SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 22: Gregory Rodrigues of Brazil reacts aft a triumph against Anthony Hernandez successful a middleweight conflict during the UFC Fight Night arena astatine Golden 1 Center connected August 22, 2026 successful Sacramento, California. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
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The Gregory Rodrigues vs. Anthony Hernandez main arena successful Sacramento was a war. Rodrigues prevailed via unanimous determination and some men won $100,000 bonuses for putting connected the Fight of the Night. Likewise, some men will beryllium retired of action for rather a while. After the bout, the California State Athletic Commission issued six-month suspensions for some middleweights. Let's talk MMA.
UFC Sacramento Suspensions: Key Facts
| Event | UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues |
| Date | August 22, 2026 |
| Location | Sacramento, California |
| Commission | California State Athletic Commission |
| Rodrigues | 180 days aliases clearance, imaginable correct limb fracture |
| Hernandez | 180 days aliases clearance, imaginable near knee fracture |
| Lerryan Douglas | 180 days aliases clearance, imaginable correct orbital fracture |
| Jamall Emmers | 7-day mandatory only |
| Main arena result | Rodrigues by unanimous decision, 48-47, 49-46, 48-47 |
| Fight of the Night | Rodrigues and Hernandez, $100,000 each |
| Performance of the Night | MarQuel Mederos and Carli Judice, $100,000 each |
| Finish bonuses | Eight fighters astatine $25,000 |
What The Commission Handed Down
A six-month suspension was expected aft some men put a noticeable level of harm connected each other. Both guys showed tremendous bosom and resolve, battling done adversity. However, Rodrigues was conscionable excessively big, beardown and uncharacteristically good conditioned. He simply outlasted Hernandez pinch dense limb kicks, powerfulness punches and fantabulous protect grappling. Here are immoderate of the highlights from the five-round war.
The suspensions are 180 days aliases clearance from a physician, not level six-month bans. Each besides carries a 45-day suspension, a 30-day no-contact play and the modular seven-day mandatory term.
It was a sadistic nighttime for injuries overall. Earlier successful the card, Jamall Emmers scored a KO triumph complete Lerryan Douglas. The second suffered a surgery orbital bony and mislaid immoderate of his vision, per his coach and UFC legend, Cub Swanson.
Douglas drew the aforesaid 180-day word for a imaginable correct orbital fracture. Emmers near pinch only the seven-day mandatory suspension.
Rodrigues and Hernandez divided the Fight of the Night money. MarQuel Mederos and Carli Judice took the 2 Performance of the Night awards.
UFC Sacramento Full Results
| Gregory Rodrigues def. Anthony Hernandez | Unanimous determination (48-47, 49-46, 48-47) | FOTN, $100K each |
| Vitor Petrino def. Serghei Spivac | Unanimous determination (30-27 x3) | — |
| Reinier de Ridder def. Roman Dolidze | TKO (strikes), R1, 4:01 | — |
| MarQuel Mederos def. Mason Jones | TKO (strikes), R2, 2:07 | POTN, $100K |
| Carli Judice def. Jeisla Chaves | TKO (body kick), R1, 1:39 | POTN, $100K |
| Anthony Wint def. Terrance Chatman | Technical submission (arm-triangle), R1, 4:29 | — |
| Jamall Emmers def. Lerryan Douglas | TKO (right hand), R1, 3:38 | — |
| Shamil Gaziev def. Kennedy Nzechukwu | KO (right hand), R1, 1:20 | — |
| Chris Padilla def. Nasrat Haqparast | Technical submission (arm-triangle), R3, 4:59 | — |
| Marcio Barbosa def. Ryan Kuse | TKO (left hand), R1, 2:47 | — |
| Stan Dorsainvil def. Gauge Young | Unanimous determination (29-28 x3) | — |
| Jackson McVey def. Wes Schultz | TKO (knee to the body), R1, 4:13 | — |
| Shanelle Dyer def. Elise Reed | TKO (strikes), R3, 1:42 | — |
The 8 fighters who vanished their bouts, but didn’t triumph 1 of the $100,000 capacity bonuses received $25,000 decorativeness bonuses.
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