Anthony Hernandez News

Chris Taylor - October 19, 2024

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC Vegas 99 results, including the middleweight main event between Michel Pereira and Anthony Hernandez. Pereira (31-12 MMA) will enter the contest on an eight-fight winning streak, with his most recent victory coming by way of first-round submission over Ihor Potieria at May’s UFC 301 event. ‘Demolidor’ has scored first-round stoppage wins in each of his last three Octagon appearances.

Chris Taylor - October 19, 2024

The Octagon remains in Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 99 event, an eleven-bout fight card headlined by Michel Pereira vs. Anthony Hernandez. Pereira (31-11 MMA) will enter the contest on an eight-fight winning streak, with his most recent victory coming by way of first-round submission over Ihor Potieria at May’s UFC 301 event. ‘Demolidor’ has scored first-round stoppage wins in each of his last three Octagon appearances.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - October 18, 2024

Anthony Hernandez has respect for Dricus du Plessis, but he also plans to go after UFC gold. Hernandez is riding a five-fight winning streak. In that span, he’s beaten the likes of Roman Kopylov and Edmen Shahbazyan. You’ll have to go back to the pandemic era to find Hernandez’s last defeat, and that was against the crafty Kevin Holland.

Curtis Calhoun - July 2, 2024

A UFC middleweight clash between rising contenders Michel Pereira and Anthony Hernandez is reportedly in the works for UFC 306. Pereira announced in a since-deleted social media post that he and Hernandez will feature on the UFC’s upcoming Las Vegas Sphere card on September 14th. MMA journalist Laerte Viana later confirmed the targeted booking after Pereira deleted his announcement.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - February 20, 2024

Anthony Hernandez is trying to ensure that he keeps himself healthy in the midst of his rise at middleweight. Hernandez competed in the main card opener of UFC 298 inside the Honda Center in Anaheim, California this past Saturday night. He shared the Octagon with Roman Kopylov in a grappler vs. striker affair. Once “Fluffy” got the fight to the ground, it was academic. He locked up a rear-naked choke, forcing a tap out in round two.

Chris Taylor - May 20, 2023

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC Vegas 73 results, including the co-main event between Anthony Hernandez and Edmen Shahbazyan. Hernandez (10-2 MMA) is currently boasting a three-fight winning streak, his most recent being a submission victory over Marc-Andre Barriault in September of last year. ‘Fluffy’ has gone 4-2 since joining the UFC ranks in February of 2019.

Adam Martin - February 15, 2021

UFC middleweight Anthony Hernandez reacted to his upset win over Rodolfo Vieira at UFC 258, saying “I love to beat people at their own game.” Hernandez picked up an amazing second-round guillotine choke win over Vieira in a massive upset on the UFC 258 undercard. In a back-and-forth fight between two talented grapplers, Hernandez was able to outlast Vieira, drag him into deep waters, and drown him in them. Vieira started off strong and had full mount a minute into the fight, but Hernandez showed incredible submission defense and was able to will his way out of it. He then picked apart a gassed-out Vieira on the feet before getting him to the ground and submitting him with a guillotine.

Harry Kettle - February 15, 2021

Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Rodolfo Vieira has released a statement after suffering a submission loss to Anthony Hernandez at UFC 258. Vieira was heavily favored to come away with the victory on Saturday night and take his professional mixed martial arts record to 8-0, but in the end, Hernandez pulled off an astonishing second-round submission win that stunned many fans who were watching.

Cole Shelton - February 9, 2021

The 27th episode of Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com with Cole Shelton is here ahead of UFC 258. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_22657878", "obj": {"id":"22947","width":"100%","height":"","video":"717044"} });

Harry Kettle - January 4, 2021

UFC middleweight Anthony Hernandez has been forced to withdraw from his proposed fight against Rodolfo Vieira at UFC Fight Night 184. Hernandez last fought inside the Octagon back in May 2020 when he was beaten by Kevin Holland, kickstarting the latter’s phenomenal rise to prominence last year. On the flip side, Vieira holds an unbeaten record of 7-0 in his professional career with two of those wins coming in the UFC via submission over Saparbek Safarov and Oskar Piechota.

Tom Taylor - July 18, 2019

This weekend, on the main card of UFC San Antonio, Alexander Hernandez will look to rebound from a tough loss to Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone against long-time Brazilian contender Francisco Trinaldo. Looking back on his fight with Cerrone, Hernandez still believes he is the overall better fighter, but acknowledges that he didn’t give his foe’s experience and composure enough respect.

Cole Shelton - January 30, 2019

Anthony Hernandez has been waiting for this. Hernandez will be making his UFC debut at UFC Fortaleza in just a few days. The undefeated middleweight knew this day would come and now it is rapidly approaching. However, Hernandez should have already made his debut. He was scheduled to fight Markus Perez at UFC 233, but the card ended up getting canceled. Even though the fight was delayed two weeks, it actually helps Hernandez out.