Noche UFC streams live on Paramount+ starting at 2:00 PM ET with prelims, then moves to the main card at 5:00 PM ET, both from Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The Silva-vs-Delgado main event won't walk until several fights into that main-card block — realistically several hours after the 5:00 PM start, once five other main-card bouts are finished.
The Full Schedule
Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado runs in two broadcast segments, both on Paramount+, with no separate early-prelims block.
| Segment | ET | CT | MT | PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prelims | 2:00 PM | 1:00 PM | 12:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| Main Card | 5:00 PM | 4:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
That's an earlier start than a lot of UFC cards run, and it lines up with the venue. Arizona doesn't observe daylight saving time, so in September its clocks run on the same time as the Pacific coast — meaning fans actually in the building see the same 2:00 PM prelims and 5:00 PM main card shown in the PT column above, not the MT column, even though Arizona is nominally a Mountain time zone state.
Working Through the Main Card
Six fights make up the main card, and the main event fights last, so the schedule is really about how many bouts happen before Jean Silva and Jose Delgado make their walk.
Opening the main card at 5:00 PM ET is a pairing of unbeaten prospects, Tommy McMillen against Marwan Rahiki at featherweight. From there, David Martinez meets Dan Ige at bantamweight, followed by the Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Curtis Blaydes heavyweight fight between two ranked contenders. The flyweight co-main between former two-time champion Brandon Moreno and Joseph Morales comes next, then the women's flyweight matchup between former champion Alexa Grasso and Manon Fiorot. The Jean Silva vs. Jose Delgado featherweight main event closes the night.
That's five fights ahead of the headliner. None of those five are a scheduled five-round fight, so there's no built-in half-hour buffer the way a card with two title fights would carry — but five main-card bouts is still five main-card bouts. Budgeting roughly 15 to 30 minutes per fight for walkouts, the bout itself, and the gap for replay review between fights, the math points to a Silva-Delgado walkout somewhere in the two-to-three-hour range after the 5:00 PM ET main-card start, which lands in the neighborhood of 7:30 to 8:00 PM ET, though a night with several quick finishes could move that earlier and a night full of full-length decisions could push it later.
What's on the Prelims
Seven fights fill the 2:00 PM ET prelims block, opening with a pairing of UFC newcomers, Jessie Rosas against Sean King at featherweight. From there: a middleweight fight between former kickboxing title challenger Yousri Belgaroui and short-notice replacement Djorden Santos, a lightweight matchup between Rafa Garcia and UFC returnee Rongzhu, a lightweight test for unbeaten prospect Tommy Gantt against veteran Drakkar Klose, a striker-vs-striker welterweight bout between Ignacio Bahamondes and 42-year-old Muslim Salikhov, a flyweight grappling matchup between veteran Tim Elliott and Edgar Chairez, and a women's flyweight fight between veteran JJ Aldrich and undefeated prospect Regina Tarin closing out the block right before the main card.
How to Watch
Paramount+ is the exclusive home for live UFC events under the promotion's current media rights agreement, and that covers every card — numbered pay-per-view-style events and Fight Nights alike — with no separate purchase required on top of a subscription. This deal, which began in 2026, replaced the old pay-per-view model entirely: every live card, prelims through main card, streams as part of any Paramount+ plan.
That arrangement hasn't changed since it took effect, and it applies the same way to Noche UFC as it does to a numbered event — subscribe to Paramount+, and both the prelims and main card are included at no extra cost.
Why This Card Runs Differently Than Usual
Noche UFC is an annual UFC tradition tied to Mexican Independence Day weekend, and this year's card leans into that with a heavily Mexican and Latin American-featured lineup: Alexa Grasso and Brandon Moreno both fight in main-card bouts, and several other fighters on the card, including David Martinez and Rafa Garcia, are also from Mexico. The main event itself changed shape in the buildup — Jean Silva was originally scheduled to headline against former interim champion Yair Rodriguez, but Rodriguez withdrew in mid-August with a groin injury, and Jose Delgado stepped in as a late replacement. The broadcast times and structure aren't affected by that swap, but it's worth knowing going in that the man walking out opposite Silva wasn't the one originally advertised months ago.
Planning Around the Two Blocks
If watching the entire card live isn't realistic, the prelims are worth checking for the Elliott-Chairez grappling matchup and Tarin's continued unbeaten run, both of which carry real stakes despite being lower on the card. For the main card, arriving close to the 5:00 PM ET start covers the McMillen-Rahiki opener between two undefeated prospects, while anyone strictly budgeting time should plan to tune in no later than roughly 90 minutes into the main card to catch the Moreno-Morales and Grasso-Fiorot fights before the Silva-Delgado main event.
Time zone conversions matter more than usual here given the early start: 2:00 PM ET prelims means an 11:00 AM Pacific start, which is an earlier commitment than most West Coast fans are used to for a UFC card.
The Takeaway
Noche UFC's broadcast runs 2:00 PM ET prelims into a 5:00 PM ET main card on Paramount+, but the Silva-Delgado main event itself doesn't walk until five other main-card fights, including the Moreno-Morales and Grasso-Fiorot bouts, are already decided — pushing the actual headliner closer to 7:30 or 8:00 PM ET depending on how the night unfolds. Treat the announced 5:00 PM start as when the main card begins, not when the fight you're most likely tuning in for actually starts.