Jack Berndhard Hermansson was born on 10 June 1988 and is a Swedish-Norwegian professional mixed martial artist.
57 Facts About Jack Hermansson
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Jack Hermansson currently competes in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Jack Hermansson is the former middleweight champion in Cage Warriors and Warrior Fight Series.
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Jack Hermansson started his martial arts career as a Greco-Roman wrestler in 1997, aged 9.
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Jack Hermansson made his promotional debut against Daniel Vizcaya on 14 December 2012, at Bellator 84.
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Jack Hermansson next fought Jason Butcher on 21 March 2013, at Bellator 93.
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Jack Hermansson lost the fight by submission due to a triangle choke.
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Jack Hermansson won the fight by TKO in the third round.
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Less than a month later Jack Hermansson took on Ion Pascu on 18 April 2014, at Cage Warriors: Fight Night 11.
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Jack Hermansson won by unanimous decision, the first decision victory of his career.
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Jack Hermansson challenged for the promotional title against veteran and fellow former Bellator fighter Norman Paraisy on 7 June 2014, at Cage Warriors 69.
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Jack Hermansson became the champion after he defeated Paraisy by submission due to a rear-naked choke at the end of round 4.
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Jack Hermansson defended his title against Deyan Topalski on 22 August 2014, at Cage Warriors 71.
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Jack Hermansson won the fight by TKO in the first round.
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Jack Hermansson returned in a title fight in British promotion Warrior Fight Series against UFC veteran Karlos Vemola on 1 August 2015, at Warrior Fight Series 4.
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Jack Hermansson won the fight by submission due to an armbar in the first round to become the WFS champion.
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Jack Hermansson was scheduled to face Kevin Del on 29 November 2015, at Lion FC 6 for the promotional championship.
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Jack Hermansson was supposed to defend his WFS title on 13 February 2016, at Warrior Fight Series 5.
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Jack Hermansson defended his CWFC title against Alan Carlos on the first event after the promotion's return on 15 April 2016, at Cage Warriors 75.
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Jack Hermansson won the fight by knockout in the ending sequences of round three.
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Jack Hermansson faced Ireneusz Cholewa on 21 May 2016, at Venator FC 3.
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On 31 May 2016, it was announced that Jack Hermansson had signed with the UFC.
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Jack Hermansson made his promotional debut against Scott Askham on 3 September 2016, at UFC Fight Night 93.
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Jack Hermansson next faced Cezar Ferreira on 19 November 2016, at UFC Fight Night 100.
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Jack Hermansson lost the fight via submission in the second round.
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Jack Hermansson won the fight by TKO in the first round.
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Jack Hermansson next fought Brad Scott on 5 August 2017, at UFC Fight Night 114.
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Jack Hermansson won the fight by TKO in the first round.
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Jack Hermansson faced Thiago Santos on 28 October 2017, at UFC Fight Night 119.
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Jack Hermansson lost the fight via TKO in the first round.
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Jack Hermansson faced Thales Leites on 12 May 2018, at UFC 224.
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Jack Hermansson suffered a serious rib injury after being taken down in the first round.
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Jack Hermansson faced Gerald Meerschaert on 15 December 2018, at UFC on Fox 31.
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Jack Hermansson won the fight by a guillotine choke submission in the first round.
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Jack Hermansson next faced David Branch on 30 March 2019, at UFC on ESPN 2.
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Jack Hermansson won the fight via submission due to a guillotine choke, 49 seconds into the first round.
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Jack Hermansson had a quick turnaround as he replaced an injured Yoel Romero to face former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo Souza on 27 April 2019, in the main event at UFC Fight Night 150.
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Jack Hermansson faced Jared Cannonier on 28 September 2019, in the main event of UFC Fight Night 160.
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Jack Hermansson lost the fight via TKO in the second round.
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Jack Hermansson was expected to face Chris Weidman on 2 May 2020, at UFC Fight Night: Jack Hermansson vs Weidman.
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Jack Hermansson won the fight by submission due to a heel hook in the first round.
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Jack Hermansson was scheduled to face Darren Till on 5 December 2020, at UFC on ESPN 19.
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Jack Hermansson was then scheduled to face Kevin Holland at the event instead.
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Jack Hermansson was scheduled to face Edmen Shahbazyan on 15 May 2021, at UFC 262.
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However, due to Jack Hermansson contracting COVID-19 the bout was postponed and took place at UFC Fight Night: Font vs Garbrandt on 22 May 2021.
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Jack Hermansson won the fight via unanimous decision after taking over with his grappling in rounds two and three.
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Jack Hermansson faced Sean Strickland on 5 February 2022, at UFC Fight Night 200.
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Jack Hermansson was scheduled to face Darren Till on 23 July 2022, at UFC Fight Night 208.
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Till was forced to pull out from the match due to an undisclosed injury and Jack Hermansson instead faced Chris Curtis.
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Jack Hermansson was scheduled to face Derek Brunson on 3 December 2022, at UFC on ESPN 42.
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Jack Hermansson lost the bout via ground and pound TKO in the second round.
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Jack Hermansson was scheduled to face Brendan Allen on 3 June 2023, at UFC on ESPN 46.
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On 5 March 2016, Jack Hermansson competed in a superfight at Oslo Submission Series 2 against Norwegian black belt Christopher Hermanstad.
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Jack Hermansson won via armbar in overtime under EBI rules.
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Jack Hermansson was raised in Uddevalla, Sweden with his five siblings before moving to Norway when he was 19 years old to find work.
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Jack Hermansson settled in Oslo, where he started training in MMA.
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Jack Hermansson has said that he identifies as both Swedish and Norwegian, and when he fights, he represents both Sweden and Norway.