PHILADELPHIA – If there was a better example of a perfect scenario for Jack Hermansson at UFC on ESPN 2, it probably involved a flying triangle.
A 49-second guillotine choke of David Branch (22-6 MMA, 4-5 UFC) was a pretty good substitute, and now Hermansson (19-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC) can focus on his real mission: a fight at UFC on ESPN+ 10 against Chris Weidman.
Set for June 1 at Ericsson Globe, the event is a homecoming for the Swedish Hermansson. And a fight with the ex-champ pretty much trumps everything else.
Backstage at Wells Fargo Center, which hosted his ESPN-televised fight, Hermansson again talked up the meeting with Weidman.
“Great fighter, former champ, (and) I know the other guys at the top, (Ronaldo) ‘Jacare’ (Souza) and (Yoel) Romero, they’re going to make their fights happen,” he said. “I think Weidman is right after them in the rankings, so of course, I want to get up there. It would be an honor to fight him.”
Weidman (14-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) currently is unbooked. Still, with less than three months until the event, it might be tough to get a top-ranked opponent to sign against an unranked foe on home turf. But Hermansson is optimistic.
After all, it wasn’t long ago that his guillotine choke wasn’t getting taps from training partners. With a little time, he turned that around quick.
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