UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs Silva Predictions, Betting Tips, Preview, Fight Info and Full Card

Diego Lopes vs Jean Silva headlines UFC Fight Night at Noche UFC this weekend and here are our predictions, betting tips and preview ahead of the featherweight match-up.

It’s the #2 ranked against the #10 ranked 145-pound fighters doing battle in San Antonio this weekend, so who will leave the octagon with their hand raised?

SportsCasting’s guide below will tell you all you need to know when it comes to the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs Silva card and main event bout.

Diego Lopes vs Jean Silva Prediction and Betting Tips

• Jean Silva to WIN via KO/TKO @ 21/20

All eyes are on San Antonio this weekend at Noche UFC, as Diego Lopes vs Jean Silva headlines in a compelling featherweight contest.

Despite his last fight being against Alexander Volkanovski for the UFC Featherweight Title, Diego Lopes is a big underdog with UFC betting sites in his bout this week against Jean Silva.

Silva is #10 ranked at 145-pounds, with Lopes ranked at #2. You’d think that it would be Lopes listed as the favourite based off this, but that most definitely isn’t the case at Noche UFC.

‘Lord’ has fought just five times in the UFC, winning each of these contests inside the distance. Four of these have come via knockout, with his last fight coming via submission.

Lopes on the other hand was riding a five-fight win streak before losing last time out to Volkanovski for the 145-pound belt. He is the more seasoned fighter here, having been a pro MMA fighter for four years longer than his Brazilian counterpart.

The former UFC featherweight Title challenger will certainly have his backers here, but it will be a tough ask to beat one of the most in-form, red-hot and clinical featherweights on the entire UFC roster.

With that in mind, SportsCasting‘s MMA expert betting tip is for Jean Silva to defeat Diego Lopes via KO/TKO and become the first man to stop Lopes in his UFC tenure. If he does, he could well be in line for a title shot next.

Jean Silva to WIN via KO/TKO @ 21/10

It’s fairly obviously by if you take one look at Jean Silva’s MMA record that he is a frighteningly powerful striker.

Of his 16 wins to date inside the octagon, ‘Lord’ has won 12 of them via knockout. He has gone the distance just three times in his career, winning once and losing twice. His other three fights have resulted in submission victories.

With that in mind, Saturday’s Noche UFC main event could be the breakout for the Brazilian UFC star that throws him right into the UFC Featherweight Title picture.

Alexander Volkanovski’s next fight will most likely be against Lerone Murphy or Mosvar Evloev, but an emphatic win here for Silva could propel him right up to #2 in the 145-pound rankings.

It won’t be easy to beat Diego Lopes though, never mind beating him via stoppage. Lopes may have lost seven times in his career, but only two of these have come in the UFC against Volkanovski for the belt last time out and against Evloev back in 2023.

The 30-year-old has been stopped once in his pre-UFC days, but seems to be a durable fighter with a strong chin. However, you could argue that Lopes has never faced anyone that punches just as hard as Silva.

This is why SportsCasting‘s Lopes vs Silva prediction for Noche UFC Fight Night this weekend is for Jean Silva to win the fight via KO/TKO at odds of 21/10.

UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs Silva Preview For Noche UFC

Along with the UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs Silva main event, there are a further 13 fights on the rest of the main card and prelims. Some big names and future contenders are in action prior to the featherweight main event.

Heading into this match-up, Jean Silva has secured three UFC bonuses back-to-back-to-back. The 28-year-old secured ‘Performance of the Night’ bonuses in his last two fights against Bryce Mitchell and Melsik Baghdasaryan, as well as winning ‘Fight of the Night’ with Drew Dober last July.

In his five UFC fights to date, ‘Lord’ has won each of them inside the distance. Four have come via stoppage, with his most recent win over Mitchell coming via submission.

Diego Lopes on the other hand aims to get back to winning ways following his defeat to Alexander Volkanovski for the UFC Featherweight Title last time out, where he lost via decision at UFC 314.

Prior to that Lopes was riding a five-fight winning streak. He remains the #2 ranked fighter at 145-pounds behind just Lerone Murphy at #1 and the champion ‘Volk’, but is actually the underdog for this fight.

That goes to show how good Silva has been in his short UFC tenure. Dana White is clearly impressed, with the winner of this match-up in line for a possible shot at the belt within the next 12 months at featherweight.

UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs Silva promises to deliver a great main event, as well as some intriguing battles on the main card and prelims before hand. Be sure to tune in and catch all of the action!

UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs Silva – Fight Info

• 🥊 Headline Fight: Diego Lopes vs Jean Silva
• 📊 Records: Lopes (26-7, 10 KO’s) | Silva (16-2, 12 KO’s)
• 📅 Date: Sunday, September 14, 2025
• 🕛 Main Event Time: Approx. 4.00am BST
• 🏆 Title: N/A
• 📺 TV Channel: TNT Sports
•  🏟  Venue: Frost Bank Center | San Antonio, Texas, USA
• 🎲 Odds: Lopes 15/8 | Silva 4/9

UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs Silva Tickets For Noche UFC

Dana White’s net worth has surpassed half-a-billion dollars, and one reason for this could be because of extortionate ticket prices for UFC pay-per-view and UFC Fight Night cards.

Although the UFC is generally a fantastic organisation, one huge criticism of them and White is the highly expensive ticket prices. The cost of some UFC tickets total price fans out who simply aren’t able to afford to purchase tickets for live UFC events.

For this specific UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs Silva card, tickets are costing fans anything between $293 (£216) and $5,074 (£3,744). The average ticket price for Noche UFC is $1,315.30 (£970).

Noche UFC ticket prices for Lopes vs Silva fully depend on where abouts fans are located inside the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. As is standard, the further your seat is away from the octagon, the cheaper it will be.

What Time Is The Lopes vs Silva Fight At?

With 14 fights in total on the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs Silva card, the action is set to get underway fairly early from the Frost Bank Center.

There is an six hour time difference from San Antonio in Texas to the UK. This means that the main event will begin at around 4.00am in the early hours of Sunday morning for UK MMA fans.

This means that the preliminary card will begin at approximately 9pm UK time. The prelims are available to watch exclusively on TNT Sports and Discovery+.

This means that MMA fans in the UK will be able to tune into TNT Sports to watch the full UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs Silva main card and prelims this weekend.

UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs Silva Full Card

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