{"id":838925,"date":"2026-08-02T02:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/838925\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T02:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:08:09","slug":"jean-silva-vs-yair-rodriguez-set-to-headline-noche-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/838925\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Silva Vs. Yair Rodriguez Set To Headline Noche UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The upcoming Noche UFC card on Sept. 12 from inside Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, finally has a main event showdown as featherweight contenders Jean Silva and Yair Rodriguez will battle it out atop the Paramount+ card.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">This is according to a recent report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.br\/mma\/ufc\/artigo\/_\/id\/17067699\/ufc-define-proximo-adversario-jean-silva-brasileiro-fara-main-event-noche-ufc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN Brasil<\/a>. See below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Silva, 29, is coming off a decision win over Arnold Allen back in January at UFC 324. That performance landed \u201cLord\u201d back in the UFC\u2019s featherweight win column after getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-espn-plus-fight-pass-events-schedule-mma\/389243\/highlights-noche-ufc-3-video-results-espn-texas-lopes-silva-spinning-elbow-knockout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">knocked out by Diego Lopes<\/a> his fight before that. Overall, Silva is 6-1 as a member of the UFC stable and easily one of the most exciting contenders on the roster. If he\u2019s able to take care of a main event matchup against \u201cEl Pantera\u201d then Silva could land himself on the short list of title contenders heading into 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Rodriguez, 33, is coming off his own decision win after knocking off Bellator MMA legend Patricio Pitbull at UFC 314 all the way back in April 2025. The former interim UFC featherweight champion hasn\u2019t fought since then, but Rodriguez still has enough momentum in the division to headline Noche UFC this September. If he\u2019s able to get past Silva it may not lead to a title rematch with current UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski, but Rodriguez would be close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For more Noche UFC fight card news and coverage click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-fight-announcements\/458744\/six-fights-announced-for-ufc-noche-2026-including-two-former-mexican-champs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The upcoming Noche UFC card on Sept. 12 from inside Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, finally has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,1647],"class_list":["post-838925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-upcoming-ufc-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}