Miller vs Hernandez

Who won Miller vs Hernandez?

Alexander Hernandez beat Jim Miller by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 18th February 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alexander Hernandez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Miller vs Hernandez stats

Jim Miller stepped into the octagon with a record of 35 wins, 16 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 19 by submission.

Alexander Hernandez made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Jim Miller's 44th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2008.

Jim Miller's UFC record stood at 26-17-0, while Alexander Hernandez's came in at 6-6-0.

The stats suggested Hernandez had a large advantage in power over Miller, boasting a 46% knock out percentage over Miller's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Miller had a massive advantage over Hernandez, boasting a 54% submission rate over Hernandez's 15%.

Jim Miller was the older man by 9 years, at 40 years old.

Hernandez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Miller. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Miller was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 33 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 6 years and 11 months earlier than Hernandez, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 77 more professional rounds, 122 to Hernandez's 45.

Miller vs Hernandez form

Miller had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Donald Cerrone at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Nikolas Motta at UFC Fight Night on 19th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Erick Gonzalez at UFC Vegas 40 on 16th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Roosevelt Roberts at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had won against Clay Guida at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Prudential Center, Newark.

Activity check

Miller's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Miller vs Hernandez?

Jim Miller was a 7/4 (+180) underdog going into the contest, while Alexander Hernandez made his way into the ring at 23/50 (-220) with oddsmakers.