Strickland fights like a human metronome: jab, teep, talk, repeat. If he’s dialed in, he can drown you in volume and make five minutes feel like a tax audit. The twist is that he’s coming off a unanimous-decision loss to Dricus du Plessis at UFC 312, so the “everybody’s mad at Sean” tour needs an actual win, not just spicy quotes.

Hernandez is the opposite kind of misery: grappling pressure that turns scrambles into quicksand. He last choked out Roman Dolidze in August 2025, and his game plan is simple: make Strickland post, peel the hands, and steal the oxygen. If this hits the mat early, expect “Fluffy” to get extremely un-cuddly.

The co-main has Geoff Neal’s left hand trying to write a horror story on Uroš Medić’s chin, while Medić looks to turn every exchange into a finish-or-bust sprint. For the undercard banger, Dan Ige vs. Melquizael Costa is the kind of featherweight chaos that makes you forget to blink: two guys who treat “defense” like an optional software update.

Here are our official fight predictions for the card.

• Strickland vs. Hernandez = Strickland ✔️
• Neal vs. Medic = Medic ✔️
• Ige vs. Costa = Costa ✔️
• Spivac vs. Delija = Delija ❌
• Smith vs. Harrell = Smith ✔️
• Reese vs. Pereira = Pereira ✔️
• Njokuani vs. Leal = Leal ✔️
• Osbourne vs. Idiris = Idiris ✔️
• Coria vs. Gurule = Coria ✔️
• Cornolle vs. Edwards = Edwards ✔️
• Brahimaj vs. Soriano = Brahimaj ❌
• Rowe vs. Lebosnoyani = Lebosnoyani ✔️
• Leavitt vs. del Valle = del Valle ❌
• Miller vs. Judice = Judice ✔️