Bad blood brewing?
Rising Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight star Jean Silva headlines his first UFC event on Sept., 13, 2025, facing former Featherweight title challenger Diego Lopes in the main event of Noche UFC 3 inside Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Silva has been unstoppable in his UFC tenure, finishing every opponent, and he’s confident he’ll add Lopes to his resume with a devastating stoppage.
“I don’t think it’s going to happen,” Silva told MMAMania.com. “I’m going to break his face. I’m going to stop him.”
“Lord” also jabbed at Lopes for representing Mexico despite being Brazilian—a point Yair Rodriguez highlighted during UFC 314 fight week.
“It’s a good fight because I get to beat up on a guy that doesn’t know if he’s Mexican or Brazilian,” Silva said. “I’m going to win [this fight] and then I’m going to get the title and I will defend it as many times as God will like me to.
It’s unclear whether Lopes will take offense, as he did with Rodriguez’s similar remarks.
Nevertheless, Silva is riding a 13-fight win streak and is coming off a complete beatdown of Bryce Mitchell (watch highlights), and two months prior, knocked out Melsik Baghdasaryan at UFC Seattle.
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