Hermansson vs Souza

Who won Hermansson vs Souza?

Jack Hermansson beat Ronaldo Souza by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 8, on Saturday 27th April 2019 at BB&T Center in Sunrise.

The scorecards were announced 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 Souza stats

Jack Hermansson stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Ronaldo Souza made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Jack Hermansson's UFC record stood at 11-6-0, while Ronaldo Souza's came in at 9-7-0.

The stats suggested Hermansson had a massive power advantage over Souza, boasting a 58% knock out percentage over Souza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hermansson had a large advantage over Souza, boasting a 26% submission rate over Souza's 0%.

Jack Hermansson was the younger man by 9 years, at 35 years old.

Hermansson had 6-inch reach advantage.

Hermansson was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 10 months later than Souza, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 77 to Souza's 71.

Hermansson vs Souza 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.

Souza had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Chris Weidman at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 224 on 12th May 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Derek Brunson at UFC on FOX 27 on 27th January 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Robert Whittaker at UFC on FOX 24 on 15th April 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sprint Center, Kansas City.

He had won against Tim Boetsch at UFC 208 on 11th February 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jack Hermansson had been fighting more than Ronaldo Souza.

Going to this contest, Jack Hermansson had last fought 1 year, 4 months and 22 days ago, while Ronaldo Souza's last outing had been 5 years, 5 months and 22 days ago.

Hermansson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Souza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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