{"id":761940,"date":"2026-06-26T16:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761940\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:52:13","slug":"anthony-hernandez-vs-gregory-rodrigues-set-to-headline-ufcs-return-to-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761940\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Hernandez vs. Gregory Rodrigues set to headline UFC\u2019s return to Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">A pivotal middleweight clash is set to close out the UFC\u2019s return to Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion\u2019s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Anthony Hernandez and Gregory Rodrigues will serve as the main event at UFC Sacramento, which takes place Aug. 22 and streams on Paramount+ in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Hernandez looks to get back on track after having his impressive winning streak halted in his most recent bout. \u201cFluffy\u201d faced the now middleweight champion Sean Strickland in the main event of February\u2019s UFC Houston card and was stopped via strikes in the third round. Prior to that, Hernandez won eight straight, including six victories inside the distance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Rodrigues returns to the headline spot in hopes of a better outcome than his previous endeavor. \u201cRobocop\u201d was stopped by Jared Cannonier in the main event of UFC Vegas 102 in February 2025, but since then, Rodrigues has won three straight, including a pair of Performance of the Night earning first-round knockouts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Damon Martin contributed to this report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pivotal middleweight clash is set to close out the UFC\u2019s return to Sacramento. Multiple people with knowledge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396],"class_list":["post-761940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}