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UFC Sacramento preview: Hernandez gets his home game, with the champion who beat him now in his corner

Seven years after its last visit, the promotion returns to Golden 1 Center with a NorCal headliner whose eight-fight run ended against the man currently holding the middleweight belt. His response was to join that man’s camp. A win at home restarts the climb. Across the cage: a surging Brazilian knockout artist with every reason to spoil the party.

By Andrew Weissmann
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UFC BJJ 10 wrap: Tackett cranks his way to a record fourth defence, Ste-Marie takes the featherweight crown in her debut

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MMA

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MMA

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MMA

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