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United States of America “GM3” 2016-2026 · 54 rounds on file

Gerald Meerschaert

12-15-0 W-L-D in this database

Gerald Meerschaert, photograph by Show Me The Money
Strike accuracy 652/1,447
Takedown accuracy 25/85
Sig. strikes / round 12.1
Control / round 0:55
Inside the distance 100% 12 of 12 wins
Height
6′1″185.4 cm
Reach
77″195.6 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Southpaw
Age
3818 DEC 1987
Listed weight
185 lb83.9 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 26 fights - 4.7 takedown attempts and 18% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 12 4-8-0 vs 1519 avg
Positional Controller 10 4-6-0
Submission Grappler 2 0-2-0
Hybrid 10 5-5-0 vs 1551 avg
Well-Rounded 10 5-5-0
Striking 4 2-2-0 vs 1525 avg
Distance Striker 2 1-1-0
Pressure Striker 2 1-1-0
-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 vs 1476 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 12 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

09 DEC 2016 - beat Joseph Gigliotti · Submission 19 FEB 2017 - beat Ryan Janes · Submission 08 JUL 2017 - lost to Thiago Santos · Technical Knockout 01 DEC 2017 - beat Eric Spicely · Technical Knockout 06 JUL 2018 - beat Oskar Piechota · Submission 15 DEC 2018 - lost to Jack Hermansson · Submission 30 MAR 2019 - lost to Kevin Holland · Decision (Split) 03 AUG 2019 - beat Trevin Giles · Submission 12 OCT 2019 - lost to Eryk Anders · Decision (Split) 07 MAR 2020 - beat Deron Winn · Submission 06 JUN 2020 - lost to Ian Heinisch · Technical Knockout 19 SEP 2020 - lost to Khamzat Chimaev · Technical Knockout 17 APR 2021 - beat Bartosz Fabinski · Submission 28 AUG 2021 - beat Makhmud Muradov · Submission 18 DEC 2021 - beat Dustin Stoltzfus · Submission 30 APR 2022 - lost to Krzysztof Jotko · Decision (Unanimous) 13 AUG 2022 - beat Bruno Silva · Submission 08 APR 2023 - lost to Joe Pyfer · Technical Knockout 19 AUG 2023 - lost to Andre Petroski · Decision (Split) 16 MAR 2024 - beat Bryan Barberena · Submission 24 AUG 2024 - beat Edmen Shahbazyan · Submission 09 NOV 2024 - lost to Reinier de Ridder · Submission 05 APR 2025 - lost to Brad Tavares · Decision (Unanimous) 16 AUG 2025 - lost to Michal Oleksiejczuk · Technical Knockout 15 NOV 2025 - lost to Kyle Daukaus · Submission 02 MAY 2026 - lost to Jacob Malkoun · Decision (Unanimous) 17 OCT 2026 - lost to Julius Walker · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 54 rounds across 26 of 27 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 12.1
Sig. strikes absorbed 14.1
Takedowns landed 0.5
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.4
Control time 0:55 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 45% 652/1,447
Takedowns 29% 25/85
Opponents’ accuracy 46% 760/1,638

Where the strikes land

Head 73% 477
Body 17% 112
Leg 10% 63

And from where

At distance 81% 527
In the clinch 10% 67
On the ground 9% 58

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 1 won Technical Knockout · 1-6
Submission 11 won Submission · 11-3
Decision 0 won Decision (Split) · 0-3 Decision (Unanimous) · 0-3

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
17 OCT 2026 Julius Walker Lost Technical Knockout R2 3:35 -- -- UFC Fight Night 290
02 MAY 2026 Jacob Malkoun Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 32 36 UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates
15 NOV 2025 Kyle Daukaus Lost Submission R1 0:50 0 8 UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev
16 AUG 2025 Michal Oleksiejczuk Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:03 3 23 UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev
05 APR 2025 Brad Tavares Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 38 47 UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy
09 NOV 2024 Reinier de Ridder Lost Submission R3 1:44 30 38 UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates
24 AUG 2024 Edmen Shahbazyan Won Submission R2 4:12 21 48 UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho
16 MAR 2024 Bryan Barberena Won Submission R2 4:23 11 12 UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura
19 AUG 2023 Andre Petroski Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 76 57 UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley
08 APR 2023 Joe Pyfer Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:15 10 14 UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2
13 AUG 2022 Bruno Silva Won Submission R3 1:39 46 29 UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz
30 APR 2022 Krzysztof Jotko Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 37 65 UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera
18 DEC 2021 Dustin Stoltzfus Won Submission R3 2:58 11 12 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus
28 AUG 2021 Makhmud Muradov Won Submission R2 1:49 32 40 UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze
17 APR 2021 Bartosz Fabinski Won Submission R1 2:00 8 6 UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum
19 SEP 2020 Khamzat Chimaev Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:17 0 4 UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley
06 JUN 2020 Ian Heinisch Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:14 3 20 UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer
07 MAR 2020 Deron Winn Won Submission R3 2:13 86 53 UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero
12 OCT 2019 Eryk Anders Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 72 64 UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson
03 AUG 2019 Trevin Giles Won Submission R3 1:49 6 8 UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler
30 MAR 2019 Kevin Holland Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 10 27 UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje
15 DEC 2018 Jack Hermansson Lost Submission R1 4:25 1 41 UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta
06 JUL 2018 Oskar Piechota Won Submission R2 4:55 51 23 The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale
01 DEC 2017 Eric Spicely Won Technical Knockout R2 2:18 36 17 The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale
08 JUL 2017 Thiago Santos Lost Technical Knockout R2 2:04 15 60 UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker
19 FEB 2017 Ryan Janes Won Submission R1 1:34 3 3 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne
09 DEC 2016 Joseph Gigliotti Won Submission R1 4:12 14 5 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov

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