Hernandez vs Rodrigues: Official UFCStats Breakdown
Official UFCStats analytics of UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs Rodrigues, covering Gregory Rodrigues' 174-strike masterclass and card stats.
Anthony Hernandez has made a career out of dragging human beings into the deepest, darkest waters of mixed martial arts. His relentless pace, chaotic chain wrestling, and willingness to absorb punishment to secure collar ties make him an absolute nightmare for anyone without world-class cardiovascular endurance. In most analytical models, Hernandez represents a relentless algorithmic steamroller that grows stronger with every passing minute.
On August 22, 2026, in Sacramento, California, Gregory Rodrigues met that relentless steamroller head-on and completely rewrote the playbook. Over five grueling rounds, Rodrigues stood in the line of fire and delivered one of the most composed, high-volume middleweight striking clinics in recent memory.
According to official UFCStats logs, UFC Fight Night Sacramento produced thirteen definitive outcomes, highlighted by rapid first-round stoppages, brutal submission finishes, and masterclass performances across every weight class.
The Middleweight Championship Caliber Headliners
Rodrigues put on an absolute masterclass over twenty-five minutes, landing a monstrous 174 significant strikes to Hernandez's 90. He weathered two takedowns, controlled the center of the cage, and battered Hernandez with heavy hooks and uppercuts to take a lopsided unanimous verdict.
Former two-division champion De Ridder produced one of the most dominant stat lines in modern UFC history, out-landing Roman Dolidze 71 strikes to 1. He secured two takedowns and rained down merciless ground-and-pound to finish the fight at 4:26 of round one.
Main Card Explosions
Brown caught Salikhov with a vicious straight right hand down the pipe, scoring a clean first-round knockout at 3:18 while out-landing Salikhov 21 to 8.
In a hometown heartbreaker for Sacramento native Fili, Erosa pressed forward with wild abandon, connecting with 26 strikes and stopping Fili at 2:14 of round one.
Jasudavicius neutralized former title challenger Bueno Silva with relentless pressure, landing four takedowns and out-striking her 79 to 50 for a clear unanimous nod.
Quinlan exploded out of his corner, landing 14 strikes and dropping veteran Trevin Giles at just 1:19 of the opening frame.
The Preliminary Encounters
Durden turned in a wrestling clinic with four takedowns, locking up an arm-triangle choke at 3:45 of round two to submit Johnson.
Newson edged out the unpredictable Turcios 62 to 54 in significant strikes, mixing in a timely takedown to secure a unanimous decision.
Johns handed Marcos his first professional loss, out-striking him 58 to 48 and landing two takedowns in a tactically sound performance.
Romious snatched Taveras's neck in a rapid transition, locking in a guillotine choke to end the fight at 2:05 of round one.
Oki doubled Budka's striking output, landing 84 significant strikes to 41 to take an emphatic decision on all three scorecards.
Luciano out-pointed Rodriguez 68 strikes to 52, working efficiently from the outside to secure a unanimous decision.
Carpenter needed only 107 seconds to lock in a textbook anaconda choke, submitting Raposo and kicking off the card in emphatic fashion.
The Perfect Storm: Our Track Record Was 8 for 8
UFC Fight Night Sacramento Clean Sweep
At 1:45 AM inside our Sacramento hotel room, my cofounder Mridul and I was staring in disbelief at the public dashboard on BoutPredict. Our track record was 8 for 8, a flawless 100 percent hit rate across the eight fights we had graded for the card.
My cofounder, Mridul, was leaning back on the bed, laughing as she refreshed the page. In combat sports prediction, hitting a clean sweep on an eight-fight slate is rarer than a lightning strike on clear asphalt. Gregory Rodrigues out-landing Anthony Hernandez 174 to 90 had been our boldest contrarian position, and watching Robocop systematically execute that gameplan felt like pure mathematical vindication.
"Do you realize what just happened?" Mridul said, pointing a fry at the monitor. "Eight graded bouts. Eight winners. Reinier de Ridder landed seventy-one strikes to one. Randy Brown caught Salikhov in the first round. Every single edge we identified in the training camp telemetry played out in real time."
We poured ourselves two glasses of tap water and toasted the screen. But even in the middle of that euphoria, the discipline of sports analytics demanded sobriety. An 8 for 8 night does not make you infallible; it simply means the infinite variables of mixed martial arts happened to align with your calculations for a single glorious Saturday.
In combat sports, the cage never stays empty for long. You savor the perfect night, log the data, and prepare yourself for the next card, where the numbers will once again have to prove themselves from scratch.