Meerschaert vs Jotko

Who won Meerschaert vs Jotko?

Krzysztof Jotko beat Gerald Meerschaert by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 30th April 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Krzysztof Jotko.

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 Jotko stats

Gerald Meerschaert stepped into the octagon with a record of 34 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 26 by submission.

Krzysztof Jotko made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Gerald Meerschaert's 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Krzysztof Jotko marked his 17th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Gerald Meerschaert's UFC record stood at 12-11-0, while Krzysztof Jotko's came in at 11-6-0.

The stats suggested Jotko had a slight advantage in power over Meerschaert, with a 26% knock out percentage over Meerschaert's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Meerschaert had a massive advantage over Jotko, boasting a 76% submission rate over Jotko's 4%.

Gerald Meerschaert was the older man by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Meerschaert had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Meerschaert was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 3 years and 5 months earlier than Jotko, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 103 to Jotko's 80.

Meerschaert vs Jotko form

Gerald Meerschaert had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Dustin Stoltzfus at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round.

Previous to that, he had beaten Makhmud Muradov at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Enterprise, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Bartosz Fabi ski at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Eryk Anders at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on 12th October 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Amalie Arena, Tampa.

Activity check

Meerschaert's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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