Overview

• Lopes dropped Silva with a spinning elbow and finished with ground-and-pound for a TKO at 4:48 of Round 2, prompting referee Mike Beltran to stop the fight.
• The result snapped Silva’s UFC unbeaten run and halted the Fighting Nerds team’s momentum after several recent high-profile losses.
• UFC awarded Lopes Fight of the Night and a Performance bonus, with Santiago Luna earning the other Performance award.
• Short-notice replacement David Martinez defeated Rob Font by unanimous decision in the bantamweight co-main event.
• Tatiana Suarez outpointed Amanda Lemos by unanimous decision on the card, which was staged in San Antonio as this year’s Mexico Independence Day showcase.