Jack Hermansson takes on Jared Cannonier later today in the middleweight main event of UFC Fight Night in Copenhagen. It is the promotion’s first visit to Denmark. All six previous UFC fight cards in Scandinavia have been in Stockholm, Sweden.
Hermansson (20-4) is a Swede but now is based in Oslo, Norway. He has won four fights in a row and is No. 6 in the ESPN rankings at 185 pounds. Cannonier (12-4), who fights out of Phoenix, has won his last two.
Watch the action live on ESPN+, and prior to the main event, ESPN has live updates recapping all of the action from Royal Arena.
Men’s bantamweight: Jack Shore (12-0-0) defeated Nohelin Hernandez (10-4-0) by rear-naked choke in Round 3
Shore, a former Cage Warriors champion out of Wales, remained undefeated in his UFC debut with a dominant performance that ended with a tapout from Hernandez via rear-naked choke at 2:51 of Round 3.
Shore was poised out of the gate, getting the better of early standing exchanges before taking the bout to the mat. After Hernandez fended off his first two takedown tries in the center of the Octagon, Shore moved the fight into a clinch against the cage, where he ramped up his command. He nearly ended the fight in Round 1 after taking back control, had his way in Round 2 as well, and put Hernandez on his back less than 10 seconds into the third, patiently and efficiently setting up his finish.
From ESPN Stats & Information: It was Shore’s seventh career submission victory, six of which have come via rear-naked choke.
Hernandez is 0-2 in the UFC and both losses have come via rear-naked choke.
Lightweight: Marc Diakiese (13-3-0) vs. Lando Vannata (10-3-2)
Caesars Sportsbook line: Diakiese (favorite) -165, Vannata +135
Fight in progress.
Still to come
Women’s bantamweight: Macy Chiasson (6-0-0) vs. Lina Lansberg (9-4-0)
Caesars Sportsbook line: Chiasson (favorite) -450 favorite, Lansberg +325
Men’s featherweight: Brandon Davis (10-7-0) vs. Giga Chikadze (7-2-0)
Caesars Sportsbook line: Davis (favorite) -170, Chikadze +140
Welterweight: Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Ismail Naurdiev
Caesars Sportsbook line: Naurdiev (favorite) -210, Bahadurzada +175
Middleweight: Alessio Di Chirico vs. Makhmud Muradov
Caesars Sportsbook line: Muradov (favorite) -150, Di Chirico +120
Middleweight: Alen Amedovski vs. John Phillips
Caesars Sportsbook line: Amedovski (favorite) -135, Phillips +105
Welterweight: Nicolas Dalby vs. Alex Oliveira
Caesars Sportsbook line: Oliveira (favorite) -160, Dalby +130
Light heavyweight: Michal Oleksiejczuk vs. Ovince Saint Preux
Caesars Sportsbook line: Oleksiejczuk (favorite) -250, Saint Preux +200
Light heavyweight: Ion Cutelaba vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.
Caesars Sportsbook line: Cutelaba -115, Rountree +115
Welterweight: Gunnar Nelson vs. Gilbert Burns
Caesars Sportsbook line: Burns (favorite) -120, Nelson +110
Light heavyweight: Mark O. Madsen vs. Danilo Belluardo
Caesars Sportsbook line: Madsen (favorite) -650, Belluardo +450
Middleweight: Jack Hermansson vs. Jared Cannonier
Caesars Sportsbook line: Hermansson (favorite) -280, Cannonier +230
From ESPN Sports & Information: Hermansson has been the betting favorite in eight of his 10 UFC fights, including today as the -280 favorite, according to Caesars Sportsbook. Hermansson was in a pick ’em against Scott Askham and was the betting underdog to Jacare Souza in his last fight, which he won by unanimous decision as a +175 underdog.
At +230, these are the second-largest odds Cannonier has faced in his UFC career. He was a +300 betting underdog against David Branch at UFC 230, but he won that fight by second-round TKO.