Overview

• Both middleweights cleared Thursday’s weigh-ins and concluded their final media appearances at the UFC Apex.
• Hernandez enters on a seven-fight winning streak and opens as the heavy betting favorite with odds around –330.
• Dolidze arrives on a three-fight win streak and carries a redemption narrative following his 2019 USADA suspension.
• The grappling-heavy clash has extra intrigue after Dolidze publicly challenged Hernandez to determine who is the superior ground fighter.
• Saturday’s winner will likely break into the UFC’s top five middleweight rankings and move closer to a title shot.