Featherweights Diego Lopes and Jean Silva have agreed to fulfill within the five-round primary occasion on the upcoming Noche UFC card in San Antonio on Sept. 13.
UFC CEO Dana White introduced the information on Tuesday evening.
The battle pits a former title challenger towards one of many quickest rising stars within the division with Lopes seeking to bounce again from a loss to Alexander Volkanovski whereas Silva makes an attempt to stay undefeated within the UFC after 5 straight wins within the octagon.
Previous to his setback within the featherweight title battle, Lopes had rattled off 5 wins in a row together with victories over Brian Ortega, Dan Ige and Sodiq Yusuff. Whereas he got here up quick in his bid to grow to be champion Lopes stays one of many prime ranked 145-pound fighters on the earth.
As for Silva, the 28-year-old member of the Combating Nerds staff has taken the division by storm with blistering performances ever since becoming a member of the UFC roster. Most not too long ago, Silva took out Bryce Mitchell in dominant trend with a nasty ninja choke at UFC 314 in April.
General, Silva is 5-0 within the UFC with all 5 wins coming by the use of knockout or submission.
He’ll try and preserve that streak alive when he faces Lopes in September with the prospect to probably earn a title shot with a win.
The most recent installment of Noche UFC goes down in San Antonio with extra fights anticipated to be added to the cardboard within the coming weeks.
