Meerschaert vs Spicely

Who won Meerschaert vs Spicely?

Gerald Meerschaert beat Eric Spicely by during the main card of The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale, on Friday 1st December 2017 at Park Theatre in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Gerald Meerschaert.

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 Spicely stats

Gerald Meerschaert stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 20 by submission.

Eric Spicely made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Gerald Meerschaert's UFC record stood at 11-9-0, while Eric Spicely's came in at 2-5-0.

The stats suggested Spicely had a slight advantage in power over Meerschaert, with a 20% knock out percentage over Meerschaert's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Meerschaert had an advantage over Spicely, with a 74% submission rate over Spicely's 60%.

Gerald Meerschaert was the younger man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Meerschaert had 5-inch reach advantage.

Meerschaert was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 24 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 6 years earlier than Spicely, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 68 more professional rounds, 95 to Spicely's 27.

Meerschaert vs Spicely form

Gerald Meerschaert had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to 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 and 4 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 19 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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