For the fourth consecutive year, the top MMA promotion will hold its annual Noche UFC event a few days before Mexican Independence Day. This year’s Noche UFC event will take place in Glendale, Arizona, for the first time at Desert Diamond Arena. Saturday’s Noche UFC card is being headlined by a Featherweight contest between No. 6 Jean Silva vs. Jose Miguel Delgado.
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Check out my favorite fighters to add to your daily fantasy lineup for Saturday’s Noche UFC event.
Studs
Manon Fiorot ($8,900)
From 2019 to 2024, Manon Fiorot went on a 12-fight winning streak, with seven of them coming in the UFC. That streak ended at UFC 315 when she suffered a loss to Valentina Shevchenko in a title fight. But after that, Fiorot got back on track in a big way, scoring a first-round knockout against Jasmine Jasudavicius in October 2025. Now, Fiorot has another tough challenge once again as she faces former title holder Alexa Grasso. Grasso is also coming off a first-round knockout as she beat Maycee Barber in March.
In this fight, Fiorot is two inches taller (5’7″ vs. 5’5″) while Grasso has a slight reach advantage (66″ vs. 65″). Although Grasso is a former champion, Fiorot is the better all-around fighter on paper. Fiorot averages more significant strikes (5.66 vs. 4.11) and takedowns (1.05 vs. 0.40) than Grasso. Fiorot is also better defensively on the feet, with higher striking accuracy (42% vs. 41%).
This fight should stay on the feet, which favors Fiorot. With her 66 percent defense rate, Fiorot has the tools to frustrate Grasso in a striking matchup. Fiorot has scored at least 96 fantasy points in her previous two wins. In six of her eight wins in the UFC, Fiorot has recorded 81-plus points. As Fiorot showed in her last fight, when she is aggressive, an elite performance is likely incoming.
Tommy McMillen ($8,600)
McMillen is the bigger fighter in this contest, taller by four inches (6’0″ vs. 5’8″) with a two-inch reach advantage (74″ vs. 72″). Including their appearances on Dana White’s Contender Series, McMillen averages 13.54 significant strikes per minute while Rahiki lands 7.75. Both of them are elite strikers, but McMillen should have the edge in the contest as he is bigger and puts out a volume of punches that is difficult for others to keep up with.
Although McMillen has his toughest test in front of him with Rahiki, he has shown little weakness so far and only appears to be improving. In his first two bouts in the UFC, McMillen has scored 130.2 and 168.1 fantasy points, which is absurd. Adding McMillen to your lineup at $8,600 elevates your floor a ton and gives you a potential contest-winning fighter.
Value Play
Curtis Blaydes ($7,500)
The veteran Curtis Blaydes returns to take on Waldo Cortes Acosta five months after having a war with Josh Hokit. Although Blaydes came up short, he still had a good showing, totaling 174 significant strikes. Cortes Acosta’s three-fight winning streak ended against Alexander Volkov at UFC 328 in May. His previous win was against Derrick Lewis at UFC 324 in January.
Cortes Acosta is slightly better on the feet as he averages more significant strikes (5.34 vs. 41.8), but Blaydes absorbs fewer strikes (2.76 vs. 3.63) and has the edge in striking accuracy (52% vs. 48%). Blaydes has the biggest advantage in this fight: his elite ability on the ground. Blaydes lands over five takedowns per 15 minutes at a 47 percent rate. Cortes Acosta has a 73 percent takedown defense, but if Blaydes is aggressive enough, the fight could end up on the ground.
Blaydes struggled against Hokit due to his quickness, but there shouldn’t be a big gap in speed in this contest. Even though he lost his previous fight, Blaydes still scored 91.4 fantasy points, his most since 2022. Blaydes has scored 80-plus fantasy points in 11 of his previous 12 UFC wins.
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