Meerschaert vs Muradov

Who won Meerschaert vs Muradov?

Gerald Meerschaert beat Makhmud Muradov by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Vegas 35, on Saturday 28th August 2021 at UFC APEX in Enterprise.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Meerschaert vs Muradov stats

Gerald Meerschaert stepped into the octagon with a record of 31 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 23 by submission.

Makhmud Muradov made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Gerald Meerschaert's UFC record stood at 11-9-0, while Makhmud Muradov's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Muradov had a massive power advantage over Meerschaert, boasting a 68% knock out percentage over Meerschaert's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Meerschaert had a massive advantage over Muradov, boasting a 74% submission rate over Muradov's 12%.

Gerald Meerschaert was the older man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Muradov had a height advantage of 1 inch over Meerschaert. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Meerschaert was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 5 years and 3 months earlier than Muradov, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 95 to Muradov's 71.

Meerschaert vs Muradov form

Gerald Meerschaert had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Andre Petroski at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Joseph Pyfer at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami.

Going into that contest, he had won against Bruno Silva at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz on 13th August 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

Before that, he had been defeated by Krzysztof Jotko at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Dustin Stoltzfus at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round.

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Meerschaert's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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