Judice's front-kick TKO headlines four $100K bonus winners at UFC Sacramento

Carli Judice, MarQuel Mederos, Anthony Hernandez, and Gregory Rodrigues each walked away $100,000 richer after UFC Sacramento concluded on August 23, 2026, with Dana White distributing one Fight of the Night and two Performance of the Night bonuses following a 13-fight card that produced 10 finishes — seven of them in the opening round.

The Fight of the Night award went to the main event, where Hernandez and Rodrigues traded blows across five hard rounds. Rodrigues controlled the majority of the contest, but Hernandez claimed at least one round in his favour before ultimately falling short on all three judges’ scorecards, suffering his second consecutive defeat by unanimous decision.

Mederos earned his Performance of the Night bonus by dismantling Mason Jones with a relentless barrage of elbows and punches. Referee Jason Herzog stepped in to stop the contest, handing Jones his third professional loss and giving Mederos his fourth UFC victory — all for the MMA Lab product in front of a home crowd.

Judice claimed the second Performance of the Night bonus with a statement TKO over Jeisla Chaves, ending Chaves’ unbeaten MMA record in the process. The 27-year-old landed a precise front kick that dropped Chaves to the canvas, then followed up with a flurry of punches until the referee intervened. The finish underlined Judice’s growing reputation in the women’s flyweight division.

The evening’s pace was relentless from the opening bell, with three bouts ending in under two minutes. The sheer volume of stoppages made UFC Sacramento one of the more action-dense cards of the year, and the bonus payouts reflected the quality of finishing on display.