{"id":142952,"date":"2025-09-14T16:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T16:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/142952\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T16:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T16:32:07","slug":"ufc-fight-night-259-post-event-facts-diego-lopes-cashes-in-with-rare-double-bonus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/142952\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Fight Night 259 post-event facts: Diego Lopes cashes in with rare double bonus"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third annual Noche UFC extravaganza took place Saturday with UFC Fight Night 259<\/a> at Frost Bank Arena in San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n

There were eight finishes in 14 fights, but the biggest of all belonged to headliner Diego Lopes (27-7 MMA, 6-2 UFC), who turned in a sensational second-round TKO<\/a> of Jean Silva (16-3 MMA, 5-1 UFC) after a back-and-forth battle that is getting Fight of the Year buzz.<\/p>\n

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Lopes closed the show with a rare knockout technique, and for more on the numbers, check below for MMA Junkie’s post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 259.<\/p>\n

Events stats<\/p>\n

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout<\/a> for the event totaled $212,000.<\/p>\n

Debuting fighters went 3-2 at the event.<\/p>\n

Silva and Santiago Luna earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 259 fight-night bonuses<\/a>. Lopes received two bonuses for $100,000.<\/p>\n

UFC Fight Night 259 drew an announced attendance of 18,005 for a live gate of $3,586,669.<\/p>\n

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Betting favorites went 5-8 on the card. One fight ended in a no contest.<\/p>\n

Betting favorites fell to 18-13 in UFC headliners this year.<\/p>\n

Total fight time for the 14-bout card was 2:23:55.<\/p>\n

Diego Lopes def. Jean Silva<\/p>\n

Lopes has earned 22 of his 26 career victories by stoppage. That includes four of his six UFC wins.<\/p>\n

Lopes’ five victories since 2023 in UFC featherweight competition are tied for second-most in the division behind Lerone Murphy (six).<\/p>\n

Lopes earned two bonuses \u2013\u00a0Performance of the Night and Fight of the Night \u2013\u00a0for $100,000.<\/p>\n

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Silva suffered the first stoppage loss of his career with a TKO defeat.<\/p>\n

David Martinez def. Rob Font<\/p>\n

Rob Font (22-9 MMA, 12-8 UFC) fell to 3-5 in his past eight fights dating back to December 2021.<\/p>\n

Font has suffered eight of his nine career losses by decision.<\/p>\n

Rafa Garcia def. Jared Gordon<\/p>\n

Jared Gordon (21-8 MMA, 9-7 UFC) has suffered six of his eight career losses by stoppage.<\/p>\n

Kelvin Gastelum def. Dustin Stoltzfus<\/p>\n

Kelvin Gastelum (19-10 MMA, 14-10 UFC) got the win after missing weight by five pounds.<\/p>\n

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Alexander Hernandez def. Diego Ferreira<\/p>\n

Alexander Hernandez’s (18-8 MMA, 10-7 UFC) five-fight UFC winning streak at lightweight is tied with Nasrat Haqparast and Fares Ziam for the second-longest active streak in the division behind Paddy Pimblett (seven).<\/p>\n

Diego Ferreira (19-7 MMA, 10-7 UFC) has suffered all four of his career stoppage losses by knockout.<\/p>\n

Santiago Luna def. Quang Le<\/p>\n

Luna (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned all seven of his career victories by stoppage.<\/p>\n

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Quang Le (9-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) fell to 1-3 in his past four fights after starting his career 8-0.<\/p>\n

Le has suffered two of his three career losses by stoppage.<\/p>\n

Le has suffered both of his career stoppage losses by knockout.<\/p>\n

Dusko Todorovic def. Jose Daniel Medina<\/p>\n

Dusko Todorovic (13-6 MMA, 4-6 UFC) has earned 12 of his 13 career victories by stoppage. He’s finished eight of those wins in Round 1.<\/p>\n

Jose Daniel Medina’s (11-6 MMA, 0-3 UFC) four-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since March 2023.<\/p>\n

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Joaquim Silva def. Claudio Puelles<\/p>\n

Joaquim Silva (14-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) has earned four of his seven UFC victories by decision.<\/p>\n

Claudio Puelles’ (12-5 MMA, 5-4 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since April 2022.<\/p>\n

Puelles has suffered three of his five career losses by decision.<\/p>\n

Tatiana Suarez def. Amanda Lemos<\/p>\n

Tatiana Suarez (12-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) has completed at least one takedown against all nine of her UFC opponents.<\/p>\n

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Jesus Aguilar def. Luis Gurule<\/p>\n

Luis Gurule (10-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered consecutive losses after starting his career 10-0.<\/p>\n

Gurule suffered the first decision loss of his career.<\/p>\n

Alden Coria def. Alessandro Costa<\/p>\n

Alden Coria (11-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned nine of his 11 victories by stoppage.<\/p>\n

Alessandro Costa (14-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has suffered three of his five career losses by stoppage.<\/p>\n

Costa has suffered all three of his career stoppage losses by knockout.<\/p>\n

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Alice Pereira def. Montserrat Rendon<\/p>\n

Montserrat Rendon (7-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned all seven of her career victories by decision.<\/p>\n

Alice Pereira (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) had her six-fight winning streak snapped for the first defeat of his career.<\/p>\n

Daniil Donchenko def. Rodrigo Sezinando<\/p>\n

Daniil Donchenko (12-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) became the Season 33 welterweight winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series.<\/p>\n

Donchenko has earned 10 of his 12 career victories by stoppage.<\/p>\n

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Rodrigo Sezinando (8-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first stoppage loss of his career with a TKO defeat.<\/p>\n

UFC<\/a> research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Fight Night 259 post-event facts: Diego Lopes cashes in after TKO<\/a><\/p>\n