Final Preventing Championship (UFC) is dwell TODAY (Sat., Aug. 22, 2026) with UFC Sacramento, streaming dwell on-line through Paramount+. The occasion occurs at Golden 1 Middle in Sacramento, CA. Our primary occasion tonight is Anthony Hernandez vs. Gregory Rodrigues within the Middleweight division.
UFC Sacramento Preview
The UFC rolls into Sac-City for the primary time in years, tonight. The final time they have been right here they hung their card on Germaine de Randamie. I feel it is honest to say they’ve include a greater primary occasion this time round with ‘Fluffy’ vs. ‘RoboCop’. Regardless of that enjoyable primary occasion, although, the remainder of the cardboard leaves a lot to be desired.
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That is Hernandez’s first combat since he was stopped by Sean Strickland. Had that not occurred, Hernandez would have probably fought for the title. Rodrigues is on a 3 combat successful streak and simply KO’d Brunno Ferreira. Each these guys have numerous wins and finishes within the division. But it surely additionally seems like they’re going to want greater than a win in Sacramento to get again into the 185 lbs. title image.
It is not the co-main, however the second most attention-grabbing combat on the cardboard is Reinier de Ridder vs. Roman Dolidze, additionally within the Middleweight division. Each these guys are miles away from title rivalry, however they’re well-known names at the very least. De Ridder is coming off losses to Caio Borralho and Brendan Allen. Dolidze is coming off a loss to our headliner, Hernandez.
Rounding out the primary card tonight is Serghei Spivac vs. Vitor Petrino, MarQuel Mederos vs. Mason Jones, Carli Judice vs. Jeisla Chaves and Anthony Wint vs. Terrance Chatman. Jones already had a Combat of the 12 months candidate, towards Axel Sola, earlier this 12 months. Judice and Chaves may also placed on a enjoyable brawl. Wint is a brilliant prospect, and former NFL participant, who has been fed a complete newcomer.
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The featured ‘Prelim’ is Jamall Emmers vs. Lerryan Douglas. Douglas set tongues wagging along with his blistering debut KO over Julian Erosa. The ‘Prelims’ additionally boast Chris Padilla vs. Nasrat Haqparast and Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Shamil Gaziev.
UFC Sacramento Begin Date and Time
We change to the west coast this weekend. However meaning we keep on with the usual begin instances. Verify that out under.
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UFC Sacramento “Prelims” will start at 5 p.m. ET.
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UFC Sacramento primary card is scheduled to start out at 7 p.m. ET.
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Principal card
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185 lbs.: Anthony Hernandez vs. Gregory Rodrigues
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265 lbs.: Serghei Spivac vs. Vitor Petrino
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205 lbs.: Reinier de Ridder vs. Roman Dolidze
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155 lbs.: MarQuel Mederos def. Nathan Jones by standing TKO (elbows and punches), spherical 2 (2:07)
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125 lbs.: Carli Judice def. Jeisla Chaves by TKO (physique kick), spherical 1 (1:39)
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265 lbs.: Anthony Wint def. Terrance Chatman by technical submission (arm triangle), spherical 1 (4:29) — HIGHLIGHTS
Prelims
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145 lbs.: Jamall Emmers def. Lerryan Douglas by TKO (punches), spherical 1 (3:38) — HIGHLIGHTS
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265 lbs.: Shamil Gaziev def. Kennedy Nzechukwu by KO (straight proper), spherical 1 (3:40) — HIGHLIGHTS
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155 lbs.: Chris Padilla def. Nasrat Haqparast by technical submission (standing arm triangle), spherical 3 (4:59) — HIGHLIGHTS
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145 lbs.: Marcio Barbosa def. Ryan Kuse by TKO (punches), spherical 1 (2:47) — HIGHLIGHTS
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155 lbs.: Stan Dorsainvil def. Gauge Younger by unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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185 lbs.: Jackson McVey def. Wes Schultz by TKO (knee to the physique, spherical 1 (4:13) — HIGHLIGHTS
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115 lbs.: Shanelle Dyer def. Elise Reed by standing TKO (punches), spherical 3 (1:42) — HIGHLIGHTS
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Principal Card
MarQuel Mederos vs. Mason Jones
Spherical 1: Mederos lands a very good one-two after which a leg kick that places Jones off steadiness. He then lands a jab. His hand pace appears to be sooner than Jones. He is additionally being very busy with low kicks. Jones takes time to load up and swing his, however Mederos is coming out three or 4 kicks within the time Jones takes to throw one. Jones tries to gradual issues down with a clinch, however Mederos will get out of it rapidly. Jones storms forwards throwing a ton of punches. He catches Mederos and causes just a little injury. Jones is sporting some injury, too, however he is the one going forwards. Mederos will get the momentum again, although, touchdown extra good pictures. Out of nowhere, Jones kicks Mederos’ leg out from underneath him and will get on high. Mederos hits a sweep, although, and lands on high! Plenty of motion in that spherical, however Mederos landed the cleaner pictures.
