UFC Fight Night Results & Highlights: Anthony Hernandez TKOs Michel Pereira

UFC Fight Night took place tonight from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights!  In the main event, ranked middleweights Anthony Hernandez and Michel Pereira clashed. While in the co-main event, Rob Font faced Kyler Phillips in a bantamweight matchup.  UFC Fight Night Results: […]

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UFC Fight Night took place tonight from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! 

In the main event, ranked middleweights Anthony Hernandez and Michel Pereira clashed. While in the co-main event, Rob Font faced Kyler Phillips in a bantamweight matchup. 

UFC Fight Night Results: Main Card

  • Middleweight Main Event: Anthony Hernandez def. Michel Pereira via TKO: R5, 2.22
  • Bantamweight Co-Main Event: Rob Font def. Kyler Phillips via unanimous decision (29-28×3)
  • Flyweight: Charles Johnson def. Sumudaerji via unanimous decision (29-28×3)
  • Bantamweight: Cameron Smotherman def. Jake Hadley via unanimous decision (30-26, 29-27×2)
  • Featherweight: Darren Elkins def. Daniel Pineda via unanimous decision (29-28×3)

Preliminary Card

  • Flyweight: Asu Almabayev def. Matheus Nicolau via unanimous decision (29-28×3)
  • Bantamweight: Jean Matsumoto def. Brad Katona via unanimous decision (29-28×3)
  • Women’s Bantamweight: Joselyne Edwards def. Tamires Vidal via submission: R3, 4.33  
  • Women’s Strawweight: Elise Reed def. Jessica Penne via unanimous decision (29-28×3)
  • Women’s Strawweight: Melissa Martinez def. Alice Ardelean via unanimous decision (30-27×3)
  • Heavyweight: Austen Lane def. Robelis Despaigne via unanimous decision (29-28×3)

Preliminary Card Highlights

Joselyne Edwards def. Tamires Vidal

Joselyne Edwards got the win with a rear-naked choke submission of Tamires Vidal in the third round of their women’s bantamweight bout.

Main Card Highlights

Darren Elkins def. Daniel Pineda

In this featherweight bout, Darren Elkins earned a unanimous decision win against Daniel Pineda.

Cameron Smotherman def. Jake Hadley

Cameron Smotherman earned a unanimous decision against Jake Hadley in their bantamweight fight.

Charles Johnson def. Sumudaerji

In this featherweight bout, Charles Johnson earned a unanimous decision against Sumudaerji.

Rob Font def. Kyler Phillips

In the co-main event, Rob Font earned a unanimous decision against Kyler Phillips.

Anthony Hernandez def. Michel Pereira

In the main event, Anthony Hernandez earned a TKO of Michel Pereira in the fifth round.

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UFC Fight Night: Anthony Hernandez vs. Michel Pereira Weigh-In Live Stream & Results

UFC Fight Night: Anthony Hernandez vs. Michel Pereira takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the official weigh-in results! Before heading back to the Middle East to stage its latest pay-per-view in Abu Dhabi next weekend, the mixed martial arts leader has one final piece of Fight Night business to […]

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UFC Fight Night: Anthony Hernandez vs. Michel Pereira takes place on Saturday, and MMA News is here to bring you the official weigh-in results!

Before heading back to the Middle East to stage its latest pay-per-view in Abu Dhabi next weekend, the mixed martial arts leader has one final piece of Fight Night business to attend to at the Apex.

Topping the lineup on Oct. 19 will be a clash of ranked middleweight fan favorites as Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez collides with the always entertaining and eccentric Michel Pereira.

Elsewhere, the likes of longtime bantamweight contender Rob Font, former LFA champion Charles Johnson, two-time TUF winner Brad Katona, and top-10 flyweight Matheus Nicolau will all be in action.

UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira Weigh-In Results

UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira takes place on Saturday, October 19, at the Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main card begins at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the preliminary card starting at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.

See above for a live stream of the weigh-ins via MMA Junkie, and check out the full results below!

Main Card:

  • Middleweight Main Event: Anthony Hernandez vs. Michel Pereira
  • Bantamweight Co-Main Event: Rob Font vs. Kyler Phillips
  • Flyweight: Charles Johnson vs. Sumudaerji
  • Bantamweight: Jake Hadley vs. Cameron Smotherman
  • Featherweight: Darren Elkins vs. Daniel Pineda

Preliminary Card:

  • Flyweight: Matheus Nicolau vs. Asu Almabayev
  • Bantamweight: Brad Katona vs. Jean Matsumoto
  • Women’s Bantamweight: Joselyne Edwards vs. Tamires Vidal
  • Women’s Strawweight: Jessica Penne vs. Elise Reed
  • Women’s Strawweight: Melissa Martinez vs. Alice Ardelean
  • Heavyweight: Austen Lane vs. Robelis Despaigne

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Anthony Hernandez wins fifth straight, taps out Roman Kopylov via rear naked choke – UFC 298 Highlights

Anthony HernandezAnthony Hernandez extended his undefeated streak to five in a row at UFC 298, earning a submission victory over…

Anthony Hernandez

Anthony Hernandez extended his undefeated streak to five in a row at UFC 298, earning a submission victory over Russian standout Roman Kopylov.

