Hermansson vs Nicholson

Who won Hermansson vs Nicholson?

Jack Hermansson beat Alex Nicholson by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 109, on Sunday 28th May 2017 at Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Hermansson vs Nicholson stats

Jack Hermansson stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Alex Nicholson made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Nicholson had a large advantage in power over Hermansson, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Hermansson's 57%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hermansson had a slight advantage over Nicholson, with a 21% submission rate over Nicholson's 14%.

Jack Hermansson was the older man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Nicholson had a height advantage of 3 inches over Hermansson. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Hermansson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 6 months earlier than Nicholson, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 43 more professional rounds, 77 to Nicholson's 34.

Hermansson vs Nicholson form

Jack Hermansson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had beaten 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.

He had defeated David Branch at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

Activity check

Hermansson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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