Luis Hernandez still earns more as a sheriff's deputy than as a UFC fighter

The Miami-Dade deputy, who won a bonus for submitting Sedriques Dumas on two days' notice, wants to keep both jobs and pointed to Stipe Miocic, who fought while working as a firefighter.

Asked on The Ariel Helwani Show whether he makes more money from fighting or from his job as a sheriff's deputy, Luis Hernandez said: "Law enforcement." Asked whether that was still true with his Performance of the Night bonus, he said: "Yeah."

Just before that exchange, Hernandez said that when the bonus money arrives, "I'm going to get some donuts for the guys and girls." Of his years on the regional scene, he said: "There's no money. You lose money in fighting... I was trying to get a house with my wife."

Hernandez, a deputy with the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office, submitted Sedriques Dumas in 57 seconds at UFC Vegas 121 after taking the fight on two days' notice. He said he got the call on the Thursday afternoon and was at the airport at around 6:30.

He has no plans to leave the force. He serves on a priority response team "formed after Marjory Stoneman Douglas", he said. "So we deal with active shooters, any type of shooting, high stress situation." He also said: "I just see things in slow motion when I'm in the cage."

When his sheriff asked if he was thinking of quitting, he said: "I said, no, I never want to leave... I want to do both." He added: "If Stipe Miocic did it, a firefighter, it's time for an officer, a deputy now."

Asked about Dumas, he said: "I don't judge a man on their past... don't push a man while they're down... It's another name and get my hand raised and a finish."

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