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 Introduction UFC Fight Night 259 / Noche UFC 3: Lopes vs. Silva took place on September 13, 2025 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas — the third annual Noche UFC event commemorating Mexican Independence Day. The featherweight main event featured former title challenger Diego Lopes against the undefeated-in-UFC Jean Silva. The card drew 18,005 fans and generated $3.59M in gate revenue. Originally planned for Guadalajara as UFC 320, it was moved to San Antonio. Lopes delivered a stunni

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 258: Imavov vs. Borralho took place on September 6, 2025 at the Accor Arena in Paris, France — UFC Paris 4, the promotion’s fourth consecutive annual visit to the city. The middleweight main event was a title-eliminator between No. 2-ranked hometown hero Nassourdine Imavov and No. 7-ranked Caio Borralho. The card drew 15,724 fans and generated $4.33M in gate revenue. Imavov dominated Borralho from start to finish, earning a one-sided unanimous decision (50-45, 49-46

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 257: Walker vs. Zhang took place on August 23, 2025 at the Shanghai Indoor Stadium in Shanghai, China — the UFC’s second visit to Shanghai and first since UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum in November 2017, an eight-year absence. This was also the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic that the UFC returned to mainland China. Johnny Walker silenced the hometown crowd by finishing China’s Zhang Mingyang via TKO at 2:37 of round two, ending Zhang’s first-round fin

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 256: Burns vs. Morales took place on May 17, 2025 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 106. The welterweight main event featured former title challenger Gilbert Burns against undefeated Ecuadorian prospect Michael Morales. The card was originally planned for the Lusail Sports Arena in Qatar — which would have been the UFC’s debut in the country — but was relocated to the Apex. Morales made a devastating statement, dropping Burns twice before finishing him with p

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 255: Edwards vs. Brady took place on March 22, 2025 at The O2 Arena in London, England — the UFC’s 16th visit to London and first since FN 224 in July 2023. The welterweight main event featured former champion Leon Edwards against No. 4-ranked Sean Brady, who stepped in after Jack Della Maddalena withdrew. The card drew 18,583 fans and generated a massive $4.71M gate. Brady silenced the London crowd with the biggest win of his career, submitting Edwards with a mount

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 254: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 took place on March 15, 2025 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 104. The middleweight main event was a rematch between No. 8-ranked Marvin Vettori and No. 12-ranked Roman Dolidze, who first fought at UFC 286 in March 2023 where Vettori won by UD. This was Vettori’s first fight in nearly two years. Dolidze got his revenge with a dominant shutout unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46), outworking the ring-rusty Vettori in the champio

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 253: Kape vs. Almabayev took place on March 1, 2025 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 103. The flyweight main event originally featured No. 6-ranked Manel Kape against Brandon Royval, but Royval withdrew and was replaced by No. 8-ranked Asu Almabayev. Kape made a strong case for a title shot by stopping Almabayev via TKO at 2:16 of round three. Kape’s pressure and explosive striking were too much for Almabayev, who struggled to get the takedowns he needed. A

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 252: Cejudo vs. Song took place on February 22, 2025 at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington — the UFC’s fourth visit to Seattle and first since July 2013, a 12-year absence. The bantamweight main event featured former two-division champion Henry ‘Triple C’ Cejudo against No. 8-ranked Song Yadong. The sold-out card drew 18,287 fans and generated $3.84M in gate revenue. Song earned a technical decision victory after the fight was stopped following round th

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 251: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues took place on February 15, 2025 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 102. The middleweight main event featured No. 8-ranked veteran Jared Cannonier against Gregory ‘Robocop’ Rodrigues in the Brazilian’s first UFC main event. Post-event facts confirmed the 40-year-olds thrived: both Cannonier (40) and Angela Hill (40) earned victories on the card. The main event was an absolute war. Both fighters scored two knockdowns in a back-and-fo

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 250: Adesanya vs. Imavov took place on February 1, 2025 at the anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — the UFC’s second visit to Riyadh and first since UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov in June 2024. The middleweight main event was a blockbuster clash between former two-time champion Israel Adesanya and No. 5-ranked Nassourdine Imavov, who had won four straight including a co-main event victory over Brendan Allen in Paris. Imavov produced the statement of his career,

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 249: Dern vs. Ribas 2 took place on January 11, 2025 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 101 — the first UFC Fight Night of 2025. The women’s strawweight main event was a rematch from October 2019: No. 6-ranked Mackenzie Dern against No. 8-ranked Amanda Ribas, who had won their first meeting by unanimous decision. Dern exacted revenge with a beautiful armbar submission at 4:56 of round three (PoN). Post-event facts confirmed Dern was overtaking the strawweight

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 248: Yan vs. Figueiredo took place on November 23, 2024 at the Galaxy Arena in Macau SAR, China — the UFC’s fourth visit to Macau and first since UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le in August 2014, a decade-long absence. The bantamweight main event was a dream clash between former champions: No. 3-ranked Petr Yan (former BW champion) against No. 5-ranked Deiveson Figueiredo (former two-time FLW champion). The card drew 12,615 fans. Yan dominated from start to finish, cr