Jack Hermansson is ushering in a new era of ground and pound

Securing a rear-naked choke is not Jack Hermansson’s go-to when he takes his opponent’s back.One of the best middleweights on the European scene over the last 10 years, the towering Swede’s signing to the UFC was widely celebrated on the continent in 2016, but it wasn’t until his third outing under the banner that we saw a signature stoppage from ‘The Joker’.Inside the first minute of his clash against Alex Nicholson in May, Hermansson took him to the ground.