Herbert vs Nelson

Who won Herbert vs Nelson?

Jai Herbert beat Kyle Nelson by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night London, on Saturday 23rd July 2022 at The O2 in London.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Jai Herbert.

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).

Herbert vs Nelson stats

Jai Herbert stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.

Kyle Nelson made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 5 of those wins by knock out and 4 by submission.

The stats suggested Nelson had a massive power advantage over Herbert, boosting at 38% knock out percentage over Herbert's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nelson had a massive advantage over Herbert, boosting at 31% submission rate over Herbert's 0%.

Jai Herbert was the older man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Herbert had a height advantage of 2 inches over Nelson. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Herbert was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 year later than Nelson, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 34 to Nelson's 43.

Herbert vs Nelson form

Jai Herbert had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Khama Worthy at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Renato Moicano at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Cain Carrizosa at Cage Warriors 109 on 26th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their Cage Warriors Lightweight championship fight at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England.

Before that, he had beat Jack Grant at Cage Warriors 106 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Cage Warriors Lightweight championship fight at Eventim Apollo, London.

He had won against Steve O Keefe at Cage Warriors 102 on 2nd March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at o2 Indigo, London.

Activity check

Herbert's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 24 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 Herbert vs Nelson?

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