Gerald Meerschaert Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Jacob Malkoun Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates	May 2, 2026
L	Kyle Daukaus Middleweight	Submission	D'Arce Choke On Ground	R1	0:50	UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev	Nov 15, 2025
L	Michal Oleksiejczuk Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	3:03	UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev	Aug 16, 2025
L	#15Brad Tavares Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy	Apr 5, 2025
L	Reinier de Ridder Middleweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Mount	R3	1:44	UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates	Nov 9, 2024
W	#15Edmen Shahbazyan Middleweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Half Guard	R2	4:12	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho	Aug 24, 2024
W	Bryan Barberena Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	4:23	UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura	Mar 16, 2024
L	Andre Petroski Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley	Aug 19, 2023
L	Joe Pyfer Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	3:15	UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2	Apr 8, 2023
W	Bruno Silva Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R3	1:39	UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz	Aug 13, 2022
L	#15Krzysztof Jotko Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera	Apr 30, 2022
W	Dustin Stoltzfus Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	2:58	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus	Dec 18, 2021
W	Makhmud Muradov Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	1:49	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze	Aug 28, 2021
W	Bartosz Fabinski Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R1	2:00	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum	Apr 17, 2021
L	Khamzat Chimaev Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:17	UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley	Sep 19, 2020
L	#13Ian Heinisch Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:14	UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer	Jun 6, 2020
W	Deron Winn Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	2:13	UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero	Mar 7, 2020
L	Eryk Anders Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson	Oct 12, 2019
W	Trevin Giles Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R3	1:49	UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler	Aug 3, 2019
L	Kevin Holland Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Mar 30, 2019
L	Jack Hermansson Middleweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke On Ground	R1	4:25	UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta	Dec 15, 2018
W	Oskar Piechota Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	4:55	The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale	Jul 6, 2018
W	Eric Spicely Middleweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Body At Distance	R2	2:18	The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale	Dec 1, 2017
L	#15Thiago Santos Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	2:04	UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker	Jul 8, 2017
W	Ryan Janes Middleweight	Submission	Armbar From Bottom	R1	1:34	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne	Feb 19, 2017
W	Joseph Gigliotti Middleweight	Submission	Anaconda Choke On Ground	R1	4:12	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov	Dec 9, 2016

Outside the UFC

25-8across 33 bouts · 28 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 18 sub · 2 decCombat USA · KOTC · NAFC · RFA 45 · Valor Fights 36 +23

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Chase Waldon11-3	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:44	RFA 45	Oct 28, 2016
W	Sidney Wheeler7-4	Submission	Kimura	R1	1:22	Valor Fights 36	Aug 13, 2016
W	Lucas Rota13-8	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R3	0:50	Titan FC 34	Jul 18, 2015
W	Keith Smetana12-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:51	4BC	Jun 27, 2015
W	Matt Lagou4-7	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:26	KOTC	Sep 27, 2014
L	Sam Alvey34-18-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	NAFC	May 31, 2014
W	Eddie Larrea23-52	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	1:05	NAFC	Jan 31, 2014
W	Nathan Gunn10-5	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	2:00	CFC	Sep 13, 2013
W	George Lockhart12-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	NFC 58	Jul 19, 2013
W	Jay Ellis16-112	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:03	KOTC	Apr 20, 2013
L	Anthony Lapsley23-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:51	Rocktagon MMA	Jan 19, 2013
L	Sergej Juskevic15-8-2	Submission	Kneebar	R1	4:32	SFS 6	Oct 19, 2012
W	Eddie Larrea23-52	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:35	RWC	Sep 6, 2012
L	Herbert Goodman19-11	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:28	Combat USA	Apr 22, 2011
W	Dallas O'Malley8-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	0:38	Combat USA	Jan 6, 2011
W	Sam Alvey34-18-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R5	4:08	Combat USA	Sep 11, 2010
W	Ron Faircloth33-20	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:34	Madtown Throwdown	Jul 10, 2010
W	Jim Klimczyk1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:56	Combat USA	Apr 17, 2010
W	Eddie Larrea23-52	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	0:52	ECO	Mar 20, 2010
W	Morrison Lamb8-13	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:02	Racine Fight Night 5	Nov 28, 2009
W	Jacob Kuester8-6	Submission	Neck Crank	R1	1:14	GCF	Aug 15, 2009
L	Kenny Robertson15-7	Submission	Kneebar	R1	3:15	MT 19	May 2, 2009
L	Curtis Bailey4-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:19	MT 17	Oct 10, 2008
W	Mike Vaughn2-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	0:00	MT 16	Jul 25, 2008
W	Ryan Scheeper5-38	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:40	FCC 35	May 3, 2008
W	Alex Carter6-29	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	—	FCC 34	Mar 29, 2008
W	Caleb Krull4-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	FCC 33	Feb 23, 2008
W	Kenneth Allen1-43	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	—	FCC 32	Jan 12, 2008
L	Daisuke Hanazawa16-15-5	Submission	Kimura	R1	0:00	FCC 29	Aug 11, 2007
W	Will Pace0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:00	FCC 28	May 19, 2007
W	Shane Kruchten12-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:00	FCC 27	May 12, 2007
L	Jay Ellis16-112	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	—	FCC 26	Mar 10, 2007
W	Fernando Gomez1-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	5:00	FCC 25	Jan 13, 2007

