{"id":382814,"date":"2026-07-01T23:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/382814\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T23:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:43:09","slug":"anthony-hernandez-trains-with-sean-strickland-ahead-of-ufc-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/382814\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Hernandez trains with Sean Strickland ahead of UFC Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony
\nHernandez<\/a> is training with
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> middleweight champ Sean
\nStrickland<\/a> ahead of his headlining bout at
\nUFC Fight Night 285<\/a>. Hernandez will be looking to return to
\nvictorious ways after his win streak was snapped by Strickland in
\nFebruary 2026.<\/p>\n

While Strickland went on to claim UFC gold in his next fight
\nagainst Khamzat
\nChimaev<\/a>, Hernandez is scheduled to lock horns with Gregory
\nRodrigues<\/a> in Sacramento, California, in August.<\/p>\n

Anthony Hernandez gets \u201ctips and tricks\u201d from Sean
\nStrickland
\n
\nHernandez posted a photo on Instagram following his training
\nsession with Strickland. He captioned his post, \u201cThank you guys for
\nwelcoming me in. Appreciate the tips and tricks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strickland then acknowledged the post with a comment, which read,
\n\u201c6 weeks of fun!\u201d<\/p>\n

Hernandez\u2019s eight-fight win streak came to a screeching halt
\nearlier this year in Houston, where he was finished in the third
\nround via TKO. Despite the pre-fight tension between \u201cFluffy\u201d and
\nStrickland, they shared a wholesome moment after the bout, which
\nseemingly paved the way for them to train together.<\/p>\n

Currently ranked No. 6 in the UFC middleweight division, Hernandez
\nwill take on Rodrigues, who holds the No. 12 spot, next. Meanwhile,
\nStrickland’s first title defense could come against Chimaev or
\nNassourdine
\nImavov<\/a>, two middleweights he\u2019s already beaten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Hernandez is training with Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champ Sean Strickland ahead of his headlining bout at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[847,152788,100,121,123,122],"class_list":["post-382814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-article","tag-https-www-sherdog-com-news-news-ufc","tag-news","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}