Villante vs Herman

Who won Villante vs Herman?

Gian Villante beat Ed Herman by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 138, on Saturday 27th October 2018 at Moncton Events Centre in Moncton.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Gian Villante.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Villante vs Herman stats

Gian Villante stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Ed Herman made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 13 by submission.

Gian Villante's UFC record stood at 7-11-0, while Ed Herman's came in at 13-11-0.

The stats suggested Villante had a massive power advantage over Herman, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Herman's 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Herman had a massive advantage over Villante, boasting a 57% submission rate over Villante's 13%.

Gian Villante was the younger man by 5 years, at 38 years old.

Villante had a height advantage of 2 inches over Herman. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Villante was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 5 years and 9 months later than Herman, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 23 less professional rounds, 66 to Herman's 89.

Villante vs Herman form

Gian Villante had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Maurice Greene at UFC Vegas 4 on 27th June 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Going into that contest, he had won against Ed Herman at UFC Fight Night 138 on 27th October 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Moncton Events Centre, Moncton, Canada.

Before that, he had been defeated by Sam Alvey at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica, United States.

He had beaten Francimar Barroso at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Activity check

Villante's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Herman's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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