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

6 wins, 5 losses

W6

L5

Submission

29 wins, 10 losses

W29

L10

Decision

2 wins, 7 losses

W2

L7

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Below avg · 16%Light Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.12

Below avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

UFC submissions

11

Above avg · 8%Light Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.85

Above avg · 0.26Light Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Gerald Meerschaert

PowerChin

Knockout rate

4%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

0.63 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

5

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

7

1.32 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

6 scorecards on file

Gerald Meerschaert

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 3 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 3 of 5 rounds they disagreed on (60%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–3

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–2

Won – Lost

60% went their way

Unanimous3 decisions · 50%

3L

Split3 decisions · 50%

3L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC53rd

45%652 / 1,447

Striking accuracy

53%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.49 differential

Landed2.95

Absorbed3.44

47%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head73%58th477
Body17%48th112
Leg10%35th63

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

81%Standing

Standing81%527
Clinch10%67
Ground9%58

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Gerald Meerschaert

Landed per 15

Head

C

58th

32.4

58th

Body

C

44th

7.6

44th

Leg

D

31st

4.3

31st

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

41st

36.1

41st

Body

C

50th

9.8

50th

Leg

B

66th

5.8

66th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	32.4	477	1,241	38%
Body	7.6	112	138	81%
Leg	4.3	63	68	93%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	36.1	531	1,344	40%
Body	9.8	144	192	75%
Leg	5.8	85	102	83%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Gerald Meerschaert

29%

Takedown accuracy

40%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.0 min net

On top3.4

On bottom3.3

Offense

Takedowns

B

69th

1.7

69th

TD accuracy

D

38th

29%

38th

Sub attempts

A+

90th

1.5

90th

Control

B

63rd

3.4 min

63rd

Defense

TD defense

F

24th

40%

24th

Controlled

3.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	25 / 85
Submission attempts	22
Control time	49:23

Defense

TDs defended	18 / 45
Control absorbed	48:46

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (221min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Gerald Meerschaert

26 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 221 min

174%

R3 pace · 11 bouts

Meerschaert builds (+20% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Meerschaert lifts to 174% of round-1 output by round 3 (11 bouts).

Meerschaert ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Meerschaertlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Meerschaertattempts / min

Control time

Meerschaert% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	3.9	2.3	3.7	0.29	19%	26
R2	6.0	3.6	3.4	0.47	23%	17
R3	6.1	3.5	2.8	0.47	29%	11

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Gerald Meerschaert

26 resolved UFC bouts · 5 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

38/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

65th

39%

65th

Win quality

D

30th

33%

30th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

7

2

3

7

3

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	2	0-2	0%
Top-15	7	1-6	14%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	2	0-2	0%
Established	3	1-2	33%
Building	7	6-1	86%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Jacob Malkoun	Established	30	May 2, 2026
L	Kyle Daukaus	Building	18	Nov 15, 2025
L	Michal Oleksiejczuk	Contender-level	40	Aug 16, 2025
L	Brad Tavares#15	Top-15	68	Apr 5, 2025
L	Reinier de Ridder	Top-5	56	Nov 9, 2024
W	Edmen Shahbazyan#15	Top-15	67	Aug 24, 2024
W	Bryan Barberena	Building	22	Mar 16, 2024
L	Andre Petroski	Contender-level	36	Aug 19, 2023
L	Joe Pyfer	Top-15	52	Apr 8, 2023
W	Bruno Silva	Cross-div ranked	36	Aug 13, 2022
L	Krzysztof Jotko#15	Top-15	67	Apr 30, 2022
W	Dustin Stoltzfus	Unproven	8	Dec 18, 2021
W	Makhmud Muradov	Building	18	Aug 28, 2021
W	Bartosz Fabinski	Building	18	Apr 17, 2021
L	Khamzat Chimaev	Champion	68	Sep 19, 2020
L	Ian Heinisch#13	Top-15	68	Jun 6, 2020
W	Deron Winn	Building	15	Mar 7, 2020
L	Eryk Anders	Established	26	Oct 12, 2019
W	Trevin Giles	Established	26	Aug 3, 2019
L	Kevin Holland	Top-15	47	Mar 30, 2019
L	Jack Hermansson	Top-5	59	Dec 15, 2018
W	Oskar Piechota	Building	15	Jul 6, 2018
W	Eric Spicely	Unproven	12	Dec 1, 2017
L	Thiago Santos#15	Top-15	64	Jul 8, 2017
W	Ryan Janes	Building	15	Feb 19, 2017
W	Joseph Gigliotti	Unproven	8	Dec 9, 2016

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

26 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-4

5 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

7-9

16 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

3-1

4 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

6-7

13 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-7

12 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Gerald Meerschaert

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Jacob Malkoun · May 2, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 5-0As underdog 7-14

54.3

DK avg

61.8

Median

100.9

Ceiling

4.0

Floor

38%

Boom

23%

Bust

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