Daniel da Silva vs. Edgar Chairez Ends in No Contest Due to Referee Error at Noche UFC

Daniel da
Silva and Edgar
Chairez met in a flyweight clash on the prelim card at Noche
UFC on Saturday night, but it ended in disappointment for both
men.

Da Silva took Chairez down early and managed to get in some
ground-and-pound. However, the Mexican scrambled up only to be
driven to the fence by his opponent. During that scramble, Chairez
attempted a guillotine, making da Silva let go of a single-leg
takedown attempt as referee Chris Tognoni watched closely.

Just as the commentary booth expressed their concern about a
potential error by the referee, Tognoni called a stop to the
contest, seemingly assuming that da Silva had passed out from the
choke. “Miojo” immediately protested the stoppage, which was
overturned moments later to a no contest after Tognoni and the
cageside replay official reviewed the video.

Former
Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight titleholder
Dominick
Cruz, who was calling the fight, openly criticized Tognoni for
the mistake, pointing out his history of poor stoppages and holding
him up as an example of the importance of referees having personal
experience in grappling. The anticlimactic stoppage robbed both da
Silva and Chairez of the opportunity to pick up their first UFC
victory. While Lacerda had suffered four consecutive stoppage
losses since his promotional debut in 2021, Chairez began his UFC
journey with a decision loss against Tatsuro
Taira at UFC 290 in July.