Watch ‘The Joker’ Hermansson React to News of Latest Opponent Change

Things haven’t exactly gone according to plan for Jack ‘The Joker’ Hermansson leading up to his next bout. Case in point, he’s been booked to fight three different opponents now to date.

But, the charismatic fighter seemed to take the news pretty, pretty well that he has yet another, new opponent for UFC Vegas 16.

Watch ‘The Joker’ react to the news Kevin Holland is out

Originally, Hermansson was supposed to fight fellow, top middleweight contender Darren Till on December 5th. But, not long ago, it was announced Till had to withdraw due to an injury.

Rising middleweight Kevin Holland stepped up and took the fight. But, late last week, he announced he’s tested positive for COVID-19 and is out of the fight.

Well, the UFC made some additional moves, and now Marvin Vettori (15-4) is going to battle Hermansson (21-5) in the headliner of UFC Vegas 16.  You can watch the Swedish born, Norweigian fighter react to the news live, below.

When you consider who Hermansson has fought to date, it’s not too shocking that he seemed to roll with this latest change, just fine.

UFC Vegas 16 line-up

Here is the current line-up for Saturday’s UFC Vegas 16 card, which is taking place at the Apex Facility (card via MMA Mania).

UFC Vegas 16 Main Card on ESPN2/ESPN+ (10 p.m. ET)
185 lbs.: Jack Hermansson vs. Marvin Vettori
205 lbs.: Jamahal Hill vs. Ovince Saint Preux
125 lbs.: Taila Santos vs. Montana De La Rosa
205 lbs.: John Allan vs. Roman Dolidze
145 lbs.: Movsar Evloev vs. Nate Landwehr

UFC Vegas 16 Prelims Card on ESPN2/ESPN+ (7 p.m. ET)
265 lbs.: Jake Collier vs. Gian Villante
155 lbs.: Jordan Leavitt vs. Matt Wiman
125 lbs.: Cody Durden vs. Jimmy Flick
145 lbs.: Damon Jackson vs. Ilia Topuria
145 lbs.: Gabriel Benitez vs. Justin Jaynes
135 lbs.: Jose Quinonez vs. Louis Smolka

*card subject to change