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Jack Hermansson vs. Marvin Vettori

UFC 11-8-0 vs. 9-9-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-8-0
UFC record
9-9-1
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
38
AgeΔ 5 yrs
33
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
77"
ReachΔ 3"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
10.9
Layoff (months)Δ 10.3 mo
0.6
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jack Hermansson outworks the Middleweight division — 5.15 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Marvin Vettori outworks the Middleweight division — 4.76 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Marvin Vettori absorbs 4.57 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jack Hermansson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1110
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 70
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 wins over .500

Marvin Vettori

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 98
Tier 3 — regional circuit 102

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 30 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

10485.15/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
15404.76/min · norm 3.23
7573.72/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
14804.57/min · norm 3.20
45.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.4%norm 47.4%
57.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
56.4%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
10.05/15 · norm 0.32

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Jack Hermansson

Distance 86.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 10.0%)

Marvin Vettori

Distance 92.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 3.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 4.2% (norm 10.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Jack Hermansson

Head 73.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.8% (norm 8.4%)

Marvin Vettori

Head 88.3% (norm 78.0%) · Body 5.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Hermansson L/AAccMiddleweight med Vettori L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 812 / 1997 40.7% 40.5% 1353 / 3122 43.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 77 / 104 74.0% 70.6% 85 / 129 65.9% 70.6%
On the ground 159 / 215 74.0% 69.4% 102 / 141 72.3% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 591 / 1703 34.7% 38.8% 1206 / 2996 40.3% 38.8%
To the body 208 / 316 65.8% 71.6% 153 / 193 79.3% 71.6%
To the legs 249 / 297 83.8% 83.3% 181 / 203 89.2% 83.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Hermansson L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Vettori L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 655 / 1614 40.6% 39.5% 1351 / 3203 42.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 44 / 64 68.8% 70.4% 87 / 126 69.0% 70.4%
On the ground 58 / 82 70.7% 69.0% 42 / 62 67.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 544 / 1453 37.4% 37.9% 918 / 2657 34.6% 37.9%
To the body 169 / 243 69.5% 71.3% 261 / 366 71.3% 71.3%
To the legs 44 / 64 68.8% 82.1% 301 / 368 81.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2029.9% acc · 1.48/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
2942.6% acc · 1.34/15 · norm 1.35
2180.8% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
4167.2% def · norm 63.3%
35:0317.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
57:1417.7% of cage time · norm 19.4%
21:371:35 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
19:420:54 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.37/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
80.37/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Hermansson has more cage time on record.