Mederos 10-9
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Spherical 2: Jones wobbles Mederos early. He is used to this sort of combat. Is Mederos? Mederos seems to be quite a bit slower right here. Jones is simply plodding forwards throwing bombs. He lands some nasty trying knees within the clinch. He then walks into an enormous elbow from Mederos. Jones is in survival mode. He is standing and swaying and Mederos retains tagging him brutal quick elbows. Jones virtually goes down, however one way or the other stays up, Mederos rocks him once more with punches and the referee saves him!
Official choice: MarQuel Mederos def. Nathan Jones by standing TKO (elbows and punches), spherical 2 (2:07)
Carli Judice vs. Jeisla Chaves
Spherical 1: Judice takes the middle and comes forwards stalking Chaves down with pictures to the physique. Chaves throws some low kicks, however is pressured to again up. Judice retains up the stress and throws a pleasant one-two upstairs. She strikes right down to the physique once more, although. And he or she sits Chaves down with a entrance kick proper to the liver. Judice follows up with punches and that is a wrap!
Official choice: Carli Judice def. Jeisla Chaves by TKO (physique kick), spherical 1 (1:39)
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Anthony Wint vs. Terrance Chatman
Spherical 1: Wint seems to be affected person early on. He and Chatman circle quite a bit and do not decide to a lot in the way in which of placing. Wint then stage modifications and will get a single leg. Chatman assaults a kimura from the underside and it seems to be good. That succeeds in taking away Wint’s offense, if nothing else. Chatman lets the kimura go, possibly due to getting hit behind the pinnacle. Now free, Wint places on an arm triangle and manages to cross over to the facet. Chatman tries to defend, however then simply falls asleep.
Official choice: Anthony Wint def. Terrance Chatman by technical submission (arm triangle), spherical 1 (4:29)
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Prelims
Jamall Emmers vs. Lerryan Douglas: Jamall Emmers upet Lerryan Douglas after hitting him with a crushing punch proper to the orbital. Douglas went down and lined up instantly, suggesting that punch might need brought about some critical injury. Douglas seemed fairly good as much as that time, however that punch takes away his win streak and loads of the aura he was bringing into this bout.
Official choice: Jamall Emmers def. Lerryan Douglas by TKO (punches), spherical 1 (3:38)
Shamil Gaziev vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu: Nzechukwu elected to combat along with his palms down. And that did not go effectively. Gaziev landed a straight proper on him that despatched Nzechukwu toppling over like a fallen tree.
Official choice: Shamil Gaziev def. Kennedy Nzechukwu by KO (straight proper), spherical 1 (3:40)
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Nasrat Haqparast vs. Chris Padilla: This was the primary boring combat of the night time, up till the end. It was a reasonably stale kickboxing bout for many of it, with Padilla utilizing leg kicks to completely stifle Haqparast. Within the third spherical Padilla dropped Haqparast with a punch after which tried to drill a gap in his head with 12-6 elbows. Haqparast managed to rise up, however with time expiring Padilla locked up a standing arm triangle. He slammed Haqparast down with that and put him to sleep proper on the buzzer!
Official choice: Chris Padilla def. Nasrat Haqparast by technical submission (standing arm triangle), spherical 3 (4:59)
Marcio Barbosa vs. Ryan Kuse: Barbosa did what was anticipated of him on this match. His energy was far an excessive amount of for the newcomer to deal with. Barbosa did not land a lot that was clear on this combat, however his strafing pictures have been laborious sufficient to wobble and ultimately take Kuse out.
Official choice: Marcio Barbosa def. Ryan Kuse by TKO (punches), spherical 1 (2:47)
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Gauge Younger vs. Stan Dorsainvil: Dorsainvil a uncooked expertise, however there’s loads of expertise there. He actually threw himself into this combat with Younger. Younger had extra technical talent than Dorsainvil and that was most notable within the first spherical, the place he harm Dosainvil and managed to finish a takedown. Dorsainvil was capable of flip the tables within the second spherical, although, with all his exercise and fearlessness. He tagged Younger a variety of instances and the injury began to cancel out the talent hole. Dorsainvil had extra power within the third spherical and landed some massive pictures within the clinch and a takedown within the ultimate minute to safe the choice (on my scorecard). Dorsainvil additionally confirmed off loads of persona within the combat and seemed like somebody we’ll take pleasure in seeing over the following few years.
Official choice: Stan Dorsainvil def. Gauge Younger by unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Wes Schultz vs. Jackson McVey: Schultz threw some sloppy placing out early and virtually lucked out by dragging McVey down and locking on a guillotine. McVey patiently labored his manner out of that. Then, on the ft, McVey was capable of present he’s the far superior striker. He wore down Schultz along with his jab after which put him down with an enormous step in knee to the physique.
Official choice: Jackson McVey def. Wes Schultz by TKO (knee to the physique, spherical 1 (4:13)
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Shanelle Dyer vs. Elise Reed: Dyer seemed like a buzzsaw on this one. She took the slower, but extra skilled, Reed aside along with her Muay Thai. Within the second spherical she brought about an enormous minimize on the location of Reed’s head. Within the third Reed actually poured it on. She upped the depth and Reed was virtually begging for it to be stopped. Dyer finishes the combat touchdown 116 sig. strikes versus Reed’s 42.
Official Choice: Shanelle Dyer def. Elise Reed by standing TKO (punches), spherical 3 (1:42)
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