UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira

UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira
UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira
	The poster for UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	October 19, 2024
Venue	UFC Apex
City	Enterprise, Nevada, United States
Attendance	Not announced
Event chronology

UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Pereira (also known as UFC Fight Night 245, UFC on ESPN+ 103 and UFC Vegas 99) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 19, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.^[2]

Background

A middleweight bout between former LFA Middleweight Champion Anthony Hernandez and Michel Pereira served as the main event.^[3] The pairing was expected to take place at UFC 306, before being moved to this event.^[4]

Former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Rayanne dos Santos was expected to face Alice Ardelean in a women's strawweight bout at the event.^[5] However, Santos withdrew in early September due to a broken arm.^[6] She was replaced by Melissa Martinez.^[7]

A bantamweight bout between Jake Hadley and Brady Hiestand was scheduled for this event.^[8] However, Hiestand withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by promotional newcomer Cameron Smotherman on under one week's notice.^[9]

At the weigh-ins, Joselyne Edwards weighed in at 139 pounds, three pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and Edwards was fined 30 percent of her purse which went to her opponent Vidal.^[10]

Results

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Anthony Hernandez	def.	Michel Pereira	TKO (elbows)	5	2:22
Bantamweight	Rob Font	def.	Kyler Phillips	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Flyweight	Charles Johnson	def.	Su Mudaerji	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Cameron Smotherman	def.	Jake Hadley	Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 29–27, 29–27)	3	5:00	^[a]
Featherweight	Darren Elkins	def.	Daniel Pineda	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Flyweight	Asu Almabayev	def.	Matheus Nicolau	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Jean Matsumoto	def.	Brad Katona	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Catchweight (139 lbs)	Joselyne Edwards	def.	Tamires Vidal	Submission (face crank)	3	4:33
Women's Strawweight	Elise Reed	def.	Jessica Penne	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Women's Strawweight	Melissa Martinez	def.	Alice Ardelean	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Austen Lane	def.	Robelis Despaigne	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00