Hermansson vs Shahbazyan

Who won Hermansson vs Shahbazyan?

Jack Hermansson beat Edmen Shahbazyan by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 27, on Saturday 22nd May 2021 in the United States.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jack Hermansson.

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 Shahbazyan stats

Jack Hermansson stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Edmen Shahbazyan made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Edmen Shahbazyan marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Jack Hermansson's UFC record stood at 11-6-0, while Edmen Shahbazyan's came in at 8-5-0.

The stats suggested Shahbazyan had a large advantage in power over Hermansson, boasting a 82% knock out percentage over Hermansson's 52%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hermansson had an advantage over Shahbazyan, with a 29% submission rate over Shahbazyan's 9%.

Jack Hermansson was the older man by 10 years, at 37 years old.

Shahbazyan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Hermansson. Despite this, he had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Hermansson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 7 months earlier than Shahbazyan, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 44 more professional rounds, 77 to Shahbazyan's 33.

Hermansson vs Shahbazyan form

Jack Hermansson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 16 on 5th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Fight Island 2 on 18th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jared Cannonier at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Before that, he had beaten 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.

He had defeated David Branch at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

Edmen Shahbazyan had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against AJ Dobson at UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas on 23rd March 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Anthony Hernandez at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Dalcha Lungiambula at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Nassourdine Imavov at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had been beaten by Jack Hermansson at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Jack Hermansson had last fought 4 years, 6 months and 22 days ago, while Edmen Shahbazyan's last outing had been 1 year, 3 months and 4 days ago.

Hermansson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Shahbazyan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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