{"id":442894,"date":"2026-08-25T09:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/442894\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:37:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:37:02","slug":"anthony-hernandez-suspended-for-six-months-after-ufc-sacramento-homecoming-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/442894\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Hernandez suspended for six months after UFC Sacramento homecoming loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trending:<a class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/robert-whittaker\/robert-whittaker-called-out-former-ufc-champ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Whittaker called out by former UFC champ for light heavyweight return<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MixCollage-24-Aug-2026-03-04-PM-2119-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"nlz w-full h-auto wp-post-image\" alt=\"Anthony Hernandez speaks with Gregory Rodrigues' corner after UFC Sacramento\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/>Credit: Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC<\/p>\n<p>UFC middleweight contender Anthony Hernandez will have to wait a while to return to the Octagon after a grueling loss at UFC Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>Rising middleweight stars Anthony Hernandez and Gregory Rodrigues treated fight fans to one of the wildest UFC fights of the year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/gregory-rodrigues\/responds-claims-cheated-hernandez-sacramento\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">last Saturday in Sacramento<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a pivotal middleweight matchup, Hernandez and Rodrigues headlined a stacked card at UFC Sacramento. Hernandez and Rodrigues treated fans to an instant classic over five rounds, with Rodrigues earning a unanimous decision win on the judges\u2019 scorecards.<\/p>\n<p>It was a disappointing setback for Hernandez, who fought in front of his hometown following at UFC Sacramento. Once thought of as a potential next title challenger, Hernandez has lost back-to-back fights for the first time in his UFC tenure.<\/p>\n<p>After suffering an apparent leg injury thanks to several Rodrigues leg kicks, along with an accumulation of damage, Hernandez will be on the sidelines for a while after UFC Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Hernandez issued medical suspension following UFC Sacramento slugfest<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/08\/24\/ufc-sacramento-medical-suspensions-gregory-rodrigues-vs-anthony-hernandez\/91445698007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">California State Athletic Commission<\/a> (CSAC) released a full list of fighter injuries and medical suspensions linked to UFC Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez suffered a potential left knee fracture against Rodrigues, as announced by the CSAC in its post-event report. As a result, CSAC handed Hernandez a six-month medical suspension or until cleared by a physician.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigues suffered a potential right knee fracture against Hernandez and was also handed a 180-day medical suspension.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the UFC Sacramento headliners, Lerryan Douglas was handed a six-month suspension after suffering a possible orbital fracture. MarQuel Mederos, who earned an impressive knockout win over Mason Jones, also suffered a potential orbital fracture and is suspended for six months.<\/p>\n<p>Can Anthony Hernandez return to the UFC middleweight title mix after UFC Sacramento? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1 mt-0 os-source\">This article appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BJPENN.COM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trending:Robert Whittaker called out by former UFC champ for light heavyweight returnCredit: Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC UFC middleweight contender&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[152077,152078,86510,121,123,122,18873,152079],"class_list":["post-442894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-anthony-hernandez","tag-gregory-rodrigues","tag-mma","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-sacramento"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442894","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=442894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}