Jack Hermansson has fought at the top of two UFC events. Going all five rounds in April 2019, Hermansson with perennial middleweight title contender Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza. Beyond simply the cage time, Hermansson truly made the most of the contest, putting his name in the UFC record book multiple times for the stats he racked up. On Saturday, Hermansson competes opposite Marvin Vettori in the headlining bout of UFC Vegas 16, where he’ll get yet another shot to make history.
Hermansson’s matchup against Souza was his first UFC main event. The victory put the ‘Joker’ on a four-fight winning streak. Unfortunately for him, in his next trip to the Octagon Hermansson faced Jared Cannonier at the top of the UFC Copenhagen fight card. Cannonier won that fight via second-round TKO. But Hermansson bounced back quickly with a first round submission over former interim title contender Kelvin Gastelum.
Vettori enters this bout on his own three-fight winning streak, having never headlined a UFC fight card, nor gone five rounds in his career. His most recent outing came in June when he submitted Karl Roberson in the first round of the UFC Vegas 2 event. Vettori’s prior two victories were decision wins.
Heading into the middleweight bout between these two, the UFC has Hermansson ranked No. 4 in the 185-pound division, while Vettori checks in at No. 13.
Before UFC Vegas 16 takes place at UFC Apex on Saturday, here are some facts, stats and numbers for Hermansson vs. Vettori.
UFC Vegas 16: Hermansson vs. Vettori
| Jack Hermansson | Marvin Vettori |
|---|---|
| Jack Hermansson | Marvin Vettori |
| Hermansson is tied for ninth in UFC middleweigt history with three submission wins | |
| Hermansson ranks third in UFC middleweight history with 5.08 significant strikes landed per minute | |
| Hermansson is tied for first in UFC middleweight history with a plus 2.56 significant striking differantial | Vettori ranks second in UFC middleweight history in sigificant striking defense at 67.1 percent. |
| Vettori ranks eighth in UFC middleweight history in takedown accurracy at 47.8 percent. | |
| Vettori ranks ninth in UFC middleweight history in takedown defense at 80.8 percent. | |
| Hermansson has the fifth fastest submission in UFC middleweight history at 0:49 vs. David Branch on March 30, 2019. | |
| Hermansson has the third nost significant strikes landed in a UFC middleweight fight with 148 vs. Jacare Souza on April, 27, 2019. | |
| Hermansson has the most signifcant strikes attempted in a UFC middleweight fight with 372 vs. Souza. | |
| Hermansson has the third most distance strikes landed in a UFC middleweight fight with 120 vs. Souza. | |
| Hermansson has the third most significant head strikes landed in a UFC middleweight fight with 96 vs. Souza. | |
| Hermansson has the third most total strikes landed in a UFC middleweight fight with 256 vs. Souza. | |
| Hermansson has the most total strikes attempted in a UFC middleweight fight with 496 vs. Souza. | |
| Hermansson has the third most total head strikes landed in a UFC middleweight fight with 175 vs. Souza. | |
| Hermansson is tied for fourth most significant strikes attempted in a UFC middleweight round with 123 vs. Souza in Rd. 4. | |
| Hermansson has the fourth most total strikes landed in a UFC middleweight round with 107 vs. Souza in Rd. 2. | |
| Hermanson has the sixth most total strikes attempted in a UFC middleweight round with 139 vs Souza in Rd. 2. | |
| Hermanson has the sixth most total strikes attempted in a UFC middleweight round with 123 vs Souza in Rd. 4. |
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