Hermansson vs Gastelum

Who won Hermansson vs Gastelum?

Jack Hermansson beat Kelvin Gastelum by submission in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Island 2, on Saturday 18th July 2020 at UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Hermansson vs Gastelum stats

Jack Hermansson stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Kelvin Gastelum made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Jack Hermansson's 18th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Kelvin Gastelum marked his 24th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Jack Hermansson's UFC record stood at 11-7-0, while Kelvin Gastelum's came in at 13-10-0.

The stats suggested Hermansson had an advantage in power over Gastelum, with a 55% knock out percentage over Gastelum's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gastelum had a slight advantage over Hermansson, with a 27% submission rate over Hermansson's 25%.

Jack Hermansson was the older man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Hermansson had a height advantage of 4 inches over Gastelum. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Hermansson's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Gastelum's, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 months earlier than Gastelum, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 78 to Gastelum's 79.

Hermansson vs Gastelum form

Hermansson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jared Cannonier at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Previous to that, he had won against Ronaldo Souza at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten David Branch at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

Before that, he had been beaten by Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night 119 on 28th October 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

He had defeated Alex Nicholson at UFC Fight Night 109 on 28th May 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

Kelvin Gastelum had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Robert Whittaker at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Ian Heinisch at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jack Hermansson at UFC Fight Island 2 on 18th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had been beaten by Darren Till at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

He had been defeated by Israel Adesanya at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Kelvin Gastelum had been fighting more than Jack Hermansson.

Going to this contest, Jack Hermansson had last fought 5 years, 9 months and 8 days ago, while Kelvin Gastelum's last outing had been 4 years, 2 months and 19 days ago.

Hermansson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 1 month and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Gastelum's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 3 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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