A featherweight bout between No. 2 ranked contender Diego Lopes and No. 10 ranked Jean Silva headlined Saturdauy’s Noche UFC struggle card in San Antonio, Texas.
Lopes was trying to rebound after a loss to champion Alexander Volkanovski in his final outing. Silva had the chance to leap into title competition and prolong his 13-fight profitable streak.
Lopes landed first with an out of doors leg kick. Silva returned fireplace with a entrance kick. They stood within the heart of the cage. Each invested in leg kicks early. Lopes closed the gap after Silva tried a spinning again kick. Lopes took the struggle to he floor and mounted Silva.
Silva held on and bucked. Lope opened up with punches and elbows. Silva was unable to get off the underside. He rolled earlier than rolling again. Lopes continued to ship punches. Silva reversed Lopes and obtained to his toes with 90 seconds within the opening spherical. Silva linked with a entrance kick to the face. Lopes absorbed it. Silva went to the physique with a proper hand. Lopes responded with a jab. MMAWeekly scored the spherical 10-9 for Lopes.
They took the middle of the cage to start out the second spherical and exchanged leg kicks. Silva inched ahead and landed a proper hand. Silva linked with a left hand. Lopes returned fireplace with a proper hand. The 2 started speaking to one another. They exchanged. Silva landed a mix. Silva linked with a again elbow. Lopes started pressuring Silva. Silva landed a proper hand that staggered Lopes. He landed a tough mixture. Lopes took again photographs. A counter mixture landed for Lopes. Silva overcommitted with a proper hand and Lopes tied him up. Lopes landed Silva to the canvas however Silva rapidly obtained to his toes. Lopes once more took him down. Silva obtained to his toes and started throwing bombs. Lopes landed a spinning elbow that put Silva down. Lopes hammered away with punches till the referee stopped it.
The official time of the stoppage was 4:48 of the second spherical.
