# UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues
**UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues** was a mixed martial arts event produced by the [Ultimate Fighting Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/ultimate-fighting-championship) on August 22, 2026, at [Golden 1 Center](https://www.edgepedia.org/golden-1-center) in [Sacramento, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/sacramento-california). It was headlined by a five-round middleweight bout in which Gregory Rodrigues defeated local favorite Anthony Hernandez by unanimous decision, and it was broadcast on Paramount+.[1](https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-fight-night-august-22-2026) • [2](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues-results)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Date and venue | Saturday, August 22, 2026; Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California[1](https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-fight-night-august-22-2026) |
| Main event | Gregory Rodrigues def. Anthony Hernandez by unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 48-47), five rounds, referee Herb Dean[2](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues-results) • [3](https://www.sherdog.com/events/UFC-Fight-Night-285-Hernandez-vs-Rodrigues-113260) |
| Records after the fight | Rodrigues 20-6, a four-fight win streak; Hernandez 15-4, an eight-fight win streak ended[3](https://www.sherdog.com/events/UFC-Fight-Night-285-Hernandez-vs-Rodrigues-113260) • [4](https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/exhibicion-de-rodrigues-ante-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-te-quiero-a-ti-f202608-n/) |
| Rankings entering | Hernandez #6, Rodrigues #11 at middleweight; Hernandez a -220 betting favorite to Rodrigues' +180[1](https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-fight-night-august-22-2026) |
| Card statistics | 13 bouts; 10 early finishes (8 KO/TKO, 2 submissions), 7 in round one; 76.9% finish rate, the 4th highest of 2026 and 81st of 785 cards on record[5](https://fightstats.online/events/ufc-fight-night-hernandez-vs-rodrigues) |
| Co-main event | Vitor Petrino def. Serghei Spivac by unanimous decision (30-27 on all three cards)[4](https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/exhibicion-de-rodrigues-ante-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-te-quiero-a-ti-f202608-n/) |
## Background
The event marked the UFC's return to Sacramento, an arena market the promotion had visited many times over the years, with the card staged at Golden 1 Center.[6](https://www.ufc.com/news/scorecard-ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues) The headliner matched two ranked middleweights: Anthony "Fluffy" Hernandez, a Mexican American fighter from Dunnigan, California, who had built his position in the 185-pound division with wins over [Brendan Allen](https://www.edgepedia.org/brendan-allen), Roman Kopylov, and [Michel Pereira](https://www.edgepedia.org/michel-pereira), and Gregory "Robocop" [Rodrigues](https://www.edgepedia.org/rodrigues), a Brazilian fighting out of Deerfield Beach, Florida, by way of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, who was entering his second UFC main event.[7](https://www.ufc.com/news/pivotal-middleweight-bout-between-anthony-hernandez-and-gregory-rodrigues-headlines-ufc-return) Hernandez carried an eight-fight winning streak into the bout.[4](https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/exhibicion-de-rodrigues-ante-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-te-quiero-a-ti-f202608-n/)
## Main event
**Rodrigues won by unanimous decision.** The three judges scored the fight 48-47, 49-46, and 48-47 for the Brazilian.[2](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues-results) • [4](https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/exhibicion-de-rodrigues-ante-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-te-quiero-a-ti-f202608-n/) Over 25 minutes, Rodrigues used calf kicks to set up four takedowns, stopped 25 of the 28 takedown attempts from Hernandez, and maintained a high volume of striking to outwork the local fighter in front of his home crowd.[4](https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/exhibicion-de-rodrigues-ante-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-te-quiero-a-ti-f202608-n/) UFC's own recap described Rodrigues as appearing close to a second-round stoppage after a succession of leg kicks and heavy punches chopped down Hernandez's lead leg.[2](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues-results) • [6](https://www.ufc.com/news/scorecard-ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues)
The loss ended Hernandez's eight-fight winning streak, and he acknowledged the difficulty of the matchup afterward, calling Rodrigues a very tough opponent.[4](https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/exhibicion-de-rodrigues-ante-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-te-quiero-a-ti-f202608-n/) For Rodrigues, the victory was described as the biggest of his 26-fight career and extended his run to four consecutive wins.[6](https://www.ufc.com/news/scorecard-ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues) • [4](https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/exhibicion-de-rodrigues-ante-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-te-quiero-a-ti-f202608-n/) After the fight he called for a meeting with former UFC champion [Dricus du Plessis](https://www.edgepedia.org/dricus-du-plessis), then ranked number two in the division, saying in his post-fight interview, "Dricus du Plessis, where are you? I want you."[4](https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/exhibicion-de-rodrigues-ante-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-te-quiero-a-ti-f202608-n/)
