What time is UFC Sacramento 2026? Dana White visits Sactown for first time in seven years

Aug 18, 2026 - 21:00

Sacramento hosts a UFC event for the first time since July 2019 this weekend.

In the main event, California’s own Anthony Hernandez faces Brazil’s Gregory Rodrigues to decide who will push on towards earning a potential UFC middleweight title shot.

Anthony Hernandez looks on from his corner prior to a middleweight bout against Sean Strickland — Hernandez is ranked No. 7 in the UFC middleweight division and boasts a 15-3 (1 NC) professional MMA record

Gregory Rodrigues of Brazil reacts after a victory against Brunno Ferreira — The Californian can get back on the path to a UFC title shot with a victory over ‘Robocop’ at UFC Sacramento on Saturday

Hernandez’s eight-fight win streak came to an end in his last appearance, as he suffered a third-round stoppage defeat to current UFC champion Sean Strickland.

Rodrigues, on the other hand, made it six victories in his last seven fights at UFC 326 in March when he brutally knocked out Brunno Ferreira.

‘Robocop’ is a behemoth of a man and can surge into the top ten UFC middleweight rankings with a win over Hernandez.

The pair headline a well-shaped Fight Night card, which features 14 bouts in total.

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What time is UFC Sacramento 2026?

UFC Sacramento, also known as UFC Fight Night 285, begins at 10pm BST (5pm ET, 2pm PT) on Saturday, August 22.

That will kick off the prelims before main card action, which is expected to start at 1am BST on Sunday (8pm ET, 5pm PT).

The event takes place at the 19,000 capacity Golden 1 Center, home of the Sacramento Kings, in downtown Sacramento, California.

Where to watch UFC Sacramento

For those based in the UK, the entire UFC Sacramento card will air live on TNT Sports and can also be viewed via HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, EE TV and Virgin Media.

In the US, the event will stream live exclusively on Paramount+.

Full UFC Sacramento fight card

Subject to change

Main card

MAIN EVENT: Anthony Hernandez vs Gregory Rodrigues – Middleweight
Co-main: Serghei Spivac vs Vitor Petrino – Heavyweight
Reinier de Ridder vs Roman Dolidze – Light Heavyweight
MarQuel Mederos vs Mason Jones – Lightweight
Carli Judice vs Jeisla Chaves – Women’s Flyweight
Anthony Wint vs Terrance Chatman – Heavyweight

Prelims

Jamall Emmers vs Lerryan Douglas – Featherweight
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Shamil Gaziev – Heavyweight
Chris Padilla vs Nasrat Haqparast – Lightweight
Marcio Barbosa vs Ryan Kuse – Featherweight
Gauge Young vs Stan Dorsainvil – Lightweight
Wes Schultz vs Jackson McVey – Middleweight
Shanelle Dyer vs Elise Reed – Women’s Strawweight

UFC Sacramento: What has been said?

After a Performance of the Night-winning knockout victory on her UFC debut in London in March, Shanelle Dyer couldn’t hide her emotions when previewing her fight with talkSPORT.com.

“I’m super excited to be back in the UFC cage,” Dyer said.

Shanelle Dyer of England reacts after a knockout victory against Ravena Oliveira of Brazil in a strawweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at The O2 on March 21, 2026 in London, England — London’s Dyer contests her second UFC bout this weekend after a statement win on her debut

“It’s my US debut and I’m here to put on a show as per usual. It ain’t March 21 no more — it’s August 22.

“And I’m here to continue the momentum in Sacramento. Highlights only.”

Speaking on The Ariel Helwani Show, main eventer Hernandez described how excited he was to be fighting so close to home.

“I think it’s dope,” ‘Fluffy’ said.

“My word speaks for itself. They know that when I fight, I’m going to go out there and give it everything I’ve got.

“And it makes for an exciting fight. Rodrigues is a dangerous motherf***er and I’ve got a great gas tank so I think it’s going to be a fun one.”

Sean Strickland and Anthony Hernandez interact after in a middleweight bout during UFC Fight Night at Toyota Center — Hernandez was knocked out by Strickland in his last fight and the pair now train together

Gregory Rodrigues of Brazil reacts to his knockout of Brunno Ferreira — Rodrigues is 19-6 in his MMA career and seven of his 10 UFC victories have come by way of KO

Hernandez has been training in Las Vegas with UFC middleweight champion Strickland since his defeat to the American in February.

“Strickland’s really good — I’ve got nothing bad to say about him,” Hernandez added, discussing how Strickland went from rival to sparring partner.

“I got frustrated, was trying to knock him out. I should have been more calm and I should have actually probably tried to wrestle but it’s in the moment, s*** happens.

“Strickland’s been helping me. I’ve been training with him. He actually hit me up for his fight against Khamzat [Chimaev].

“I was injured at the time and couldn’t go out and help him. I was like, ‘I’ll eventually train with you.'”

Hernandez said his number one goal in the sport is to become a UFC champion and he will stop at nothing to do so.

The longest UFC win streaks

Islam Makhachev set a remarkable UFC record when he defended the welterweight title against Ian Machado Garry in August.

Makhachev, 29-1, now has the longest win streak in UFC history, surpassing Anderson Silva’s longtime record of 16 consecutive wins when he outpointed Machado Garry at UFC 330.

The Russian’s mentor Khabib Nurmagomedov and stars like Jon Jones feature among those who have gone on remarkable runs in the UFC over the years.

And you can find the full 12-fighter list of those with the longest win streaks in UFC history on talkSPORT.com, with Georges St-Pierre and Demetrious Johnson also high up.