UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues
Mixed martial arts event in 2026
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UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues (also known as UFC Fight Night 285) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that is scheduled to take place on August 22, 2026, at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.[1]
| UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 22, 2026 | |||
| Venue | Golden 1 Center | |||
| City | Sacramento, California | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
The event will mark the promotion's seventh visit to Sacramento and first since UFC Fight Night: de Randamie vs. Ladd in July 2019.[1] There were initial reports that the event would take place at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, but for undisclosed reasons, it was later shifted to Sacramento.[2]
A middleweight bout between former LFA Middleweight Champions Anthony Hernandez and Gregory Rodrigues is scheduled to headline the event.[3]
Fight card
| Main card (Paramount+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Anthony Hernandez | vs. | Gregory Rodrigues | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Roman Dolidze | vs. | Reinier de Ridder | ||||
| Heavyweight | Serghei Spivac | vs. | Vitor Petrino | ||||
| Heavyweight | Kennedy Nzechukwu | vs. | Shamil Gaziev | ||||
| Lightweight | Kody Steele | vs. | Gauge Young | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Carli Judice | vs. | Jeisla Chaves | ||||
| Middleweight | Wesley Schultz | vs. | Jackson McVey | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Shanelle Dyer | vs. | Elise Reed | ||||
Announced bouts
- Lightweight bout: Mason Jones vs. MarQuel Mederos[5]
- Lightweight bout: Nasrat Haqparast vs. Chris Padilla[6]
- Featherweight bout: Jamall Emmers vs. Lerryan Douglas[7]
