Gerald MeerschaertGrappler

Light Heavyweight · 37-22 · southpaw

Last 5
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Height
6'1"
185.42 cm
Reach
6'5"
195.58 cm
Age
38
Elo Rating
1508.8

Scouting report

Career stats ranked against 106 Light Heavyweight fighters in our database with 5+ UFC fights. The tick marks the division median.

Strengths

  • Attempts 1.50 submissions per 15 minutes — better than 96% of Light Heavyweight fighters

Weaknesses

  • Stops only 40% of opponents' takedown attempts — worse than 82% of Light Heavyweight fighters

Striking

  • Strikes landed / min
    2.95
    Bottom 33%
  • Striking accuracy
    45%
    Bottom 39%
  • Strikes absorbed / min
    3.44
    Bottom 43%
  • Striking defense
    53%
    Top 50%

Grappling

  • Takedowns / 15 min
    1.70
    Top 34%
  • Takedown accuracy
    29%
    Bottom 33%
  • Takedown defense
    40%
    Bottom 18%
  • Submission attempts / 15 min
    1.50
    Top 4%

Recent opponents

Last 5 opponents averaged Elo 1533, higher than 45% of Light Heavyweight fighters. Ratings are each opponent's current Elo, not their rating on fight night. The tick marks this fighter's own Elo (1509).

Last 5 — Fight Time
051015202515:00Tavares3:03Oleksiejczuk0:50Daukaus15:00Malkoun8:35Walker
Win Loss Draw/NC

Fight History

LJulius Walker
UFC Fight Night: Allen vs Duncan
2026-10-11 · KO/TKO, R2 3:35
LJacob Malkoun
UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates
2026-05-02 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LKyle Daukaus
UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev
2025-11-15 · Submission, R1 0:50
LMichal Oleksiejczuk
UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev
2025-08-16 · KO/TKO, R1 3:03
LBrad Tavares
UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy
2025-04-05 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
LReinier de Ridder
UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates
2024-11-09 · Submission, R3 1:44
WEdmen Shahbazyan
UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho
2024-08-24 · Submission, R2 4:12
WBryan Barberena
UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura
2024-03-16 · Submission, R2 4:23
LAndre Petroski
UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley
2023-08-19 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
LJoe Pyfer
UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2
2023-04-08 · KO/TKO, R1 3:15
WBruno Silva
UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz
2022-08-13
LKrzysztof Jotko
UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera
2022-04-30 · Decision - Unanimous, R3 5:00
WDustin Stoltzfus
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus
2021-12-18 · Submission, R3 2:58
WMakhmud Muradov
UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze
2021-08-28 · Submission, R2 1:49
WBartosz Fabinski
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum
2021-04-17 · Submission, R1 2:00
LKhamzat Chimaev
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley
2020-09-19 · KO/TKO, R1 0:17
LIan Heinisch
UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer
2020-06-06 · KO/TKO, R1 1:14
WDeron Winn
UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero
2020-03-07 · Submission, R3 2:13
LEryk Anders
UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson
2019-10-12 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
WTrevin Giles
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler
2019-08-03 · Submission, R3 1:49
LKevin Holland
UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje
2019-03-30 · Decision - Split, R3 5:00
LJack Hermansson
UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta
2018-12-15 · Submission, R1 4:25
WOskar Piechota
The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale
2018-07-06 · Submission, R2 4:55
WEric Spicely
The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale
2017-12-01 · KO/TKO, R2 2:18
LThiago Santos
UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker
2017-07-08 · KO/TKO, R2 2:04
WRyan Janes
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne
2017-02-19 · Submission, R1 1:34
WJoseph Gigliotti
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov
2016-12-09 · Submission, R1 4:12