Featherweight Diego Lopes caught Jean Silva with a spinning back elbow, followed by strikes to TKO Silva in Round 2 to cap off the main event of Noche UFC in San Antonio, Texas.
Lopes (27-7 MMA) halted Silva's 13-fight winning streak, nearly finishing the Brazilian in Round 1 after several unanswered mount strikes led to Silva (16-3 MMA) surviving the opening round.
After bouncing back from his April title fight loss to UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski (27-4 MMA), Lopes refused to call for a rematch with Volkanovski or another fellow contender.
"I'm ready for the next opponent," he said.
A bantamweight co-main event saw David Martinez earn a unanimous decision over Rob Font, utilizing volume striking and nearly securing a late third-round TKO before taking the cards 29-