Opportunity has never knocked more loudly for Anthony Hernandez. The former Legacy Fighting Alliance titleholder will take his swings at one of the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight division’s power players when he faces Sean Strickland in the UFC Fight Night 267 main event on Saturday at the Toyota Center in Houston. Hernandez enters the cage as a healthy betting favorite and appears to have multiple on-paper paths to victory in his third headlining assignment for the UFC. A look at three reasons why he beats Strickland in the company’s first visit to Texas’ most populous city since 2022:
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Hernandez steps into the spotlight on an absolute tear.