Sean Sherk vs Hermes Franca — UFC 73: Stacked Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC 73: Stacked
Sean Sherk vs Hermes Franca

Lightweight · Title bout · 5 rounds · Card

Final

UFC 73: Stacked

Saturday, July 7, 2007 · Sacramento · California

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Result

Sean Sherk def. Hermes Franca

Unanimous Decision · Round 5 · 5:00 · 5 Rnd (5-5-5-5-5)

Referee · John McCarthyRichard Bertrand · 45-50Nelson Hamilton · 45-50Cecil Peoples · 46-49Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00

Sean SherkRound 5Hermes Franca

6 / 8Sig. strikes1 / 4

75%Accuracy25%

27 / 32Total strikes13 / 17

0Knockdowns0

8 / 9Takedowns0 / 0

0Sub. attempts0

4:24Control0:00

1.2Pace / min0.2

100%Control share0%

Sean Sherk

Targethead 67% · body 17% · leg 17%

Phasedistance 17% · clinch 17% · ground 67%

Hermes Franca

Targethead 100% · body 0% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 0% · clinch 100% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeSean Sherk landed 6 significant strikes to 1.Control edgeSean Sherk held 264s of control to 0s.Striking edgeSean Sherk struck at 75% accuracy to 25%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R4

Pace downSean Sherk's significant-strike pace moved -45% from R4 to R5, 1.2 against 2.2 per minute.
Accuracy shiftSean Sherk's significant-strike accuracy moved +14 pts, 75% against 61%.
Phase shiftSean Sherk's ground share of landed strikes moved -24 pts, to 67% on the ground against 17% at distance.
Grappling pressureSean Sherk attempted 2 more takedowns than in R4, 9 against 7.
Accuracy shiftHermes Franca's significant-strike accuracy moved +17 pts, 25% against 8%.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Sean Sherk

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Hermes Franca

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

35Sean Sherk sig. strikes

6Hermes Franca sig. strikes

5rounds observed

+350%largest pace swing, R2 to R3 (Sean Sherk)