Hermansson vs Strickland

Who won Hermansson vs Strickland?

Sean Strickland beat Jack Hermansson by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 5th February 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 49-46, 48-47 in favor of the winner Sean Strickland.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Hermansson vs Strickland stats

Jack Hermansson stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Sean Strickland made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Jack Hermansson's UFC record stood at 11-6-0, while Sean Strickland's came in at 15-6-0.

The stats suggested Hermansson had a slight advantage in power over Strickland, with a 52% knock out percentage over Strickland's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hermansson had an advantage over Strickland, with a 29% submission rate over Strickland's 17%.

Jack Hermansson was the older man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Hermansson had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Hermansson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 3 months later than Strickland, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 77 to Strickland's 89.

Hermansson vs Strickland form

Jack Hermansson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 16 on 5th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Fight Island 2 on 18th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had been beaten by Jared Cannonier at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

He had defeated Ronaldo Souza at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States.

Activity check

Hermansson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Strickland's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

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