Gerald Meerschaert

MiddleweightSubmission Artist
12 - 14

26 UFC Fights | 46% Win Rate | 12 Finishes (100%)

Height
6' 1"
Reach
77"
Weight
185 lbs.
Age
38
Southpaw

Gerald Meerschaert UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Gerald Meerschaert is 12-14 in the UFC across 26 fights, with 1 win by knockout and 11 by submission. The full pro MMA record is 37-22, 25-8 of it outside the UFC. Meerschaert competes at middleweight as a southpaw submission artist, standing 6'1" with a 77" reach at 38 years old. The last bout was a loss to Jacob Malkoun by unanimous decision in May 2026.

Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 57th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (1.0/fight).

Gerald Meerschaert's UFC win rate is 46% (12 of 26 fights), and 100% of those wins came by finish. Meerschaert averages 1.0 takedowns per fight at 31% accuracy and stops 43% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
37-22
UFC Record
12-14
Height
6'1"
Reach
77"
Age
38
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
L vs Jacob Malkoun · Decision - Unanimous · May 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Gerald Meerschaert's Last 5 Fights

Meerschaert is 0-5 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Jacob Malkoun · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates · May 2026
  2. Loss vs Kyle Daukaus · Submission · R1 0:50 · UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · Nov 2025
  3. Loss vs Michal Oleksiejczuk · KO/TKO · R1 3:03 · UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev · Aug 2025
  4. Loss vs Brad Tavares · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy · Apr 2025
  5. Loss vs Reinier de Ridder · Submission · R3 1:44 · UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates · Nov 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.0
Accuracy
45%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.12

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.5
1.0x avg
Strike Differential
+-0.5
Opp. Accuracy Against
47%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.0
Takedown Accuracy
31%
Takedown Defense
43%
Control Time / Fight
1:48
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.8

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
12% Sub
R2
4% KO
16% Sub
R3+
0% KO
16% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Gerald Meerschaert vs Average

Gerald Meerschaert lands 9.4 strikes in R1 but 12.8 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Gerald Meerschaert's UFC Fight History

26 UFC fights on record (12-14), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LJacob MalkounDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates2026-05-02
LKyle DaukausSubmissionR1 · 0:50UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev2025-11-15
LMichal OleksiejczukKO/TKOR1 · 3:03UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev2025-08-16
LBrad TavaresDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy2025-04-05
LReinier de RidderSubmissionR3 · 1:44UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates2024-11-09
WEdmen ShahbazyanSubmissionR2 · 4:12UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho2024-08-24
WBryan BarberenaSubmissionR2 · 4:23UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura2024-03-16
LAndre PetroskiDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley2023-08-19
LJoe PyferKO/TKOR1 · 3:15UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 22023-04-08
WBruno SilvaSubmissionR3 · 1:39UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz2022-08-13
LKrzysztof JotkoDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera2022-04-30
WDustin StoltzfusSubmissionR3 · 2:58UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus2021-12-18
WMakhmud MuradovSubmissionR2 · 1:49UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze2021-08-28
WBartosz FabinskiSubmissionR1 · 2:00UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum2021-04-17
LKhamzat ChimaevKO/TKOR1 · 0:17UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley2020-09-19
LIan HeinischKO/TKOR1 · 1:14UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer2020-06-06
WDeron WinnSubmissionR3 · 2:13UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero2020-03-07
LEryk AndersDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson2019-10-12
WTrevin GilesSubmissionR3 · 1:49UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler2019-08-03
LKevin HollandDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje2019-03-30
LJack HermanssonSubmissionR1 · 4:25UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta2018-12-15
WOskar PiechotaSubmissionR2 · 4:55The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale2018-07-06
WEric SpicelyKO/TKOR2 · 2:18The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale2017-12-01
LThiago SantosKO/TKOR2 · 2:04UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker2017-07-08
WRyan JanesSubmissionR1 · 1:34UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne2017-02-19
WJoseph GigliottiSubmissionR1 · 4:12UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov2016-12-09

How Meerschaert Ranks at Middleweight

Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.0 sig. strikes/min
46th percentile
Striking accuracy45%
42nd percentile
Strikes absorbed3.5/min
36th percentile
Takedowns1.0/fight
57th percentile
Takedown defense43%
22nd percentile
Knockdown power0.12/fight
36th percentile

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