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<\/p>\nLive coverage of Saturday\u2019s card begins with the prelims<\/a> at 3 pm ET\/ noon PT. Inside the United States, the card will be seen via ESPN+.<\/a> Main card action caps the evening at 6 pm ET\/ 3 pm PT.<\/p>\n Should there be no adjustments to the schedule\u00a0<\/a>between now and Saturday night, the final version of this week\u2019s card features a total of 14 fights.<\/p>\n At the top of the bill on Saturday night, one of only two all-ranked matchups on the evening will take place at featherweight. No. 2 contender Diego Lopes<\/a> (26-7 MMA, 5-2 UFC) meets No. 10 contender Jean Silva<\/a> (16-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC.) This is a five-round fight at five minutes per round to close out the show.<\/p>\n Lopes will be making the walk on Saturday night with a record of 4-1 in his last five fights. Last time out, he saw a five-fight winning streak get snapped at the hands of Alexander Volkanovski (27-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC) during the UFC 314 main event from Miami on April 12.<\/p>\n He\u2019s right on the cusp of another shot at the UFC Featherweight Championship. A win in Noche UFC this coming weekend could give him the chance to claim the title.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Jean Silva also fought on UFC 314 this past spring, scoring a second-round submission by way of ninja choke vs. Bryce Mitchell in Miami. He\u2019s currently sporting a 5-0 record since joining the UFC\u2019s active roster and has won 13 fights consecutively.<\/p>\n When a fighter is on a hot streak, as Jean Silva is right now, he\u2019s at his most dangerous. Can he score a victory against the No. 2 contender in the division?<\/p>\n Noche UFC Co-Main Event: No. 9 Contender Rob Font vs. David Martinez<\/p>\n Immediately beforehand, the bantamweights take to the cage when No. 9 contender Rob Font<\/a> (22-8 MMA, 12-7 UFC) collides with David Martinez<\/a> (12-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC.) This is a three-round contest at five minutes per round.<\/p>\n Font enters Noche UFC on Saturday evening with a record of 3-2 in his past five appearances. He\u2019s won two fights in a row, including a split decision victory over Jean Matsumoto (17-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) on Feb. 22 during UFC Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena.<\/p>\n This is a seasoned veteran of the sport. Saturday\u2019s Noche UFC co-main event serves as his 20th career appearance. We may be looking at a changing of the guard, especially since Font is battling a rookie opponent.<\/p>\n Across the way, David Martinez has posted a mark of 5-0 in his last five fights as part of an ongoing seven-fight winning streak. He\u2019ll be the replacement for Font\u2019s originally-scheduled opponent, Raul Rosas Jr., who had to withdraw from Noche UFC due to a rib injury<\/a> he suffered in training camp in late August.<\/p>\n David Martinez has seen two different bouts fizzle out on Saturday night\u2019s card. A fight between Martinez and Carlos Vera failed to materialize, as did a contest matching Martinez with Quang Le.<\/p>\n Le was, however, rebooked to fight Santiago Luna on Saturday night. If David Martinez is able to beat a ranked adversary on Saturday night in Noche UFC, it\u2019ll be a tremendous resume-builder.<\/p>\n Noche UFC: Rafa Garcia vs. Jared Gordon<\/p>\n Also on the Noche UFC main card, you\u2019ll be seeing a lightweight contest between Rafa Garcia <\/a>(17-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) and Jared Gordon<\/a> (21-7, 1 NC MMA, 9-6, 1 NC UFC.) Garcia will enter San Antonio this weekend with a mark of 3-2 in his last five contests.<\/p>\n Back on March 29, he scored a unanimous decision victory over Vinc Pichel (14-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) in Mexico City. Pichel stepped into fight Garcia after Joaquim Silva withdrew from UFC Mexico City before fight night.<\/p>\n Noche UFC is Garcia\u2019s 10th appearance in the organization. Can he secure his second win in a row?<\/p>\n In the other corner, Jared Gordon has gone 2-2 with one no-contest in his last five bouts. On May 17, he trekked to the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, NV and finished Thiago Moises (19-9 MMA, 8-7 UFC) with a first-round knockout. Inactivity has been problematic for the Gordon camp thus far in 2025.<\/p>\n Two planned contests on Feb. 15 were postponed without a single punch thrown. Both Kaue Fernandes and Mashrabjon Ruziboev withdrew from the Apex card last winter.<\/p>\n Thus, Saturday\u2019s fight is only his second of the year in the UFC. What will this weekend\u2019s contest bring?<\/p>\n Final Thoughts<\/p>\n Which fight or fights are you looking forward to on Noche UFC\u2019s main card? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Noche](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/imago1063318403-1024x683.jpg\")
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\nNoche UFC Main Event: No. 2 Contender Diego Lopes vs. No. 10 Contender Jean Silva<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9070.gif\")
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