FanDuel<\/a>. Rodrigues the underdog at +180.<\/p>\nReferee Herb Dean oversees the main event.<\/p>\n
Hernandez immediately goes for a takedown and pushes Rodrigues to the fence. Here we go. Rodrigues struggling to do anything with this position, Hernandez giving him no room to breathe. He changes levels and attacks a single leg, but Rodrigues\u2019 defense holds. They briefly separate before Hernandez goes right back in for another takedown. Classic wall-and-stall going on here.<\/p>\n
Rodrigues finally gets some space and lands a jab. Honestly, the most meaningful damage of the fight. Hernandez tries to force another takedown but eats a right hand for his troubles. Those punches might be enough for Rodrigues to take the round. Hernandez with an overhand right and he ducks in for a takedown, but Rodrigues has him scouted. Hernandez cut Rodrigues with an elbow, but eats a knee to the body as he tries to get in. Rodrigues with a counter shot to the body. I\u2019m not sold on Hernandez\u2019s tactics here.<\/p>\n
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Rodrigues.<\/p>\n
Good right hand by Hernandez, but Rodrigues answers with a clean 1-2. Hernandez back to pushing Rodrigues to the fence. Rodrigues backs Hernandez up with another quick hook. He jabs Hernandez\u2019s body, mixed in with some leg kicks. Hernandez wants that takedown but he\u2019s taking a few downward elbows for his troubles. Those leg kicks are taking their toll. Hard leg kick stumbles Rodrigues, that doesn\u2019t look good. Oof, another one and Hernandez is definitely favoring his leg. He\u2019s in trouble.<\/p>\n
Rodrigues with all the pressure now. He\u2019s picking his spots, Hernandez\u2019s movement visibly slowed. Big punches from Rodrigues, and another leg kick forces Hernandez to drop the mat. Rodrigues moves into top position and goes to work with that jiu-jitsu we\u2019re always hearing about. Good defense by Hernandez and he makes it back to the feet\u2026 before eating another leg kick that trips him up. He could legitimately be injured, not sure he can make it out for Round 3. But he\u2019s coming forward, so maybe he\u2019s fine? Big right hand from Hernandez and they\u2019re slugging it out to close the round. Takedown in the final second, doesn\u2019t mean much for the score, but definitely a statement move for Hernandez.<\/p>\n
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Rodrigues. Overall, 20-18 Rodrigues.<\/p>\n
Hernandez all smiles and immediately goes for a takedown and gets it! Mad man. It\u2019s all Hernandez right now as he is smothering Rodrigues with a lot of time to work. Rodrigues gets to his feet, but Hernandez is not letting up. Slick work from Rodrigues to get free and create space again. Hernandez marching forward and then he dives in for another takedown, well-defended by Rodrigues. Hernandez switching his grip, changing levels, he is testing Rodrigues\u2019 gas tank. Beautiful elbow inside by Hernandez as he stays glued to Rodrigues.<\/p>\n
Rodrigues has abandoned the leg kicks, but he probably can\u2019t risk throwing one without immediately getting put on his back. He\u2019s stuck to the fence, Hernandez leaning on him, They trade shots inside, what a grimy fight. More great takedown defense from Rodrigues, but his offense has been severely limited in this round. Strong bounce-back round for Hernandez.<\/p>\n
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Hernandez. Overall, 29-28 Rodrigues.<\/p>\n
Good left hand from Rodrigues to start the round. He\u2019s obviously been told to come forward more and it\u2019s working, he\u2019s scoring points and keeping Hernandez on the backfoot. Hernandez doesn\u2019t look like he\u2019s used to his opponent being the aggressor in the later rounds. Rodrigues shrugs off a takedown attempt and he\u2019s headhunting now. Big punches and more leg kicks.<\/p>\n
Hernandez letting his hands go. He knows he has to make Rodrigues respect his standup or the takedown won\u2019t come. What a war right now. Rodrigues clips Hernandez with a hard right and I don\u2019t know how Hernandez wasn\u2019t stunned or rocked by that one. Rodrigues just chopping Hernandez down, except he won\u2019t actually go down.<\/p>\n
Finally, Hernandez gets a body lock, but he has a lot of ground to make up if he wants to avoid falling behind on the scorecards. Rodrigues with a whizzer to block another Hernandez takedown attempt. He finally gets the takedown, but that\u2019s about it.<\/p>\n
MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Rodrigues. Overall, 39-37 Rodrigues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is the UFC Sacramento live blog for Anthony Hernandez vs. Gregory Rodrigues, the middleweight main event Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1979,121,123,122,18873,152122],"class_list":["post-440918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-latest-news","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440918","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=440918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}