Middleweights are set to slug it out on the UFC’s debut at Sphere.
An individual with information of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Preventing {that a} matchup between Michel Pereira and Anthony Hernandez has been added to UFC 306, which the UFC has rebranded Riyadh Season Noche UFC, on Sept. 14 on the Las Vegas venue. Pereira first introduced the bout on Instagram.
Since making the transfer to middleweight, Pereira has been on an absolute tear — going 3-0 in simply over three minutes of octagon time. “Demolidor” is about to make his fourth look since October 2023 after incomes fast finishes of Ihor Potieria, Michal Oleksiejczuk, and Andre Petroski, incomes him the No. 12 spot in MMA Preventing’s International Rankings.
Hernandez has been one of many division’s surging contenders as he enters the competition with a powerful five-fight win streak. In his most up-to-date outing, “Fluffy” submitted Roman Kopylov within the second spherical at February’s UFC 298 occasion. The No. 15 ranked middleweight in MMA Preventing’s International Rankings was set to face Roman Dolidze at UFC 302 in June, however withdrew attributable to damage.
