Live from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland is a loaded card that will feature 13 bouts inside of the Octagon. A middleweight bout between a pair of top 10 fighters, Jack “The Joker” Hermansson and Sean Strickland will headline the event.
Hermansson is the #6 ranked UFC Middleweight with a 22-6 record. The Swedish-born fighter fights out of Norway and is one of the best knockout artists in the UFC. He has 11 wins by knockout and 17 of his 22 wins are by KO or submission. He’s coming off a win against Edmen Shahbazyan in May and has won 6 of his last 8 fights.
Fighting out of Corona, California, Strickland is the #7 ranked UFC Middleweight and won the 2020 Comeback Fighter of the Year. He’s 27-3 and on a 5-fight win streak after beating Urijah Hall in his first UFC main event back in July. After starting his career as a welterweight, Strickland has not been defeated as a middleweight. The winner of this bout will be in contendership to face Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya for the first time.
Brendan Fitzgerald will handle play-by-play duties throughout the night with Paul Felder and UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping providing analysis. Megan Olivia will serve as a reporter for the most important stories coming outside of the Octagon.
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What’s the Schedule?
Main Card — Beginning at 7 p.m. ET
- #6 Jack Hermansson (22-6) vs. #7 Sean Strickland (24-3) [Middleweight]
- Punahele Soriano (8-1) vs. Nick Maximov (7-0) [Middleweight]
- Shavkat Rakhmanov (14-0) vs. Carlston Harris (17-4) [Welterweight]
- Sam Alvey (33-16-1; 1NC) vs. Brendan Allen (17-4) [Light Heavyweight]
- Tresean Gore (4-0) vs. Bryan Battle (7-1) [Middleweight]
- Julian Erosa (26-10) vs. Steven Peterson (19-9)[Featherweight]
Prelims — Beginning at 4 p.m. ET
- Miles Johns (12-1) vs. John Castañeda (18-5) [Bantamweight]
- Hakeem Dawodu (12-2-1) vs. Michael Trizano (10-1) [Featherweight]
- Chidi Njokuani (20-7; 1NC) vs. Marc-André Barriault (13-4; 1NC) [Middleweight]
- Alexis Davis (20-11) vs. Julija Stoliarenko (9-6-1) [Women’s Bantamweight]
- Jailton Almeida (14-2) vs. Danilo Marques (11-3) [Light Heavyweight]
- Jason Witt (19-7) vs. Phillip Rowe (8-3) [Welterweight]
- Malcolm Gordon (13-5) vs. Denys Bondar (16-3) [Flyweight]
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