A post-fight controversy followed: Rodrigues admitted a possible glove grab during the bout while denying that he had cheated against Hernandez.[3](https://www.sherdog.com/events/UFC-Fight-Night-285-Hernandez-vs-Rodrigues-113260)
## Rest of the card
**The co-main event** saw Brazilian heavyweight [Vitor Petrino](https://www.edgepedia.org/vitor-petrino) (15-2) use dominant wrestling to neutralize the knockout power of Moldova's Serghei Spivac (18-7), sweeping the scorecards 30-27 across all three judges. The win kept Petrino in the title conversation at heavyweight, while Spivac absorbed his fourth loss in his last six appearances.[4](https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/exhibicion-de-rodrigues-ante-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-te-quiero-a-ti-f202608-n/)
Former two-division [ONE Championship](https://www.edgepedia.org/one-championship) titleholder [Reinier de Ridder](https://www.edgepedia.org/reinier-de-ridder) (22-4) made his UFC light heavyweight debut by finishing [Roman Dolidze](https://www.edgepedia.org/roman-dolidze) (15-6) with ground-and-pound at 4:01 of the first round, his twelfth first-round finish; the loss was Dolidze's third consecutive.[4](https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/exhibicion-de-rodrigues-ante-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-te-quiero-a-ti-f202608-n/) • [2](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues-results)
Other main-card results included first-round finishes from Anthony Wint, Carli Judice, and MarQuel Mederos. Wint, a former [New York Jets](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-york-jets) practice squad linebacker, submitted Terrance Chatman with an arm-triangle choke at 4:29 of round one in his promotional debut, eleven days after earning a UFC contract with a 34-second knockout on Week 1 of Season 10 of [Dana White](https://www.edgepedia.org/dana-white)'s Contender Series. Judice stopped previously unbeaten Jeisla Chaves by TKO at 1:39 of round one, and Mederos halted Mason Jones by TKO at 2:07 of round two, ending Jones' seven-fight win streak.[2](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues-results) • [6](https://www.ufc.com/news/scorecard-ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues) • [4](https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/exhibicion-de-rodrigues-ante-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-te-quiero-a-ti-f202608-n/)
The preliminary card produced six finishes in seven fights, including a first-round TKO by Shanelle Dyer over Elise Reed and a submission win for Chris Padilla over [Nasrat Haqparast](https://www.edgepedia.org/nasrat-haqparast) at 4:59 of round three.[2](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues-results) • [3](https://www.sherdog.com/events/UFC-Fight-Night-285-Hernandez-vs-Rodrigues-113260)
## Card statistics and significance
The event was an unusually finish-heavy card. Of its 13 scored bouts, 10 ended early, 8 by knockout and 2 by submission, with 7 of those finishes coming in the first round, a 70.0% first-round finish share. Both submissions on the card were arm-triangle chokes. The 76.9% finish rate ranked 4th among 2026 cards and 81st among the 785 cards on record tracked by Fight Stats, and the card's 8 knockouts tied for third on the UFC's all-time event record list for KO/TKO wins.[5](https://fightstats.online/events/ufc-fight-night-hernandez-vs-rodrigues) • [8](https://statleaders.ufc.com/event) UFC's own recap called the Sacramento return one of the more memorable fight nights in the city's fighting history.[6](https://www.ufc.com/news/scorecard-ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues) The promotion next traveled to Shanghai to close its August schedule the following Saturday.[4](https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/exhibicion-de-rodrigues-ante-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-te-quiero-a-ti-f202608-n/)
## References
1. [UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs Rodrigues | UFC Sacramento, UFC.com](https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-fight-night-august-22-2026)
2. [UFC Sacramento Results, UFC.com](https://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues-results)
3. [UFC Fight Night 285 - Hernandez vs. Rodrigues, Sherdog](https://www.sherdog.com/events/UFC-Fight-Night-285-Hernandez-vs-Rodrigues-113260)
4. [Exhibición de Rodrigues ante Hernández: "Dricus du Plessis, te quiero a ti", AS.com](https://as.com/masdeporte/polideportivo/exhibicion-de-rodrigues-ante-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-te-quiero-a-ti-f202608-n/)
5. [UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues | Fight Stats](https://fightstats.online/events/ufc-fight-night-hernandez-vs-rodrigues)
6. [The Scorecard | UFC Sacramento, UFC.com](https://www.ufc.com/news/scorecard-ufc-sacramento-hernandez-vs-rodrigues)
7. [Pivotal middleweight bout between Anthony Hernandez and Gregory Rodrigues headlines UFC return to Sacramento, UFC.com](https://www.ufc.com/news/pivotal-middleweight-bout-between-anthony-hernandez-and-gregory-rodrigues-headlines-ufc-return)
8. [UFC Record Book, statleaders.ufc.com](https://statleaders.ufc.com/event)
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