UFC Sacramento did not stop being violent once the scorecards were read. After Gregory Rodrigues outlasted Anthony Hernandez in the main event, the bonus sheet gave the card one last haymaker: four fighters left Golden 1 Center with $100,000 checks, and seven more finishers reportedly collected $25,000 payouts.
Carli Judice was one of the easiest calls on the board. She folded Jeisla Chaves with a body kick in Round 1, followed with punches, and turned a main-card showcase into bonus money before the round could even get warm.
UFC posted Judice’s finish from the official broadcast:
On the rise 🔝
Carli Judice adds a RD1 TKO to make it 4 wins in a row!
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— UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2026
UFC Sacramento Bonus Winners Turned Damage Into Cash
The reported Performance of the Night bonuses went to MarQuel Mederos and Carli Judice. Mederos earned his piece of the money by becoming the first fighter to stop Mason Jones, cracking him with elbows and punches for a second-round standing TKO. That result already stood out on a card full of stoppages, and it hit even harder because Mederos had just smashed through Jones in one of the night’s nastiest swings.
THE BIGGEST WIN OF HIS CAREER 🤩@MarQuelMederos earns the RD2 knockout at #UFCSacramento!
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— UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2026
The Fight of the Night money reportedly went to Rodrigues and Hernandez for their five-round middleweight brawl. Rodrigues did most of the cleanest damage, battering Hernandez’s leg, dropping him repeatedly, and still having to survive the kind of stubborn rally that makes judges earn their hotel points.
Rodrigues took the decision by 48-47, 49-46, and 48-47. Hernandez shot relentlessly and kept forcing exchanges, but the damage told the story. For Rodrigues, the win moved him back toward the thick of the 185-pound conversation. For Hernandez, it was a brutal reminder that toughness is great until the other guy is chopping your base like rent is due.
Drops him twice 👀
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— UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2026
The reported $25,000 finish bonuses went to Jamall Emmers, Shanelle Dyer, Jackson McVey, Marcio Barbosa, Chris Padilla, Anthony Wint, and Reinier de Ridder. That list makes sense when you look back at the card. Padilla put Nasrat Haqparast out at the buzzer, de Ridder pounded out Roman Dolidze in Round 1, and Wint put Terrance Chatman to sleep with an arm triangle in his UFC debut.
Judice may end up being the sneakiest winner of the bunch. She entered the night without the same name value as the main-eventers, then walked out with a first-round finish, four straight wins, and bonus money. On a card where Reinier de Ridder also made a violent 205-pound statement, that is how you make sure people remember your name after the stream cuts out.
