Jean Silva Releases Statement on Loss in Noche UFC Headliner

Jean Silva suffered his first UFC defeat in San Antonio. | Getty/UFCJean Silva admits that he got caught up in the moment against Diego Lopes.

Silva fell to Lopes via second-round technical knockout in the Noche UFC headliner at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday night. After surviving a difficult opening round, “Lord” was picking up steam in the second stanza before Lopes caught him with a spinning back elbow to set up a finish at the 4:48 mark of the period.

“Unfortunately, yesterday the emotion got the better of me,” Silva said in Portuguese on his Instagram storeis (translation via Championship Rounds). “I was seeing well in the second round, but I ended up rushing in…