. ^ Guilherme Cruz (2025-08-13). "Norma Dumont gets new UFC fight booked after Raquel Pennington cancellation". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  15. ^ Thomas Albano (2025-08-14). "Rodrigo Sezinando Injured, TUF Welterweight Finale Moved From UFC 319 To Noche UFC 3". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
  16. ^ a b Farah Hannoun and Nolan King (2025-08-14). "Injury scraps Daniil Donchenko vs. Rodrigo Sezinando 'TUF 33' final at UFC 319". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  17. ^ Julio Moreira (2025-07-25). "Carlos Vera volverá al octágono en septiembre y se enfrentará a David Martínez". eldiario.ec. Retrieved 2025-07-31. (in Spanish)
  18. ^ a b Alexander Behunin (2025-08-21). "Chiwiwis! Raul Rosas Jr. next fight booked, battles veteran Rob Font to help bolster rudderless Noche UFC 3 card". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  19. ^ "UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  20. ^ Marina Magomedova (2025-08-10). "Source: Gastelum to Fight Stoltzfus at UFC Fight Night 259 on September 14". telecomasia.net. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
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