Jacare Souza vs. Jack Hermansson

UFC 9-7-0 vs. 11-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
9-7-0
UFC record
11-8-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
46
AgeΔ 8 yrs
38
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
72"
ReachΔ 5"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
62.8
Layoff (months)Δ 54.3 mo
8.5
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jacare Souza is a submission threat — 0.76 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.47 Middleweight norm.
Jack Hermansson outworks the Middleweight division — 5.15 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Jacare Souza owns the mat — in control 30% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jacare Souza

Full career not yet synced for Jacare Souza — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 8-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.6 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4452.82/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
10485.15/min · norm 3.25
5383.41/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
7573.72/min · norm 3.20
52.4%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.3%norm 47.4%
59.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.0%norm 53.8%
30.29/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jacare Souza

Distance 73.3% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 14.7% (norm 10.3%)

Jack Hermansson

Distance 86.2% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 9.3% (norm 10.3%)

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

Jacare Souza

Head 74.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 20.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 8.4%)

Jack Hermansson

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Souza L/AAccMiddleweight med Hermansson L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 275 / 622 44.2% 40.5% 812 / 1997 40.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 66 / 102 64.7% 70.3% 77 / 104 74.0% 70.3%
On the ground 104 / 125 83.2% 69.1% 159 / 215 74.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 296 / 636 46.5% 38.9% 591 / 1703 34.7% 38.9%
To the body 114 / 173 65.9% 71.7% 208 / 316 65.8% 71.7%
To the legs 35 / 40 87.5% 83.3% 249 / 297 83.8% 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: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Souza L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Hermansson L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 415 / 1143 36.3% 39.5% 655 / 1614 40.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 65 / 91 71.4% 70.9% 44 / 64 68.8% 70.9%
On the ground 58 / 93 62.4% 69.0% 58 / 82 70.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 384 / 1121 34.3% 37.9% 544 / 1453 37.4% 37.9%
To the body 86 / 121 71.1% 71.3% 169 / 243 69.5% 71.3%
To the legs 68 / 85 80.0% 82.1% 44 / 64 68.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1628.1% acc · 1.52/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
2029.9% acc · 1.48/15 · norm 1.42
1062.5% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
2180.8% def · norm 63.1%
46:3729.6% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
35:0317.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
12:271:11 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
21:371:35 per 15 · norm 3:00
80.76/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
50.37/15 · norm 0.47

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