Recap: UFC: Hermansson vs Vettori
Recap: UFC Hermansson vs Vettori
Grade For Event: B+
Picks Record For Event: 3-3
Hermansson vs Vettori: 185lbs
Marvin Vettori, 27, got the biggest win of his UFC career last night in a unanimous decision victory over the 4th ranked Jack Hermansson. The two fighters combined for 286 significant strikes landed, which is a new five round Middleweight record. The pace was fernetic from the start. Vettori got the best out of most of the striking exchanges and even dropped Hermansson with a nasty one-two, more than half way through the first round. The second round looked a lot like the first with Vettori controlling the pace and stuffing most of Hermansson’s takedown attempts. In the third round, it started to look like Vettori was slowing down and Hermansson was the one controlling the striking exchanges. At that point, momentum had looked to have shifted toward Hermansson, but Vettori got back on his horse, and controlled the rest of the fight in the fourth and fifth rounds. The judges scored it 49-46 on two scorecards and 49-45 on the other. Vettori (16-3-1, 6-2-1 UFC) will surely get ranked in the top five after this win and he puts himself right at the top of the heap of the Middleweight title picture.
Best Of The Rest:
Jamahal Hill (9-0, 3-0 UFC) gets a second-round TKO (3:37) win over OSP (25-15, 13-10 UFC).
Gabriel Benitez (22-8, 6-4 UFC) gets a first-round TKO (4:06) win over Justin Jaynes (16-6, 1-2 UFC).
Roman Dolidze (8-0, 2-0 UFC) gets a split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28) win over John Allan (13-6 1NC, 0-1 1NC UFC).
Jordan Leavitt (8-0, 1-0 UFC) gets a first-round KO (0:22) win over Matt Wiman (16-10, 10-8 UFC).
Louis Smolka (17-7, 11-7 UFC) gets a second-round TKO (2:15) win over Jose Quinonez (8-5, 5-4 UFC).
Ilia Topuria (10-0, 2-0 UFC) gets a first-round KO (2:38) win over Damon Jackson (18-4-1 1NC, 1-2-1 1NC UFC).
Jake Collier (12-5, 4-4 UFC) gets a unanimous decision (30-27 X3) win over Gian Villante (17-13, 7-10 UFC).
Tweet of the Night:
Chris Lee gonna Chris Lee...
— Mike Heck (@MikeHeck_JR) December 6, 2020
Video of the Night:
"Coach, do you want me to submit him?"
— UFC (@ufc) December 6, 2020
🇬🇪@RomanDolidze1 is having fun out there 😅 #UFCVegas16 pic.twitter.com/4xCJjV23nU
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