{"id":377395,"date":"2026-06-27T17:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T17:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/377395\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T17:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T17:40:22","slug":"middleweight-contenders-to-headline-ufc-sacramento-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/377395\/","title":{"rendered":"Middleweight contenders to headline UFC Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAnthony Hernandez will attempt to return to the win column at
\nUFC Sacramento. | Getty\/UFC<\/p>\n

Battle-tested middleweights are set to trade leather at
\nUFC Sacramento<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anthony
\nHernandez<\/a> and Gregory
\nRodrigues<\/a> are scheduled to headline a UFC Fight Night on Aug.
\n22 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.\u00a0Connected MMA<\/a> was first to report the booking, which
\nwas later confirmed by MMAFighting.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking to Bounce Back
\n
\nHernandez (15-3) was on an eight-fight winning streak with six
\nfinishes leading up to his last matchup against Sean
\nStrickland<\/a>. While \u201cFluffy\u201d was a sizeable favorite going into
\nthe fight, Strickland neutralized his wrestling and picked him
\napart on the feet to score a third-round stoppage win. Hernandez is
\ncurrently training with Strickland for his upcoming fight against
\nRodrigues (19-6).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Rodrigues is 10-3 in the
\nUFC<\/a> and currently on a three-fight winning streak. \u201cRoboCop\u201d
\nhas gone through the trenches of the middleweight division, mostly
\nemerging victorious. The Brazilian knocked out Bruno
\nFerreira<\/a> in his last outing this past March to avenge a loss
\ndating back to 2023.\u00a0 <\/p>\n