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Sean Strickland Bests Jack Hermansson Over Five Rounds For Decision Win – UFC Vegas 47 Highlights

Sean StricklandCount it six straight victories for the #7 ranked UFC middleweight contender, Sean Strickland, who outpoints Jack Hermansson over the course of five rounds for an admittedly dubious split decision (49-46, 47-48, 49-46) victory in the main event of UFC Vegas 47. Adding Swedish-born contender, Hermansson to a list of victims at middleweight including the […]

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Count it six straight victories for the #7 ranked UFC middleweight contender, Sean Strickland, who outpoints Jack Hermansson over the course of five rounds for an admittedly dubious split decision (49-46, 47-48, 49-46) victory in the main event of UFC Vegas 47.

Adding Swedish-born contender, Hermansson to a list of victims at middleweight including the likes of Uriah Hall, Brendan Allen, and Jack Marshman, Strickland managed to successfully defend no less than seven takedown attempts over the course of the five round headliner.

Utilizing an ever-present jab which really made waves last July against the above mentioned, Hall, Strickland, a staple of Xtreme Couture under Eric Nicksick in ‘Sin City’ — managed to evade a lot of winging and misfiring efforts from Hermansson from the second round onwards, largely comfortably outstriking the former Cage Warriors champion.

Following his victory, Strickland who is set to leapfrog Hermansson into the #6 rank at middleweight at least, called for a middleweight title opportunity against the victor of next weekend’s UFC 271 headliner between champion, Israel Adesanya, and former champion, Robert Whittaker.

Below, catch the highlights from Sean Strickland’s split decision triumph over Jack Hermansson

Fighters React To Sean Strickland Outlasting Jack Hermansson At UFC Vegas 47

Jack Hermansson vs. Sean Strickland was a solid main event.  The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (February 5, 2022) at the UFC Vegas 47 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. The fight opened with Jack going for a takedown, but it was shut down and they clinched. […]

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Jack Hermansson vs. Sean Strickland was a solid main event. 

The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (February 5, 2022) at the UFC Vegas 47 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility.

The fight opened with Jack going for a takedown, but it was shut down and they clinched. For the rest of the first round, Jack was looking to counter strike while Strickland was landing his jabs and finding a home for him. Sean dropped him as the second round ended. 

The third round saw Jack start to come alive as he was starting to land more shots. Hermansson started off the round with a takedown attempt, but couldn’t get him down. He had issues with his range and couldn’t get it down so he was missing on a lot of shots. Sean was bleeding from his nose at the end of the fourth round. The last round saw them continue to strike aside from Jack going for a takedown attempt, but not getting it. Strickland got the win by decision. 

Peep the highlights of the fight courtesy of the UFC’s official Twitter account:

Let’s see how the fighters reacted to the outcome of this fight: 

Hermansson was coming off a decision loss to Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 16. Before that, he had scored a submission win over Kelvin Gastelum at the UFC on ESPN+ 30 event from Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island aka Fight Island. He had suffered a TKO loss to Jared Cannonier at the UFC Copenhagen event from the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. He scored a decision win over Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza at UFC Fort Lauderdale This is where he stepped in on short notice to defeat the Brazilian. 

Strickland entered this fight on a five-bout winning streak with wins over Nordine Taleb, Jack Marshman, Brendan Allen, Krzysztof Jotko, and most recently Uriah Hall by decision at UFC Vegas 33.

UFC Vegas 47 Results & Highlights: Jack Hermansson vs. Sean Strickland

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Fighters React To Nick Maximov Outgrappling Punahele Soriano At UFC Vegas 47

Punahele Soriano vs. Nick Maximov was a solid co-headliner.  The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (February 5, 2022) at the UFC Vegas 47 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. The first round saw them land some big shots before Soriano caught him with a big knee strike […]

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Punahele Soriano vs. Nick Maximov was a solid co-headliner. 

The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (February 5, 2022) at the UFC Vegas 47 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility.

The first round saw them land some big shots before Soriano caught him with a big knee strike to the jaw. Maximov failed on a takedown attempt so they scrambled back up until Maximov jumped on his back and went for a rear-naked choke, but quickly gave up on it. 

In the second frame, it was the same story on repeat as Maximov would get him down, but Soriano would scramble back to his feet and so on and so on. However, towards the end of the round, Maximov did a better job of keeping him there. 

