Overview
- Both headliners made weight — Sean Strickland at 185 lb and Anthony Hernandez at 186 lb — confirming Saturday’s five-round main event in Houston on Paramount+ (prelims 5 p.m. ET, main card 8 p.m. ET).
- Strickland completed an approximately 45-pound drop from above 230 lb and said he experienced double vision and one-eyed vision during the cut.
- Hernandez enters on an eight-fight win streak and holds the division’s record for takedowns, framing a wrestler–submission threat against Strickland’s volume striking.
- Betting markets and model simulations favor Hernandez, with DraftKings listing him about -278 and Strickland +225 ahead of fight night.
- One preliminary fighter, Philip Rowe, missed weight by one pound and will be fined, as scrutiny of Strickland’s recent offensive remarks remains part of the lead-up narrative.