Diego Lopes vs Jean Silva Fight Card
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Lopes used his weapons against The Fighting Nerds star and rocked Silva with a spinning elbow of his own, TKO’ing his opponent with more ground and pound strikes. Right before Lopes won, popular streamer Adin Ross was praising Silva’s striking skills to a UFC champion.
Daniel Cormier assures Jean Silva is locked in for his first UFC headliner. Silva (16-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC) takes on former title challenger Diego Lopes (26-7 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in Saturday's UFC Fight Night 259 (ESPN+) main event, the promotion's annual Noche UFC celebration, at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.
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‘Fighting Nerds’ fall in France, UFC Paris fans roast Brazil’s most-hyped team – ‘Fighting Frauds’
Brazil’s “Fighting Nerds” had a rough night in Paris. That’s because two of the team’s brightest names — Caio Borralho and Mauricio Ruffy — both fell short on the big stage at UFC Paris last night (Sat.
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Devin Tejada asks about one of the hottest teams in MMA over the last two years: Have the Fighting Nerds hit a wall, or was UFC Paris just a speed bump?
Speaking to MMA Knockout, Stake Ambassador Borralho explained that he'd be willing to go through the winner of de Ridder-Hernandez for a shot at the belt.
Just three fights into his career, Ruffy is up there with the most exciting fighters on the roster, especially after his spinning heel kick knockout of King Green at UFC 313 in March—a ‘KO of the year’ contender. A striker at heart (and a dynamic one at that), Ruffy turned some heads with his brutally honest opinion on grapplers.
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Fighting Nerds Team Reacts to Difficult Showing at UFC Paris
After its four main representatives tallied an impressive 20 wins in 21 fights over the past three years in the UFC, The Fighting Nerds were awarded “Team of the Year” at the recent MMA Oscars.
Flyweight contender Maycee Barber is set to return. “The Future” has been booked to face Brazil’s Karine Silva at UFC 323 on Dec. 6, 2025, the promotion’s final pay-per-view (PPV) of the year, inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas,
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