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The UFC has its annual Mexican Independence Day celebration, Noche UFC, this week in Texas with featherweight contenders at the top of the lineup.
UFC Fight Night 259 (ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio.
Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.
Quang Le vs. Santiago Luna
- Records: Le (9-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC), Luna (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
- Division: Bantamweight
- Rankings: None
- Odds (as of 09.12.25): Le +115, Luna -135
- Junkie pick results: Luna 9, Le 2
Diego Ferreira vs. Alexander Hernandez
- Records: Ferreira (19-6 MMA, 10-6 UFC), Hernandez (17-8 MMA, 9-7 UFC)
- Division: Lightweight
- Rankings: None
- Odds (as of 09.08.25): Ferreira -115, Hernandez -115
- Junkie pick results: Hernandez 9, Ferreira 2
Kelvin Gastelum vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
- Records: Gastelum (19-10 MMA, 13-10 UFC), Stoltzfus (16-7 MMA, 3-6 UFC)
- Division: Catchweight (Gastelum missed the middleweight limit by 5 pounds)
- Rankings: None
- Odds (as of 09.08.25): Gastelum -245, Stoltzfus +210
- Junkie pick results: Gastelum 8, Stoltzfus 3
Rafa Garcia vs. Jared Gordon
- Records: Garcia (17-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC), Gordon (21-7 MMA, 9-6 UFC)
- Division: Lightweight
- Rankings: None
- Odds (as of 09.08.25): Garcia +190, Gordon -230
- Junkie pick results: Gordon 10, Garcia 1
Rob Font vs. David Martinez
- Records: Font (22-8 MMA, 12-7 UFC), Martinez (12-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC)
- Division: Bantamweight
- Rankings: Font No. 14
- Odds (as of 09.08.25): Font -114, Martinez -105
- Junkie pick results: Font 9, Martinez 2
Diego Lopes vs. Jean Silva
- Records: Lopes (26-7 MMA, 5-2 UFC), Silva (16-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC)
- Division: Featherweight
- Rankings: Lopes No. 5, Silva No. 8
- Odds (as of 09.08.25): Silva -260, Lopes +210
- Junkie pick results: Silva 7, Lopes 4
Individual staff member picks, main card
Readers 128-78: Silva 56, Font 69, Gordon 84, Gastelum 74, Hernandez 60, Luna 68
- Mike Bohn 135-71: Silva, Font, Gordon, Gastelum, Ferreira, Luna
- Ken Hathaway 134-72: Silva, Martinez, Gordon, Gastelum, Hernandez, Luna
- Nolan King 133-73: Lopes, Font, Gordon, Stoltzfus, Ferreira, Le
- Abbey Subhan 128-78: Silva, Font, Gordon, Gastelum, Hernandez, Luna
- Farah Hannoun 128-78: Lopes, Font, Gordon, Gastelum, Hernandez, Luna
- Matt Erickson 124-82: Silva, Martinez, Gordon, Stoltzfus, Hernandez, Luna
- Simon Samano 124-82: Silva, Font, Garcia, Stoltzfus, Hernandez, Luna
- Brian Garcia 123-83: Silva, Font, Gordon, Gastelum, Hernandez, Luna
- Danny Segura 122-84: Lopes, Font, Gordon, Gastelum, Hernandez, Luna
- Matthew Wells 120-86: Silva, Font, Gordon, Gastelum, Hernandez, Le
- George Garcia 114-92: Lopes, Font, Gordon, Gastelum, Hernandez, Luna
Preliminary card picks
Although they don’t count toward the standings, MMA Junkie staff members still pick the fights on the prelims. Here are the results:
- Jose Medina vs. Dusko Todorovic: Todorovic 11, Medina 0
- Claudio Puelles vs. Joaquim Silva: Puelles 10, Silva 1
- Amanda Lemos vs. Tatiana Suarez: Suarez 11, Lemos 0
- Jesus Aguilar vs. Luis Gurule: Aguilar 6, Gurule 5
- Sedriques Dumas vs. Zachary Reese: Reese 10, Dumas 1
- Alden Coria vs. Alessandro Costa: Costa 11, Coria 0
- Alice Pereira vs. Montserrat Rendon: Pereira 9, Rendon 2
- Daniil Donchenko vs. Rodrigo Sezinando: Donchenko 10, Sezinando 1
