{"id":440488,"date":"2026-08-22T14:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/440488\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T14:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:52:07","slug":"ufc-sacramento-predictions-anthony-hernandez-vs-gregory-rodrigues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/440488\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Sacramento predictions: Anthony Hernandez vs. Gregory Rodrigues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aug. 22, 2026, 9:01 a.m. ET<\/p>\n

The UFC is in California\u2019s capital city for the first time in more than seven years, and a pair of middleweight contenders top the card.<\/p>\n

UFC Fight Night 285 (Paramount+) takes place Saturday at Golden1 Center in Sacramento.<\/p>\n

Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.<\/p>\n

Terrance Chatman vs. Anthony WintRecords: Chatman (5-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), Wint (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)Division: HeavyweightRankings: NoneOdds (as of 08.22.26): Chatman +700, Wint -1100Junkie pick results: Wint 10, Chatman 0Jeisla Chaves vs. Carli JudiceRecords: Chaves (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Judice (6-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC)Division: FlyweightRankings: NoneOdds (as of 08.22.26): Chaves +460, Judice -650Junkie pick results: Judice 6, Chaves 4Mason Jones vs. MarQuel MederosRecords: Jones (18-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC), Mederos (11-1-1 MMA, 3-0-1 UFC)Division: LightweightRankings: NoneOdds (as of 08.22.26): Jones -370, Mederos +290Junkie pick results: Mederos 7, Jones 3Reinier de Ridder vs. Roman DolidzeRecords: de Ridder (21-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC), Dolidze (15-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC)Division: Light HeavyweightRankings: de Ridder No. 9 (middleweight)Odds (as of 08.22.26): de Ridder -390, Dolidze +310Junkie pick results: de Ridder 10, Dolidze 0Vitor Petrino vs. Serghei SpivacRecords: Petrino (14-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC), Spivac (18-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC)Division: HeavyweightRankings: Spivac No. 11Odds (as of 08.22.26): Petrino -160, Spivac +135Junkie pick results: Petrino 7, Spivac 3Records: Hernandez (15-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC), Rodrigues (19-6 MMA, 10-3 UFC)Division: MiddleweightRankings: Hernandez No. 5, Rodrigues No. 8Odds (as of 08.22.26): Hernandez -220, Rodrigues +180Junkie pick results: Hernandez 7, Rodrigues 3Individual staff member picks, main card<\/p>\n

Readers\u00a0142-61: Hernandez\u00a0(66%), Petrino (55%), De Ridder\u00a0(89%), Jones (79%), Judice\u00a0(70%), Wint\u00a0(95%)<\/p>\n

Danny Segura\u00a0148-58: Rodrigues, Petrino, De Ridder, Jones, Judice, WintMike Bohn 139-67: Hernandez, Spivac, De Ridder, Jones, Judice, WintSimon Samano\u00a0136-70: Rodrigues, Petrino, De Ridder, Mederos, Chaves, WintNolan King 138-68: Hernandez, Spivac, De Ridder, Jones, Judice, WintFarah Hannoun 137-69: Hernandez, Petrino, De Ridder, Mederos, Chaves, WintMatthew Wells 137-69: Hernandez, Petrino, De Ridder, Mederos, Judice, WintKen Hathaway\u00a0136-70: Rodrigues, Spivac, De Ridder, Mederos, Chaves, WintBrian Garcia\u00a0132-74: Hernandez, Petrino, De Ridder, Mederos, Judice, WintGeorge Garcia 129-77: Hernandez, Petrino, De Ridder, Mederos, Judice, WintMatt Erickson 125-81: Hernandez, Petrino, De Ridder, Mederos, Chaves, WintJero Guerra 49-21: No picksPreliminary card picks<\/p>\n

Although they don’t count toward the standings, MMA Junkie staff members still pick the fights on the prelims. Here are the results:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lerryan Douglas vs. Jamall Emmers: Douglas 10, Emmers 0Shamil Gaziev vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu: Gaziev 5, Nzechukwu 5Nasrat Haqparast vs. Chris Padilla: Haqparast 5, Padilla 5Marcio Barbosa vs. Ryan Kuse: Barbosa 10, Kuse 0Stan Dorsainvil vs. Gauge Young: Young 6, Dorsainvil 4Jackson McVey vs. Wes Schultz: Schultz 6, McVey 4Shanelle Dyer vs. Elise Reed: Dyer 10, Reed 0\"\"\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug. 22, 2026, 9:01 a.m. ET The UFC is in California\u2019s capital city for the first time in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[243,121,123,122,138614,152808,152809,152811,121738,508,13493,510,377,246],"class_list":["post-440488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-accessfree","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sourcemma-junkie","tag-sstssportsufc","tag-sstsnufc","tag-taganthony-hernandez","tag-tagmartial-arts","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsacramento","tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440488","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=440488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}