Overview

• Lopes stopped Silva in the second round at the Frost Bank Center, dropping him with a spinning elbow before follow-up strikes prompted the referee's intervention.
• The result snapped Silva’s five-fight UFC winning run that began after his Contender Series graduation in September 2023.
• The victory marked Lopes’s first bout since losing a unanimous decision to Alexander Volkanovski for the vacant featherweight title at UFC 314 in April.
• Tension flared after the stoppage when Silva struck Lopes from behind, drawing boos, though the fighters later shook hands and no disciplinary action was reported.
• Billed as a Mexican Independence celebration, the card featured multiple wins by Mexican-linked fighters, and Lopes—who has long lived in Puebla and teaches jiu-jitsu—received an especially warm reception.