For the third year in a row, the UFC commemorates Mexican independence with its Noche event in San Antonio, Texas, on September 13.
After last year’s show saw Alexa Grasso draw with Valentina Shevchenko and Jack Della Maddalena’s victory over Kevin Holland, this year’s competitors will have a lot to live up to.
The headline bout of the evening is a Featherweight clash, which could majorly affect the next challengers for the UFC Featherweight belt.
#2-ranked contender Diego Lopes takes on the #10-ranked Jean Silva in a bout that Alexander Volkanovsky will likely be paying special attention to on the night.
Taking place the same night as Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford, here is everything you need to know about Noche UFC 3.
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What time is UFC Noche 3?
Noche UFC 3 takes place at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, on September 13, 2025.
The event is set to start with the prelims at 3:00 PM (ET), 12:00 PM (PT), and 8:00 PM (BST), and following that, the main card will begin at 6:00 PM (ET), 3:00 PM (PT), and 11:00 PM (BST).
How to watch and stream UFC Noche 3?
In the USA, both the prelims and the main card of Noche UFC 3 will be available to watch on ESPN and ESPN+ from 3:00 PM onwards.
Over in the UK, fans will be able to watch the prelims through the UFC Fight Pass from 8:00 PM before switching over to TNT Sports for coverage of the main card from 11:00 PM.
UFC Noche 3 – who’s fighting?
Main card
Featherweight: Diego Lopes vs. Jean Silva
Bantamweight: Rob Font vs. David Martinez
Lightweight: Rafa García vs. Jared Gordon
Middleweight: Kelvin Gastelum vs. Dustin Stoltzfus Lightweight: Alexander Hernandez vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira
Bantamweight: Santiago Luna vs. Quang Le
Prelims
Middleweight: José Daniel Medina vs. Duško Todorović
Lightweight: Claudio Puelles vs. Joaquim Silva
Women’s Strawweight: Tatiana Suarez vs. Amanda Lemos
Flyweight: Jesús Santos Aguilar vs. Luis Gurule
Middleweight: Zachary Reese vs. Sedriques Dumas
Flyweight: Alessandro Costa vs. Alden Coria
Women’s Bantamweight: Montserrat Rendon vs. Alice Pereira
Welterweight: Rodrigo Sezinando vs. Daniil Donchenko
Noche UFC 3 was originally meant to be UFC 320 before being downgraded
UFC 320 was originally supposed to be the site of the Noche UFC event, but things had to change due to the Canelo/Crawford fight.
The highly anticipated boxing match was moved to September 13 back in May, making it clash with UFC 320.
With both events being promoted by Dana White, putting on two of TKO’s premier events on the same night was too much for the promotion.
The decision was made to move UFC 320 back to October 4, while downgrading Noche UFC 3 on September 13 to a regular fight night event instead.
It is still the Noche 3 UFC event to celebrate Mexican independence, although the event no longer being a numbered UFC show has soured it slightly.