UFC Vegas 109 featured some incredible performances, but Anthony Hernandez put on a special display.
The soon-to-be #9 Middleweight contender showed nothing but dominance against Roman Dolidze.
Now that he has completed eight wins in a row, ‘Fluffy’ is in a deserving spot for title contention.
Plus, it looks like he will not be under the radar anymore after such a significant victory.
Hernandez stops Dolidze in round four
The Californian began testing the Georgian on the feet and ground, seeing where he could show his strengths.
The second round became rather wild with Hernandez exchanging punches with Dolidze.
The Dunnigan-born fighter tested his chin and was not fazed by Dolidze’s shots.
Hernandez came close to winning by TKO at the end of round two, but luckily, the Batumi mixed martial artist was saved by the buzzer.
After successfully taking down Dolidze three times and securing over three minutes of control time, Hernandez was on a path to victory.
Halfway through round four, ‘Fluffy’ locked in a Rear-Naked Choke, while dragging the Georgian, sealing a hard-fought win.
It’s unclear for Hernandez in terms of his next battle, but he wants to be in title contention and deserves it now that he is on an eight-fight win streak.
The California mixed martial artist could face Reinier de Ridder in his next battle, who is possibly a fight away from a title shot.
Results from UFC Vegas 109
Despite fighting up his usual weight class, Steve Erceg secured a unanimous decision win against Ode Osbourne, redeeming his three-fight losing streak.
Iasmin Lucindo grabbed her first win of 2025 after a convincing unanimous decision win against Angela Hill.
Andre Fili edged a split decision victory over Christian Rodriguez, placing him joint-second for most decision wins in UFC Featherweight history.
Jean Matsumoto redeemed his first MMA loss with a split decision win against Miles Johns.
Christian Leroy Duncan knocked out Eryk Anders in the first round, making it his fourth KO/TKO win in the UFC.
Julius Walker succeeded in the featured prelim as he went the distance with Raffael Cerqueira to win by unanimous decision.
Elijah Smith earned a magnificent slam knockout win over Toshiomi Kazama, a possible KO of the Year contender.
Joselyne Edwards secured a second consecutive first-round KO/TKO win after stopping Priscila Cachoeira.
After being knocked down in the first 10 seconds, Uros Medic came back a minute later to win by knockout against Gilbert Urbina.
Gabriella Fernandes went the distance with Julija Stoliarenko to win by unanimous decision.
Finally, Eric McConico picked up his first UFC victory after just doing enough to win by split decision against Cody Brundage.