Kicking off the pay-per-view portion of the evening, ‘Fluffy’ gave fight fans inside the Honda Center something to cheer about with a stellar second-round rear-naked choke submission over Kopylov. The victory came shortly after Hernandez managed to get Kopylov to the ground.

Kopylov did his best to defend, but in an attempt to get back to his feet, he gave Hernandez the opening he needed to cinch his arm firmly under the neck and force a tap out.

Official Result: Anthony Hernandez def. Roman Kopylov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:23 of Round 1.

‘Fluffy’ moved to 6-2 under the UFC banner and 12-2 overall.

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UFC Matchmaking Bulletin (7/10-7/16): London Gets Late Addition

MMA News has you covered with this week’s UFC matchmaking bulletin, featuring fights for middleweight prospect Brendan Allen, lightweight up-and-comer Mason Jones, and entertaining middleweight Anthony Hernandez. With UFC cards bein…

MMA News has you covered with this week’s UFC matchmaking bulletin, featuring fights for middleweight prospect Brendan Allen, lightweight up-and-comer Mason Jones, and entertaining middleweight Anthony Hernandez. With UFC cards being held most weekends, Mick Maynard and Sean Shelby have their matchmaking work cut out if they’re to fill them, meaning new bouts are confirmed each and every week….

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Rodolfo Vieira Issues Statement After Suffering His First Career Loss

Rodolfo VieiraBJJ black belt Rodolfo Vieira has spoken out for the first time since he was submitted by Anthony Hernandez in a shocking upset at UFC 258. Vieira started well in the fight he was a big favoruite to win. The Brazilian quickly got his opponent to the mat and appeared on his way to yet […]

Rodolfo Vieira

BJJ black belt Rodolfo Vieira has spoken out for the first time since he was submitted by Anthony Hernandez in a shocking upset at UFC 258.

Vieira started well in the fight he was a big favoruite to win. The Brazilian quickly got his opponent to the mat and appeared on his way to yet another quick submission win.

The tables turned as round one progressed. Hernandez was able to work his way back up and begin putting strikes together. Viera looked physically exhausted by the end of the opening round.

In round two it was more of the same. Hernandez was beating up an exhausted fighter who eventually fell to his first-ever professional MMA loss via submission (guillotine choke). Prior to the fight bookmakers had Hernandez priced at 30/1 to finish Vieira by submission.

“Guys yesterday was the worst day of my life,” he wrote. “It was the worst performance of my life, it was my son’s first time watching me, despite being a baby and not understanding anything. That, on the one hand, was even good to not see the beating that his father took and still be finished !! LOL. It was also the first time I fight after my Grandmother passed away, she who was one of my biggest fans and watched all my fights, I really wanted to be victorious and dedicate it to them!”

“Unfortunately, not everything goes as we want,” he continued. “I’m still not understanding why I got so tired in the first round, I had some mistakes that I already know which ones, that will certainly be fixed, but really getting tired of the way I got tired I still haven’t I managed to understand! I had a great camp, I had the best weight cut to date, everything was fine … But I have to congratulate Anthony on his big win and I really hope he won the 50 thousand dollars of performance of the night.”

“I know I need to improve a lot, in everything, I never hid this and every day I train in search of this evolution!” he continued. “Anyway, it’s in the past. I just want to thank you all for the messages of encouragement and support that keep sending me, you really are unbelievable! I am very grateful to God, and I feel super blessed to have the family I have, the friends and of course the fans who even without knowing me personally can make me feel so strong, so important and so dear to you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I love you.” (Transcribed and translated by MMA Mania)

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Anthony Hernandez Scores Shocking Guillotine Win Over Rodolfo Vieira – UFC 258 Highlights

HernandezIf you placed a 30/1 shot bet on Anthony ‘Flurry’ Hernandez stopping Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu player, Rodolfo Vieira via submission — cash your tickets. In an incredible performance from the Californian — he rallied from a couple of opening minute submission attempts from the grappling ace to submit Vieira in the second with a shocking guillotine. […]

Hernandez

If you placed a 30/1 shot bet on Anthony ‘Flurry’ Hernandez stopping Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu player, Rodolfo Vieira via submission — cash your tickets. In an incredible performance from the Californian — he rallied from a couple of opening minute submission attempts from the grappling ace to submit Vieira in the second with a shocking guillotine.

Vieira, a twelve-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion and a black belt under Julio Cesar Pereira attempted to lock up both arm-triangles and armbars in the opening minute or two of the first frame, with Hernandez conceivably believed to be under the cosh severely.

Completely fatigued at the culmination of the opening round after his failed submission attempts and some sharp striking on the feet from Hernandez, Vieira, a seven-time Abu Dhabi World Cup gold medalist failed to regain a head of steam in the second, with Hernandez sprawling off the back of a frail takedown attempt — before locking up a taut guillotine, eventually forcing the tap. Career-highlight victory for the 27-year-old.

Below, check out the highlights from Hernandez’s submission win over Vieira.