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UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland
Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland
24-3 · USA
VS
Jack Hermansson
Jack Hermansson
22-6 · SWE
February 5, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Sean Strickland def. Jack Hermansson by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Strickland22/510/000:00
Hermansson26/470/200:00
R2
Strickland32/770/000:00
Hermansson32/700/200:00
R3
Strickland27/590/000:00
Hermansson26/750/100:00
R4
Strickland34/670/000:00
Hermansson27/780/100:18
R5
Strickland38/760/000:00
Hermansson26/830/200:13
Total
Strickland153/3300/000:00
Hermansson137/3530/800:31

Scorecards

Strickland vs Hermansson

RdDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-109-109.6-9.5
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-1010-99-109.8-9.2
R410-910-910-910-9
R510-910-99-109.8-9.2
Total49-4649-4647-4849.2-45.9

Media (21 cards) · avg 49.545.6 · 21 Strickland · 0 Hermansson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Strickland-Hermansson.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
StricklandWin probabilityHermansson
59.7%40.3%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
11%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 18.0 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Strickland, blue toward Hermansson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Strickland60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%40%
Submission5%8%
Decision31%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes87 (37118)act 153
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.5)act 0
Hermansson40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%48%
Submission6%14%
Decision15%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes75 (32102)act 137
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~162 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R213%
R315%
R49%
R56%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Strickland
54.4%-121
Hermansson
+12145.0%
Most takedownstie 45.6%
Strickland
33.9%-165
Hermansson
+16520.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 87.0
87
Over 87
39.5%
+152
Exactly 87
0.6%
push
Under 87
60.0%
-152
0109218
Hermansson
Expected: 74.8
75
Over 75
39.3%
+153
Exactly 75
0.6%
push
Under 75
60.0%
-153
094188
Takedowns — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
28.3%
+213
Exactly 1
11.6%
push
Under 1
60.1%
-213
035
Hermansson
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
28.2%
+255
Under 0.5
71.8%
-255
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 18.0 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Strickland59.7%68.2%−8.5-250
Hermansson40.3%31.8%+8.5+200

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
72.1Striking69.6
Strickland +2.5
58.5Grappling55.4
Strickland +3.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StricklandHermansson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1658
Pound-for-pound
1611
1626
Divisional
1611
1526
Striking offense
1510
1497
Striking defense
1513
1489
Grappling offense
1522
1573
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
30 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.45
Strikes landed / min
4.86
40%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.73
Strikes absorbed / min
3.36
67%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.32
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
62%
Takedown accuracy
36%
82%
Takedown defense
75%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
79%
UFC win rate
69%
+5
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
36%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
259
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sean Strickland
  • WUriah HallU-DEC R5
    Close -2026mo before
  • WKrzysztof JotkoU-DEC R3
    Close -2649mo before
  • WBrendan AllenKO/TKO R2
    Close -1061y 3mo before
  • WJack MarshmanU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -3751y 3mo before
  • WNordine TalebKO/TKO R2
    Close +1003y 3mo before
Jack Hermansson
  • WEdmen ShahbazyanU-DEC R3
    Close -1429mo before
  • LMarvin VettoriU-DEC R5
    Close +1101y 2mo before
  • WKelvin GastelumSUB R1
    Close -1121y 7mo before
  • LJared CannonierKO/TKO R2
    Close -2752y 4mo before
  • WJacare SouzaU-DEC R5
    Close +1852y 9mo before
Strickland — win / loss by method
Record: 24-3-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
10 wins, 1 loss
W
42% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (64%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
3 (23%)Decision() 0
Hermansson — win / loss by method
Record: 22-6-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
11 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
3 (33%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (23%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Strickland
Hermansson
14
UFC fights
13
182.3 min · 13.0 avg
Octagon time
122.2 min · 9.4 avg
18y 4m
Career length
16y 0m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Strickland
Hermansson
231W–60L · 79.4%
Overall
210W–60L · 77.8%
185W–52L · 78.1%
Wins
158W–42L · 79.0%
46W–8L · 85.2%
Losses
52W–18L · 74.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Strickland
Hermansson
83W–34L · 70.9%
Overall
133W–47L · 73.9%
83W–34L · 70.9%
Wins
122W–45L · 73.1%
0W–0L
Losses
11W–2L · 84.6%
Distance striking
Strickland
Hermansson
6.22
Landed / min
5.59
38.0%
Accuracy
37.1%
68.4%
Defense
58.0%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
75.7%
Time at distance
55.3%
Grappling & control
Strickland
Hermansson
1.32
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
61.5%
Takedown accuracy
36.2%
82.1%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.33
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.61
62.1%
Control share
59.4%
Strike target map
Strickland
  • Head85%(842)div 64%
  • Body9%(85)div 20%
  • Legs7%(67)div 17%
Hermansson
  • Head67%(398)div 64%
  • Body14%(86)div 20%
  • Legs19%(110)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Sean Strickland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Jack Hermansson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.