Meerschaert vs Spicely

Who won Meerschaert vs Spicely?

Gerald Meerschaert beat Eric Spicely by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale, on Friday 1st December 2017 at Park Theatre in Las Vegas.

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.

This was Gerald Meerschaert's 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Gerald Meerschaert's UFC record stood at 12-11-0, 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 37 years old.

Meerschaert had a 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 76 more professional rounds, 103 to Spicely's 27.

Meerschaert vs Spicely form

Gerald Meerschaert had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to 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, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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