Jean Silva took his gloves off and gave them
to Hunter Campbell 😂📺 @paramountplus
pic.twitter.com/bw7AR9CSgC— UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount)
September 13, 2026
Jean
Silva scored an important win in the main event of
Noche UFC 4 inside the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale,
Arizona, on Saturday, but he seemed completely uninterested
throughout.
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Opponent Jose
Delgado controlled the pace in the opening round just by
throwing a few punches; Silva essentially didn’t even throw one
strike for at least three minutes. Delgado (12-3) dropped “Lord” in
the first and easily won the frame, but Silva (18-3) woke up in the
second and once he established control, he never looked back.
Silva cracked his foe with a right cross midway through the third,
and after a scramble on the canvas, the Brazilian seized the local
fighter’s back,
sunk in a one-armed rear-naked choke, and secured the
submission. The end officially came at 2:57 of the third; Silva
proclaimed that he will eventually be the champion at
featherweight.
The co-feature saw flyweight contenders Joseph
Morales and Brandon
Moreno squaring off in a pivotal encounter. Both men were
extremely active on the feet, throwing and landing dozens upon
dozens of punches and kicks, with scattered takedowns thrown in for
good measure. The tussle was about as close as they come, but it
was former two-time world champion Moreno (24-10-2) who had his
hand raised in victory via split decision. While one cageside
official saw it 29-28 for Morales (14-3), that score was offset by
the other two judges who favored “The Assassin Baby” 30-27,
allowing Moreno to stay afloat in the division’s title picture.
It was an old-fashioned slobber knocker between unbeaten
featherweight prospects Tommy
McMillen and Marwan
Rahiki as the two electrified the arena from start to finish.
After a heated week where the two camps clashed multiple times,
McMillen tore into Rahiki from the jump and Rahiki obliged. Rahiki
dropped his adversary with a perfect counter left hook in the
second, but he couldn’t put the local fighter away. Bleeding from
his nose and mouth in the third, McMillen sent Rahiki to the canvas
with a clubbing right hand and then threw nearly a dozen choke
attempts at him on the ground. Rahiki survived the onslaught and
climbed back to his feet, where the two slugged it out until the
final horn. In the end, all three judges favored McMillen with
scores of 29-28 (twice) and 29-27, improving his pro ledger to
12-0. Rahiki dropped to 9-1.
Alexa
Grasso took jumped toward another crack at the flyweight title
as she tore into No.2 ranked Manon
Fiorot early and often en route to a unanimous decision win.
Grasso (18-5-1) was aggressive with her boxing right from the
opening horn, and she busted up her French adversary throughout the
round, dropping “The Beast” with a right hook late. The dominance
continued in the second, but the -280 betting favorite Fiorot
(13-3) was able to rally in the third behind kicks to the body to
keep the Mexican at bay. But Fiorot’s late surge wasn’t enough as
the former women’s flyweight world champ prevailed; all three
judges saw it 29-28 in Grasso’ favor.
Curtis
Blaydes kept his heavyweight world title hopes alive – barely –
with a sleepy performance against Waldo
Cortes-Acosta (17-4), winning a rather easy unanimous decision.
Blaydes (20-7) was able to connect with a few solid punches and was
always a threat to take the Dominican fighter down, which caused
“Salsa Boy” to become extremely gun shy. The capacity crowd
continuously rained down boos, but the lack of action never
changed; Blaydes won with scores of 29-28 across the board.
Bantamweight contender David
Martinez bolstered his pro record to 15-1 with a relatively
dominant, albeit uneventful, performance over veteran Dan Ige.
Martinez used effective strikes to keep Ige (19-12) guessing
throughout their encounter and won rather easily via tallies of
30-27 (twice) and 29-28.
In what was the featured bout on the preliminary card, longtime vet
Tim
Elliott stifled Father Time by edging Edgar
Chairez in a 130lb catchweight battle. Elliott (22-14-1) was
rocked badly moments into the fight from a loppy right hand, but
the former world title challenger recovered and eventually turned
the tides. Elliott used timely striking and takedowns to wear
Chairez (14-7) down and walk out with a unanimous decision win. All
three judges saw it 29-28 for the Missouri native.
In welterweight action, Ignacio
Bahamondes toppled Muslim
Salikhov via unanimous decision over three uneventful rounds.
Bahamondes (18-7) landed the cleaner, more impactful strikes, and
although Salikhov (22-7) scored multiple takedowns, he couldn’t do
anything with them. Two judges saw it 30-27 for Bahamondes while
the third also favored the Chilean, but by the tally of 29-28.
Rising middleweight contender Yousri
Belgaroui improved to 10-4 with a first-round drubbing of
Djorden
Santos. Belgaroui rocked his foe with a series of punches on
the feet and then closed him out once Santos (11-4)
crumbled against the cage. The fight officially ended at 4:25
of the frame.
Thomas
Gantt’s stock continues to rise as the lightweight closed out
veteran Drakkar
Klose in the final round via inverted triangle choke. The two
largely clinched against the fence for much of the fight, but once
the two hit the canvas, Gantt (13-0) seized Klose’s back,
locked in the submission and forced the tap. Klose, now 16-4-1,
succumbed at 2:46 of the third.
Zhu
Rong utilized superior striking and better overall cage control
to offset much of what fellow lightweight Rafa Garcia
(19-5) tried. Rong (29-6) won the judges’ verdict via tallies of
29-28 across the board.
Featherweight prospect Sean King
made his UFC debut a spectacular one as he vanquished Jessie
Rosas in just 36 seconds. “The King of New Orleans” scooped
Rosas up with a double-leg and then
slammed him down onto his face. Rosas (8-2) was out upon
impact, but King (7-0) unloaded three more punches to the head
before referee Brad Frank
intervened.
Regina
Tarin improved to 9-0 with a dominant performance against
veteran J.J. Aldrich
(15-8) as she outpaced her foe for three rounds, winning a
workmanlike unanimous decision with scores of 29-28 from all three
cageside judges.