Anthony Hernandez

Hernandez's eight-fight surge finally ended when Strickland kept enough of the bout in open space to punish the entries and steadily wear him down with boxing volume. The former champion finished him 2:23 into round three, handing Hernandez his first loss since 2020 and halting the cleanest contender run of his career.

Key moments

• Headlined a high-stakes middleweight main event in Houston.
• Strickland's sustained jab-and-pressure game kept interrupting Hernandez's wrestling rhythm.
• The official stoppage came at 2:23 of round three.
• The defeat snapped Hernandez's eight-fight winning streak.

Hernandez turned a main-event test against Dolidze into a pace fight and eventually a drowning. ESPN and UFC's official result both reflected the shape of it: Hernandez dominated large stretches with pressure and grappling before taking the back and finishing with a rear-naked choke in the fourth round.

Key moments

• Won the main event by rear-naked choke at 2:45 of round four.
• The finish extended his UFC winning streak to eight.
• He controlled enough of the grappling exchanges to leave Dolidze reacting instead of leading.
• The result pushed Hernandez deeper into the middleweight contender tier.

The Allen rematch looked exactly like the kind of co-main event Hernandez needed at that stage of his climb: competitive, ugly in spots and still clearly his by the end. Official result coverage logged three 29-28 cards for Hernandez after a scramble-heavy fight that let him avenge nothing numerically from LFA because he had already won there, but did strengthen the case that he belonged in the rankings conversation for good.

Key moments

• All three judges scored the fight 29-28 for Hernandez.
• The rematch came seven years after Hernandez had beaten Allen for the vacant LFA middleweight title.
• The fight was built on scrambles and top-position battles rather than clean kickboxing stretches.
• The win kept Hernandez's streak intact against another ranked middleweight.

Hernandez's first UFC main event became the best endurance proof of his middleweight surge. Pereira survived into the fifth round, but Hernandez's pressure and attritional grappling gradually broke the fight open until the elbows and follow-up damage forced a late stoppage at 2:22 of round five.

Key moments

• Won his first UFC headliner by fifth-round TKO.
• The official stoppage came at 2:22 of round five.
• Hernandez's pressure built over time rather than exploding in a single early burst.
• The finish moved him from dangerous dark horse to obvious contender.

Kopylov had early success with the body kicks, but Hernandez kept forcing the fight back into his preferred kind of chaos. Once he turned the bout into another layered wrestling battle, he eventually found the back and snatched the rear-naked choke at 3:23 of round two for one of the stronger wins of his rise.

Key moments

• Submitted Kopylov with a rear-naked choke at 3:23 of round two.
• The win ended Kopylov's four-fight knockout streak.
• Hernandez kept attacking through the early body-kick success Kopylov enjoyed.
• The result earned Hernandez another Performance of the Night bonus.

Hernandez extended his streak by overwhelming Edmen Shahbazyan in round three. The Sherdog table records a TKO by elbows and punches at 1:01, another example of Hernandez turning pressure and grappling into late-round damage.

Key moments

• Won by TKO from elbows and punches in round three.
• Sherdog lists the official time as 1:01 of round three.
• The UFC result sat between the Josh Fremd decision and Marc-Andre Barriault submission in his winning streak.

Hernandez finished Marc-Andre Barriault with an arm-triangle sequence late in round three. Sherdog records the method as a technical submission at 1:53, reinforcing the submission-heavy part of his middleweight profile.

Key moments

• Won by technical submission from an arm-triangle choke.
• Sherdog lists the finish at 1:53 of round three.
• The row is one of Hernandez's nine professional submission wins.

Hernandez went the full three rounds with Josh Fremd at UFC 273 and took a unanimous decision. The result matters because it shows the non-finish side of his pace game before the later stoppage streak resumed.

Key moments

• Won by unanimous decision after three rounds.
• Sherdog lists the bout at UFC 273 on 9 Apr 2022.
• One of three professional decision wins in the verified split.

Hernandez authored the signature upset of his early UFC run by submitting Rodolfo Vieira with a guillotine choke in round two. Sherdog lists the finish at 1:53, and the result remains central to the Fluffy contender story.

Key moments

• Won by guillotine choke in round two.
• Sherdog lists the official time as 1:53 of round two.
• The submission is one of the defining wins of Hernandez's UFC resume.

Hernandez suffered his first UFC knockout loss against Kevin Holland in May 2020. Sherdog records a first-round TKO by knees and punches at 0:39, the defeat that preceded his long winning run.

Key moments

• Lost by first-round TKO from knees and punches.
• Sherdog lists the stoppage at 0:39 of round one.
• The result was Hernandez's last loss before the eight-fight surge that ended in 2026.

Hernandez picked up his first official UFC win by submitting Jun Yong Park in Shanghai. Sherdog lists an anaconda choke at 4:39 of round two.

Key moments

• Won by anaconda choke in round two.
• Sherdog lists the official time as 4:39 of round two.
• This was Hernandez's first UFC win after the Markus Perez loss.

Hernandez lost his UFC debut to Markus Perez by anaconda choke. Sherdog records the submission at 1:07 of round two at UFC Fight Night 144.

Key moments

• Lost by anaconda choke in round two.
• Sherdog lists the official time as 1:07 of round two.
• The bout was Hernandez's first official UFC appearance.

Hernandez originally stopped Jordan Wright on Contender Series, but the result was later overturned. Sherdog records the row as a no contest at 0:40 of round one after the Nevada commission action.

Key moments

• Recorded as a no contest after being overturned by NSAC.
• Sherdog lists the time as 0:40 of round one.
• The no contest is excluded from the win-loss denominator.

Hernandez won the vacant LFA middleweight title by taking a five-round unanimous decision over Brendan Allen. Sherdog lists the result at LFA 32, years before their UFC rematch.

Key moments

• Won a five-round unanimous decision.
• Sherdog lists the bout at LFA 32 on 26 Jan 2018.
• The result set up later context for the 2025 UFC rematch.

Hernandez submitted Mike Persons with a guillotine choke in the first round at GKO 9. Sherdog lists the official time as 1:54, so the row uses that source time.

Key moments

• Won by first-round guillotine choke.
• Sherdog lists the finish at 1:54 of round one.
• Part of Hernandez's pre-UFC regional finishing run.

Hernandez submitted Jumoke Hunter with a first-round guillotine choke at GKO 7. Sherdog lists the finish at 3:09.

Key moments

• Won by first-round guillotine choke.
• Sherdog lists the official time as 3:09 of round one.
• Part of Hernandez's pre-UFC regional finishing run.

Hernandez submitted Preston Snook with a guillotine choke in round one at GKO 4. Sherdog lists the finish at 1:45.

Key moments

• Won by first-round guillotine choke.
• Sherdog lists the official time as 1:45 of round one.
• Part of Hernandez's pre-UFC regional finishing run.

Hernandez submitted Kenny Ento with a guillotine choke in round one at GKO 3. Sherdog lists the finish at 3:30.

Key moments

• Won by first-round guillotine choke.
• Sherdog lists the official time as 3:30 of round one.
• Part of Hernandez's pre-UFC regional finishing run.

Hernandez opened his professional record with a first-round knockout of Trey Williams at WFC 11. Sherdog lists a punch knockout at 0:51.

Key moments

• Won by first-round knockout from a punch.
• Sherdog lists the official time as 0:51 of round one.
• This is the first professional fight row in the verified table.