Michel Pereira vs. Anthony Hernandez moved from UFC 306 to Fight Night main event in October

Michel Pereira vs. Anthony Hernandez is no longer taking place at UFC 306.

The middleweight bout was pulled from the Sphere card to serve as the main event for a UFC Fight Night card on Oct. 19, multiple people with knowledge of the change told MMA Fighting.

UFC has yet to officially announce a location for the Oct. 19 event, but it’s expected to take place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

Pereira (31-11, 1 NC) enters the bout riding an eight-fight winning streak, capped off by a trio of first-round finishes over Andre Petroski, Michal Oleksiejczuk, and Ihor Potieria since moving up to 185 pounds.

Hernandez (12-2, 1 NC) won his past five UFC bouts, including a shocking second-round submission of jiu-jitsu legend Rodolfo Vieira. “Fluffy” has also finished his past three opponents, stopping Marc-Andre Barriault, Edmen Shahbazyan, and Roman Kopylov.

Mike Heck contributed to this report.