Lopes vs Silva to headline Noche UFC 3 featherweight main event

Diego Lopes and Jean Silva will headline Noche UFC 3 on Saturday, September 13, at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, in a featherweight main event that could reshape the division. The fight night, held as part of the UFC's annual Mexican Independence celebration, opens prelims in the United States at 6 p.m. Eastern and moves to the main card at 9 p.m. Eastern. In the UK, prelims are scheduled on UFC Fight Pass at 8 p.m. BST with the main card on TNT Sports from 11 p.m. BST, with additional coverage listed on TNT Sports Discovery.

Promoted this year as a return to San Antonio for the third straight Noche event, the card was originally slated to be UFC 320 before a high-profile boxing match between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford was moved to the same date. UFC officials postponed the numbered event to October 4 and reclassified the September show as a standard fight night, a decision industry observers said reflected scheduling pressures around two marquee events promoted by the same organization.

The five-round headliner pits former title challenger Lopes against the surging Silva. Lopes, who lost a decision to Alexander Volkanovski for the vacant featherweight...