Jack Hermansson is well aware of the optics surrounding his main event booking against Joe Pyfer on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 236.
Hermansson (23-8 MMA, 10-6 UFC), a longtime mainstay in the UFC middleweight rankings, is set to return from a career-long 14-month layoff when he meets the surging Pyfer (12-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in a five-round bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (ESPN+).
On paper, it appears as though Pyfer, 27, is being positioned for a breakthrough. Hermansson, 35, meanwhile, is looking to hold down his spot against a fighter nearly eight years younger than him.
