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Lopes vs. Silva Official for Noche UFC 3 After Successful Weigh-Ins

The winner is widely viewed as moving to the front of featherweight title contention.

Overview

  • Diego Lopes and Jean Silva headline Saturday at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, with the five-round bout confirmed after both made weight.
  • Betting markets list Silva as the favorite around -240 to -280, with Lopes roughly +195 to +225 as the underdog.
  • Fight week featured a hotel confrontation broken up by security, plus Silva’s public offer to bet his purse against a Lopes takedown, which Lopes declined.
  • Silva enters unbeaten in the UFC with five straight finishes, while Lopes seeks a rebound after his April decision loss in a vacant title fight to Alexander Volkanovski.
  • The event streams exclusively on the ESPN App, with prelims at 3 p.m. ET and the main card at 6 p.m. ET.