Gregory Rodrigues has an Ultimate Fighting Championship main event ahead of him, but the Brazilian has a deeper reason to appreciate the moment.

The weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in Sacramento, Calif. The nearby Golden1 Center hosts Saturday's event (Paramount+).

Hernandez received recognition for 50 clean tests under the UFC anti-doping program during media day before his main event against Gregory Rodrigues. The matchup changed when Hernandez replaced Sean Strickland in the UFC Sacramento headliner, and this week he tied that spotlight to his clean-testing milestone.

Hernandez returns from a costly loss to Strickland with a new edge as Gregory Rodrigues awaits him at UFC Fight Night

Anthony Hernandez meets Gregory Rodrigues atop the Aug. 22 card at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Serghei Spivac and Vitor Petrino headline the co-main slot.

The destructive Gregory Rodrigues is one half of the UFC’s first main event in Sacramento since July 2019 this weekend. California’s own Anthony Hernandez takes on Brazil’s

North Californian native Anthony Hernandez will look to make a splash on home soil when he faces Gregory Rodrigues in the middleweight main event of a UFC Fight Night at the Golden 1 Centre in Sacramento.