{"id":25006,"date":"2024-02-11T10:45:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T07:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/25006\/hermansson-decisions-pyfer-for-ufc\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T10:45:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T07:45:51","slug":"hermansson-decisions-pyfer-for-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=25006","title":{"rendered":"Hermansson decisions Pyfer for UFC Fight Night win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hermansson decisions Pyfer for UFC Fight Night win\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Marc Raimondi, ESPN editor<span class=\"timestamp \">February 11, 2024, 03:34<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jack Hermansson put in a performance worthy of the veteran that he is, thus preventing the streak of one of the best prospects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Joker\u201d rallied after a slow <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> to defeat knockout artist Joe Pyfer by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) Saturday in the middleweight main event of the UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Hermansson withstood Pyfer&#39;s big punches early on, remained calm until the final rounds and used jabs and leg kicks to gain the advantage down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was hit at the beginning more than I should have,\u201d Hermansson said in his post-fight interview.  &#8220;The plan was to increase the pace as the fight went on. And I knew that, like I said, I&#39;m drowning people out when I do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#39;s Choice<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This was Hermansson&#39;s fifth fight in the UFC main event &#8211; with all five fighters competing in all five rounds.  Pyfer had never competed in a UFC main event before Saturday.  The difference in experience level seemed to make all the difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know people underestimate my boxing skills because of some poor performances,\u201d Hermansson said.  \u201cBut especially in a long fight, no one has the cardio that I have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pyfer said the difference in the fight was Hermansson&#39;s calf kicks.  He said he was hesitant to throw combinations to the body because he knew those kicks were going to come back.  In the third round, Pyfer&#39;s left leg was damaged and Hermansson also landed a magnificent shot to the right eye during the same round.  Pyfer thought it was a poke to the eye, but referee Mark Smith rightly pointed out that it was a legal \u2013 and damaging \u2013 punch.<\/p>\n<p>All three judges saw Hermansson winning the last three rounds and Pyfer winning the first two.<\/p>\n<p>A Pyfer <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> would have put him on the map as a UFC middleweight contender.<\/p>\n<p>Hermansson (24-8) has alternated victories and defeats in his last nine fights.  The Sweden native who lives and trains in Norway was coming off a second-round TKO loss to Roman Dolidze in December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Hermansson, 35, made the case for MMA to be legalized in his adopted country of Norway during his post-fight interview.  Norway is one of the last European countries where the organization of sporting events is still illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Pyfer (12-3) was on a five-fight winning streak, including wins in his first three UFC fights until the finish.  The New Jersey native who lives and trains in Philadelphia was coming off a second-round submission victory over Abdul Razak Alhassan in October.<\/p>\n<p>Pyfer, 27, lost his first chance at the UFC in &#8220;Dana White&#39;s Contender <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/series\/\"   title=\"Series\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Series<\/a>&#8220;, suffering a dislocated elbow in August 2020. He returned to win by knockout in the Contender Series to earn a spot on UFC roster in July 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hermansson decisions Pyfer for UFC Fight Night win\u060c Marc Raimondi, ESPN editorFebruary 11, 2024, 03:34 Jack Hermansson put in a performance worthy of the veteran that he is, thus preventing the streak of one of the best prospects. \u201cThe Joker\u201d rallied after a slow start to defeat knockout artist Joe Pyfer by unanimous decision (48-47, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3155,1076,10553,428,10554,228,10],"class_list":["post-25006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-decisions","tag-fight","tag-hermansson","tag-night","tag-pyfer","tag-ufc","tag-win"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25008,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25006\/revisions\/25008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}