Diego Lopes’ win at Noche UFC was a truly impressive feat.
Despite going into the fight as a slight favorite, it was uncertain how the former one-time UFC title challenger would handle the ferocious in-your-face style that Jean Silva brings to every single fight.
Lopes ended up delivering one of the most dominant rounds of the year in the evening’s main event, mounting Silva and raining down a slew of punches and hellacious elbows before sending ‘Lord’ to his corner a bloody mess. And while Lopes may have faced some adversity in the second stanza, it didn’t stop him from delivering one of the most brutal knockouts of 2025 via a perfectly timed spinning back elbow.