UFC
Derek Brunson out – Jack Hermansson gets new opponent for December 3
Swedish middleweight Jack ”The Joker” Hermansson will face Roman Dolidze on December 3. Photo: Bill Streicher – USA TODAY Sports
Veteran Derek Brunson is out of his middleweight fight against Swedish Jack Hermansson, however, the UFC has quickly found a replacement for Brunson.
According to ESPN, ”The Joker” will now face unranked, but dangerous, Roman Dolidze instead.
The short notice replacement has a record of 11-1, with an impressive 5-1 in the promotion. He rides-an three fight winning streak, and last knocked out Phil Hawes less than a month ago.
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Jack Hermansson is ranked No. 8
Jack Hermansson comes from a win against Chris Curtis at UFC London in July, Curtis was also a short notice replacement, since Darren Till was forced to pull out of the scheduled fight. However, ”The Joker” fought a great fight from the outside, keeping his frustrated opponent at bay.
Jack Hermansson is currently ranked No. 8 in the middleweight division.
Fight card for UFC Orlando
With the change, the UFC Orlando lineup looks like following.
- Stephen Thompson vs. Kevin Holland
- Rafael dos Anjos vs. Bryan Barberena
- Roman Dolidze vs. Jack Hermansson
- Matheus Nicolau vs. Matt Schnell
- Sergei Pavlovich vs. Tai Tuivasa
- Niko Price vs. Phil Rowe
- Natan Levy vs. Genaro Valdez
- Francis Marshall vs. Marcelo Rojo
- Tracy Cortez vs. Amanda Ribas
- Darren Elkins vs. Jonathan Pearce
- Eryk Anders vs. Kyle Daukaus
- Marc Diakiese vs. Michael Johnson
- Clay Guida vs. Scott Holtzman
- Emily Ducote vs. Angela Hill
- Yazmin Jauregui vs. Istela Nunes
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