Hermansson vs Pyfer

Who won Hermansson vs Pyfer?

Jack Hermansson beat Joseph Pyfer by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 10th February 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 48-47, 48-47, 48-47 in favor of the winner Jack Hermansson.

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 Pyfer stats

Jack Hermansson stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Joseph Pyfer made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Jack Hermansson's UFC record stood at 11-6-0, while Joseph Pyfer's came in at 3-1-0.

The stats suggested Pyfer had an advantage in power over Hermansson, with a 67% knock out percentage over Hermansson's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hermansson had a slight advantage over Pyfer, with a 26% submission rate over Pyfer's 25%.

Jack Hermansson was the older man by 8 years, at 35 years old.

Pyfer had a height advantage of 1 inch over Hermansson. Despite this, he had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Hermansson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 7 years and 10 months earlier than Pyfer, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 50 more professional rounds, 77 to Pyfer's 27.

Hermansson vs Pyfer form

Jack Hermansson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Roman Dolidze at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Chris Curtis at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Sean Strickland at UFC Fight Night on 5th February 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

He had been defeated by Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 16 on 5th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Hermansson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Pyfer's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Hermansson vs Pyfer?

Jack Hermansson was a 2/1 (+200) underdog going into the contest, while Joseph Pyfer made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.