The third round saw Maximov score a takedown and kept him there for the rest of it. Maximov got the decision win. 

Let’s see how the fighters reacted to the outcome of this fight: 

UFC Vegas 47 Results & Highlights: Jack Hermansson vs. Sean Strickland

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Shavkat Rakhmonov Moves To 15-0 With KO Win Over Carlston Harris – UFC Vegas 47 Highlights

Shavkat RakhmonovFormer M-1 Global welterweight champion, Shavkat Rakhmonov continues to look impressive throughout his brief Octagon tenure — improving to 15-0 tonight on the main card of UFC Vegas 47 with a first round knockout victory against Carlston Harris. Kazakhstan native, Rakhmonov, who has yet to see the judge’s scorecards over the course of his perfect […]

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Former M-1 Global welterweight champion, Shavkat Rakhmonov continues to look impressive throughout his brief Octagon tenure — improving to 15-0 tonight on the main card of UFC Vegas 47 with a first round knockout victory against Carlston Harris.

Kazakhstan native, Rakhmonov, who has yet to see the judge’s scorecards over the course of his perfect 15 fight professional run, managed to chalk up his eighth knockout win against Harris, adding to seven separate submission stoppages to boot.

Landing in the Octagon with a submission win over Alex Oliveira, Rakhmonov then laid waste to Michel Prazeres with a second round rear-naked choke before levelling Harris with strikes tonight.

Patiently working from the center of the Octagon, Rakhmonov spun with a well-timed wheel kick, clipping Harris before following up with a series of heavy straight strikes on the gound, rendering Harris unconscious with the first of two blasting blows.

Below, catch the highlights from Shavkat Rakhmonov’s third UFC victory and third stoppage win

Chidi Njokuani Crushes Marc-Andre Barriault With 16-Second Knockout – UFC Vegas 47 Highlights

Chidi NjokuaniChidi Njokuani could likely not have drawn up a more impressive UFC debut — stopping Canada’s Marc-Andre Barriault with a stunning first round knockout just 16-seconds deep into his first outing under the promotion’s banner at UFC Vegas 47. Njokuani, an alum of Bellator MMA and Dana White’s Contender Series improves to 3-0 in his […]

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Chidi Njokuani could likely not have drawn up a more impressive UFC debut — stopping Canada’s Marc-Andre Barriault with a stunning first round knockout just 16-seconds deep into his first outing under the promotion’s banner at UFC Vegas 47.

Njokuani, an alum of Bellator MMA and Dana White’s Contender Series improves to 3-0 in his last three with the finish, as well as snapping Barriault’s two-fight winning run.

Taking the center of the Octagon early, kickboxing talent, Njokuani slipped a shot from Barriault – landing a swift right hand straight counter, before following up with a series of ground strikes, forcing a stoppage win just 16 seconds deep into his promotional debut.

Below, catch Chidi Njokuani’s first round knockout win over Marc-Andre Barriault at UFC Vegas 47

Philip Rowe Stops Jason Witt With Second Round Strikes – UFC Vegas 47 Highlights

UFC Vegas 47UFC welterweight prospect, Philip Rowe has lodged his second UFC victory — and his second promotional win via strikes, rallying from an opening round wrestling performance from Jason Witt to stop the latter with a slick second round knockout at the Octagon fence. Rowe, a product of Dana White‘s Contender Series — initially debuted in […]

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UFC welterweight prospect, Philip Rowe has lodged his second UFC victory — and his second promotional win via strikes, rallying from an opening round wrestling performance from Jason Witt to stop the latter with a slick second round knockout at the Octagon fence.

Rowe, a product of Dana White‘s Contender Series — initially debuted in the UFC back in February of last year with a unanimous decision loss against Gabe Greene, before bouncing back to the winner’s enclosure and scoring his first Octagon with a second round knockout win over fellow prospect, Orion Cosce.

Improving to 9-3 as a professional, Brooklyn-born striker, Rowe backed Witt up to the Octagon fence with a straight shot, before landing with a well-placed left hook. Following up with some heavy hammer fists, Rowe forced a stoppage from referee, Chris Tognoni.

Catch the highlights from Philip Rowe’s second round knockout win over Jason Witt, below.