Roman Dolidze remains in high spirits. However, he wasn’t feeling so great during the UFC Vegas 109 main event this past weekend (Sat., Aug. 9, 2025), where No. 9-ranked middleweight contender Anthony Hernandez beat the life out of him for four rounds before securing a rear-naked choke submission at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas,

The main even of UFC Vegas 109 was a pivotal middleweight bout between top-ranked contenders Roman Dolidze and Anthony Hernandez.

Hernandez (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) dominated virtually every moment of the middleweight bout as Dolidze (15-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) struggled to find any answers offensively. It all came to an end at 2:45 of Round 4 when Hernandez forced a tap from a rear-naked choke.