UFC CEO Dana White announced via his Instagram account the main event for the third Noche UFC event scheduled for September 13 in San Antonio, revealing featherweights Diego Lopes and Jean Silva as the headliners in the Lone Star State.
Lopes is fresh off his first title shot at UFC 314 in Miami against Alexander Volkanovski. Although Lopes lost, he pushed the Australian for five rounds and had his biggest moment at the end of the second round when he knocked Volkanovski down in the waning seconds of the frame. The decision loss was Lopes’ first since his debut, and he is keen on staying in the title picture with a win over the surging Silva.