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(Redirected from UFC Fight Night 285)
| UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 22, 2026 | |||
| Venue | Golden 1 Center | |||
| City | Sacramento, California | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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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]
Background
[edit]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
[edit]| Main card (Paramount+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Anthony Hernandez | vs. | Gregory Rodrigues | ||||
| Heavyweight | Serghei Spivac | vs. | Vitor Petrino | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Reinier de Ridder | vs. | Roman Dolidze | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Carli Judice | vs. | Jeisla Chaves | ||||
| Heavyweight | Kennedy Nzechukwu | vs. | Shamil Gaziev | ||||
| Preliminary card (Paramount+) | |||||||
| Middleweight | Wesley Schultz | vs. | Jackson McVey | ||||
| Lightweight | Kody Steele | vs. | Gauge Young | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Shanelle Dyer | vs. | Elise Reed | ||||
Announced bouts
[edit]- Lightweight bout: Mason Jones vs. MarQuel Mederos[5]
- Lightweight bout: Nasrat Haqparast vs. Chris Padilla[6]
- Featherweight bout: Jamall Emmers vs. Lerryan Douglas[7]
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Marcel Dorff (2026-06-25). "UFC returns to Sacramento for the first time in seven years". heavy.com. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ Geovanne Peçanha (2026-06-11). "UFC encaminha Vitor Petrino contra top 6 dos pesos-pesados em agosto" (in Brazilian Portuguese). agfight.com. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ Alexander Behunin (2026-06-26). "Anthony Hernandez vs. Gregory Rodriguez headlines UFC Sacramento on Aug. 22". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rordigues". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
- ↑ Gareth Bailey (2026-07-02). "Jones to take on Mederos at UFC Sacramento". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2026-07-03.
- ↑ Danny Podolsky (2026-07-21). "Fight news: Chris Padilla and Nasrat Haqparast set to battle in Sacramento". lowkickmma.com. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
- ↑ Marcel Dorff (2026-07-23). "Jamall Emmers books fight for UFC Sacramento". heavy.com. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
