If Anthony Hernandez is not in the UFC Middleweight Title Challenger interview, it will get pretty close.
In the main event of UFC Vegas 109, Hernandez de Roman Dolidze dominated on his way to a victory through the submission of the fourth round, which continued an eight-fighter win racing. One night in which a man made his opponent unconscious by hitting him in the floor, it was “fluffy” who perhaps has the most one -sided victory on the map.
Hernandez punished Dolidze so much in the second round that when the buzzer sounded, his team thought the fight was over. Hernandez then reigned beats when referee Herb Dean stepped together, making Hernandez’s corner celebrated what they thought was an interruption.
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Dean quickly corrected the record.
The question now becomes what the next step is for Hernandez. He has something in mind.
“I want a title shot. What should I do to do?” Said Hernandez in his interview after the fight. To be honest, that F-bomb might have been his biggest misstep of the night, because Daniel Cormier quickly reminded him that they were live on ESPN, not a pay-per-view.
UFC Middleweight Champion Dric Du Plessis will defend his title Khamzat Chimaez on UFC 319 next week, although there may be other hunters for Hernandez, who entered the middleweight rankings of the promotion on Saturday for a drawing shot. Hernandez also said that he would open up for a “BMF” title.
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With the shape he showed against Dolidze, from haunting him around the octhoek to the rule on the ground without clear concerns about fatigue, he should certainly have something big for his next fight.
In the Co-Main event, the former flight-weight-title finer Steve Erceg survived a few major strokes of Ode ‘Osbourne in the first round and then came back to win through a unanimous decision, broke a three-fighter loss streak in his debut on Bantamweight.
No hunter on the map needed a victory such as ERCEG, which shocked in his UFC career shocking a title shot against Alexandre Pantoja and then that fight and the subsequent attacks against Kai Kara-France and Brandon Moreno lost to be out of the flying weight Elite. He said this week that he could fight for his contract, so he has enough reason to celebrate.
View full UFC Vegas 109 results and highlights below.
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Middleweight: Anthony Hernandez Def. Roman Dolidze via entry (coded Choke) at 2:45 of R4
Bantam weight: Steve Erceg Def. Ode ‘Osbourne via a unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Strawweight for women: Iasmin Lucindo Def. Angela Hill via a unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Featherweight: Andre Fili Def. Christian Rodriguez via Split decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Bantam weight: Jean Matsumoto Def. Miles Johns via Split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Middleweight: Christian Leroy Duncan Def. Eryk otherwise via tko (reversing elbow and punches) at 3:53 of R1 | View finish
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Provisional card
Light heavyweight: Julius Walker Def. Rafael Cerqueira via a unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
Bantam weight: Elia Smith Def. Toshiomi Kazama Via Ko (Slam) at 4:10 of R1 | Read more
Bantam weight for women: Joselyne Edwards Def. Priscila Cachoeira Via KO (Punches) at 2:24 of R1 | View finish
Welterweight: Uroš Medić Def. Gilbert Urbina Via Ko (Punch) at 1:03 of R1 | View finish
Flying weight for women: Gabriella Fernandes def. Julija Stolarenko via a unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Light heavyweight: Eric Mcconico Def. Cody Brundage via Split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
