UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Delgado
| Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 12, 2026 | |||
| Venue | Desert Diamond Arena | |||
| City | Glendale, Arizona, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Delgado (also known as UFC Fight Night 288 and Noche UFC 4) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that is scheduled to take place on September 12, 2026, at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, United States.[1]
Background
The event will mark the promotion's third visit to Glendale and first since UFC 263 in June 2021. It is also scheduled to be the fourth annual Noche UFC event commemorating Mexico's independence day, following UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva in September 2025.[1]
A featherweight bout between former interim UFC Featherweight Champion Yair Rodríguez and Jean Silva was scheduled to headline the event.[2] However, Rodríguez withdrew from the fight due to injury and was replaced by Jose Delgado.[3][4]
A heavyweight bout between former interim UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Curtis Blaydes and former LFA Heavyweight Champion Waldo Cortes-Acosta is scheduled for the event.[5] They were previously incorrectly reported to be competing at UFC 331 one week later.[6]
Former interim UFC Middleweight Championship challenger (also The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen middleweight winner) Kelvin Gastelum and Yousri Belgaroui were expected to meet in a middleweight bout at the preliminary card.[7] However, Gastelum pulled out on August 13 and was replaced by Djorden Santos.[8]
Fight card
| Fight card (Paramount+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Jean Silva | vs. | Jose Delgado | ||||
| Flyweight | Brandon Moreno | vs. | Joseph Morales | ||||
| Featherweight | Tommy McMillen | vs. | Marwan Rahiki | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Manon Fiorot | vs. | Alexa Grasso | ||||
| Heavyweight | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | vs. | Curtis Blaydes | ||||
| Bantamweight | David Martínez | vs. | Dan Ige | ||||
| Preliminary card (Paramount+) | |||||||
| Flyweight | Tim Elliott | vs. | Édgar Cháirez | ||||
| Welterweight | Ignacio Bahamondes | vs. | Muslim Salikhov | ||||
| Middleweight | Yousri Belgaroui | vs. | Djorden Santos | ||||
| Featherweight | Ramiro Jimenez | vs. | Rodrigo Vera | ||||
| Lightweight | Rafa García | vs. | Rong Zhu | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | JJ Aldrich | vs. | Regina Tarin | ||||
Announced bouts
- Lightweight bout: Drakkar Klose vs. Thomas Gantt[10]
See also
References
- 1 2 Parviz Iskenderov (2026-07-19). "Six fights announced for Noche UFC in Glendale, Arizona in September". fightmag.com. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
- ↑ Jordan Ellis (2026-08-01). "Yair Rodriguez set to end 18-month layoff by headlining Noche UFC". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2026-08-02.
- ↑ Guilherme Cruz (2026-08-19). "Yair Rodriguez out of UFC Noche main event, Jean Silva gets new opponent". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2026-08-20.
- ↑ Farah Hannoun (2026-08-20). "Yair Rodriguez reveals injury forced him out of Noche UFC headliner". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2026-08-20.
- ↑ Marcel Dorff (2026-07-14). "Top 8 Heavyweights collide at Noche UFC in Phoenix". heavy.com. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Marcel Dorff (2026-07-12). "Top 8 heavyweights collide at UFC 331 in Los Angeles". heavy.com. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Marcel Dorff (2026-07-18). "Kelvin Gastelum returns for second Noche UFC fight". heavy.com. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
- ↑ Marcel Dorff (2026-08-13). "Kelvin Gastelum out of Noche UFC; Yousri Belgaroui draws new opponent". heavy.com. Retrieved 2026-08-13.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Delgado". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Marcel Dorff (2026-07-25). "Drakkar Klose draws undefeated opponent for Noche UFC". heavy.com. Retrieved 2026-07-26.
