LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 08: (L-R) Opponents Roman Dolidze of Georgia and Anthony Hernandez face off during the UFC Fight Night weigh-in at UFC APEX on August 08, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
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The UFC Vegas 109 fight card goes down tonight, Saturday, August 9, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. A high-stakes middleweight matchup headlines the UFC Fight Night event. In that contest, Roman Dolidze faces Anthony Hernandez.
The UFC Vegas 109 fight card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.
Below, we look at the details for the UFC Vegas 109 main card bout and the start time for each portion of the UFC on ESPN fight card.
UFC Vegas 109 Fight Card: Date, Time, Location, How To Watch Or Stream
Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025
Location: UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV
Main Card Start Time: 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+
Preliminary Card Start Time: 4:00 p.m. ET on ESPN, ESPN+
UFC Vegas 109 Main Card
Roman Dolidze vs. Anthony Hernandez – Middleweight
Steve Erceg vs. Ode Osbourne – Bantamweight
Iasmin Lucindo vs. Angela Hill – Strawweight
Andre Fili vs. Christian Rodriguez – Featherweight
Miles Johns vs. Jean Matsumoto – Bantamweight
Eryk Anders vs. Christian Leroy Duncan – Middleweight
UFC Vegas 109 Preliminary card
Julius Walker vs. Raffael Cerqueira – Light heavyweight
Elijah Smith vs. Toshiomi Kazama – Bantamweight
Joselyne Edwards vs. Priscila Cachoeira – Women’s bantamweight
Uros Medic vs. Gilbert Urbina – Welterweight
Gabriella Fernandes vs. Julija Stoliarenko – Women’s flyweight
Cody Brundage vs. Eric McConico – Light heavyweight
UFC Vegas 109 Main Event: Roman Dolidze Vs. Anthony Hernandez
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 08: Roman Dolidze of Georgia poses on the scale during the UFC Fight Night weigh-in at UFC APEX on August 08, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
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Roman Dolidze (15-3) enters UFC Vegas 109 as the No. 9 ranked UFC middleweight. Dolidze joined the fight promotion in July 2020 going 2-1 in his first three outings with the UFC. Dolidze followed a March 2021 decision loss to Trevin Giles with a four-fight winning streak. That run ended with his loss to Vettori. A majority decision setback to Nassourdine Imavov followed.
Dolidze followed that lackluster performance with a decision win over Anthony Smith at UFC 303. In October 2024, Dolidze scored a TKO win over Kevin Holland in a bout where Holland could not continue because of broken ribs. In his most recent outing, a five-round UFC Fight night main event, Dolidze bested former UFC 185-pound title challenger Marvin Vettori by decision.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 08: Anthony Hernandez poses on the scale during the UFC Fight Night weigh-in at UFC APEX on August 08, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
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Anthony Hernandez (14-2-0-1) is riding a seven-fight winning streak ahead of the UFC Vegas 109 fight card.
Hernandez joined the promotion in 2019, opening his UFC run with a 1-2 record. He has not lost since Kevin Holland stopped him via TKO in 2020. Hernandez had back-to-back “Performance of the Night” bonus-winning victories in 2024. In those contests he stopped Roman Kopylov via submission and earned a TKO win over Michel Pereira in a UFC Fight Night main event scrap in October 2024.
In his most recent trip to the Octagon, Hernandez defeated Brendan Allen via decision in February of this year.
Hernandez is the No. 10 ranked UFC middleweight.
We will have more on the UFC Vegas 109 fight card as fight night nears, including betting odds, picks, predictions and more. As well as full fight card results, reactions and highlights on fight night.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trentreinsmith/2025/08/09/ufc-tonight-what-time-does-the-ufc-vegas-109-fight-card-start/