Anthony Hernandez brought the UFC 319 headliners for notification with an amazing victory over UFC Vegas 109.
UFC Middleweight Competier Anthony Hernandez has Roman Dolidze on his way to a submission of victory at the UFC Vegas 109 Main Event on Saturday in the Apex. Hernandez, who rides on an eight combat extraction streak, set up the best performance of his career among his greatest spotlights.
After he was repeatedly fired from the middleweight title mix during his winning series, Hernandez sent a message from resistance to his opponents at UFC Vegas 109. He could earn a no. 1 candidate fight against people like Sean Strickland, Israel Adesanya or another top candidate.
In addition, Hernandez's UFC Vegas 109 Domination came in a perfect time in the UFC Middleweight Division.
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Anthony Hernandez praised the best middleweight of UFC after UFC Vegas 109
We are days from UFC Middleweight Champion Dric Du Plessis who fights against Khamzat Chimaev in the UFC 319 Main Event in Chicago. Du Plessis, one of the best pound-for-pound hunters in the world, is perhaps the most difficult test of his title against the unbeaten Chimaev.
Du plessis vs. Chimaev is one of the greatest fighting in the history of UFC Middleweight and is perhaps the greatest fight of the year. Hernandez will keep a close eye on how things happen on UFC 319.
But an analyst believes that the best middleweight in the UFC does not fight on UFC 319, after looking at Hernandez's show at UFC Vegas 109.
During the UFC Vegas 109 Post-Fight Show, analyst Din Thomas shared a hot view of the performance of Hernandez.
“I had my doubts, you know I had my doubts,” Thomas started.
“But what I saw tonight, I think we look at the best middleweight on the planet. Who have given the best middleweight performance that we have seen in the last three years.”
The praise from Thomas comes just a few days before Du Plessis and Chimaev Square are finished on UFC 319. Hernandez went UFC Vegas 109 at number 10 in the ranking of the middleweight, and will probably need at least one victory before he guarantees a drawing shot.
The rise of Hernandez includes recent victories over Brendan Allen, Michel Pereira and Roman Kopylov. He has not lost since a TKO defeat against Kevin Holland in May 2020.
Only a few months after he was one of the 'dark horses' of the middleweight division, Hernandez is a rapidly approaching train that is moving forward. The current title holder has taken note of the performance of Hernandez in a recent message on social media.
Dricus Du Plessis responds to the performance of Anthony Hernandez on UFC Vegas 109
After looking at Hernandez's victory, Du Plessis went to X to credit Hernandez for his victory.
“What a performance of Fluffy!” Du plessis posted.
Hernandez contributes to a busy middleweight title photo with Nassourdine Imavov, Caio Borralho and recent Victor Reinier de Ridder. De Ridder beat Robert Whittaker last month at UFC Abu Dhabi, and Imavov and Borralho will head UFC Paris in September.
It is a good time in the middleweight division of the UFC while Hernandez is getting a step closer to potential UFC Gold.