{"id":607812,"date":"2026-02-22T09:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/607812\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T09:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:22:16","slug":"sean-strickland-swarms-anthony-hernandez-for-tko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/607812\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Strickland swarms Anthony Hernandez for TKO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 21, 2026Updated Feb. 22, 2026, 12:30 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VVxc3DWYdb0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\" data-v-t=\"Sean Strickland targets &#039;bully&#039; Khamzat Chimaev after upset of &#039;Fluffy&#039; | UFC Houston\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VVxc3DWYdb0\/maxresdefault.jpg\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove(\\'gnt_em_vp_img__yn\\')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/fighters\/sean-strickland\/\" data-autotag=\"16818cdf-3265-4bdc-a8a8-f2d91f3af900\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Sean Strickland<\/a> took it to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/fighters\/anthony-hernandez\/\" data-autotag=\"8faaa23e-63f5-46d9-a4b6-410b56523f76\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Anthony Hernandez<\/a> \u2013 and then some.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After a string of decisions, Strickland (30-7 MMA, 17-7 UFC) added another TKO to his record when he finished Anthony Hernandez (15-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) with a big knee to the body and swarm of punches at 2:33 of Round 3. The five-round middleweight bout headlined UFC Fight Night 267 at Toyota Center in Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Strickland, 34, was able to suck Hernandez into a boxing match, slowly ramping up the pace. After Hernandez got &#8220;sloppy&#8221; (an adjective used by bother fighters post-fight), Strickland blasted him in the midsection with a big knee. The shot sent Hernandez on the retreat, and Strickland beat him down into the ground, quite literally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With the win, Strickland solidifies his place atop the division he once owned. He moves to 5-2 in his most recent seven, with the only losses coming against Dricus Du Plessis. He called for a fight with champion Khamzat Chimaev on the microphone afterward, though it&#8217;s unclear if he&#8217;ll be the next man up. Nassourdine Imavov also waits in the wings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Hernandez, 32, has an eight-fight winning streak snapped. He might have propelled himself to a title fight had he won against Strickland.<\/p>\n<p>The full UFC Fight Night 267 results include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul\">\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Sean Strickland def. Anthony Hernandez via TKO (punches) \u2013 Round 3, 2:23<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Uros Medic def. Geoff Neal via KO (punch) \u2013 Round 1, 1:19<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Melquizael Costa def. Dan Ige via TKO (Spinning kick) \u2013 Round 1, 4:56<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Serghei Spivac def. Ante Delija via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Jacobe Smith def. Josiah Harrell via KO (ground-and-pound) \u2013\u00a0Round 1, 2:01<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Michel Pereira def. Zach Reese via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Carlos Leal def. Chidi Njokuani via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Alibi Idiris def. Ode Osbourne via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Alden Coria def. Luis Gurule via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Joselyne Edwards def. Nora Cornolle via submission (rear-naked choke) \u2013 Round 2, 2:42<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Punahele Soriano def. Ramiz Brahimaj via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani def. Phil Rowe via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Jordan Leavitt def. Yadier del Valle via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Carli Judice def. Juliana Miller via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88519197007-hag-ak-qj-ws-aa-zlo-n.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 21, 2026Updated Feb. 22, 2026, 12:30 a.m. ET Sean Strickland took it to Anthony Hernandez \u2013 and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":607813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[216235,4345,239013,239014,261275,222785,239018,216244,261276,216319,216318,358,3187,216238],"class_list":["post-607812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-accessfree","tag-houston","tag-sstssportsufc","tag-sstsnufc","tag-taganthony-hernandez","tag-taghouston","tag-tagmartial-arts","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsean-strickland","tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","tag-tagsports-news","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116113556020984864","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}