The UFC stays put for another home show this week with a pair of middleweight standouts at the top of a card that features nine bouts at featherweight or lighter.
Here’s how to watch UFC Fight Night 245 with 185-pounders in the headlining spot, plus bantamweights in the co-feature.
Broadcast and streaming info
UFC Fight Night 245 has a main card that starts at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The preliminary card streams on ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET.
Veteran broadcaster [autotag]Karyn Bryant[/autotag] serves as desk anchor and host at UFC Fight Night 245.
“The Ultimate Fighter 15′ winner [autotag]Michael Chiesa[/autotag] and retired welterweight veteran [autotag]Alan Jouban[/autotag] join her as analysts at the desk.
[autotag]Brendan Fitzgerald[/autotag] will serve as the leading man on the mic from cageside at UFC Fight Night 245.
He’ll command play-by-play and be joined in the booth by lightweight veteran [autotag]Paul Felder[/autotag], as well as former UFC/WEC bantamweight champion [autotag]Dominick Cruz[/autotag].
(Mike Bohn, MMA Junkie)
Main event: Anthony Hernandez
Record: 12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC
Opponent: Michel Pereira (31-11 MMA, 9-2 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Roman Kopylov, Edmen Shahbazyan, Marc-Andre Barriault, JunYong Park, Brendan Allen
Misc.: “Fluffy” has a five-fight winning streak, four of which have been by stoppage – and two of which have gotten him post-fight bonuses.
Main event: Michel Pereira
Record: 31-11 MMA, 9-2 UFC
Opponent: Anthony Hernandez (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Ihor Potieria, Michał Oleksiejczuk, Andre Petroski, Santiago Ponzinibbio, Andre Fialho
Misc.: Brazilian has an eight-fight winning streak and hasn’t lost since before the pandemic, when he landed an illegal knee on Diego Sanchez.
Co-main event: Rob Font
Record: 20-8 MMA, 10-7 UFC
Opponent: Kyler Phillips (12-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC)
Division: Bantamweight
Key wins: Adrian Yanez, Cody Garbrandt, Marlon Moraes, Ricky Simon, Sergio Pettis
Misc.: Font will be looking to snap the second two-fight skid of his career. He’s dropped fur of his past five, but those losses have been decisions to the division’s elite: Jose Aldo, Marlon Vera, Cory Sandhagen and Deiveson Figueiredo.
Co-main event: Kyler Phillips
Record: 12-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC
Opponent: Rob Font (20-8 MMA, 10-7 UFC)
Division: Bantamweight
Key wins: Pedro Munhoz, Raoni Barcelos, Song Yadong
Misc.: “The Matrix” has three straight wins since the lone setback of his UFC career.
UFC Fight Night 245 main card betting odds
MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
- Anthony Hernandez (-150) vs. Michel Pereira (+125)
- Rob Font (+300) vs. Kyler Phillips (-400)
- Charles Johnson (-235) vs. Su Mudaerji (+190)
- Jake Hadley (+125) vs. Brady Hiestand (-150)
- Darren Elkins (+105) vs. Daniel Pineda (-125)
UFC Fight Night 245 prelim betting odds
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)
- Asu Almabayev (-170) vs. Matheus Nicolau (+140)
- Brad Katona (+220) vs. Jean Matsumoto (-270)
- Joselyne Edwards (-235) vs. Tamires Vidal (+190)
- Jessica Penne (+130) vs. Elise Reed (-155)
- Alice Ardelean (+125) vs. Melissa Martinez (-150)
- Robelis Despaigne (-450) vs. Austen Lane (+325)