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Gerald Meerschaert Surpasses Anderson Silva Record With Incredible Comeback Submission Of Edmen Shahbazyan At UFC Fight Night

There is a new record holder for most finishes in UFC middleweight history, and his name is Gerald Meerschaert. Meerschaert’s history-making performance came in comeback fashion on top of that, going from nearly getting finished by Edmen Shahbazyan to scoring a second-round submission in the opening bout of the UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho […]

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There is a new record holder for most finishes in UFC middleweight history, and his name is Gerald Meerschaert.

Meerschaert’s history-making performance came in comeback fashion on top of that, going from nearly getting finished by Edmen Shahbazyan to scoring a second-round submission in the opening bout of the UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho main card.

The veteran 185lber was in trouble early in the sophomore stanza when Shahbazyan dropped him with a body shot. “The Golden Boy” got right to work with fast-paced ground-and-pound, looking to finish Meerschaert off as “GM3” covered up and looked to move away.

Fortunately for the 36-year-old, a lot of the punches from Shahbazyan went off the arms, allowing Meerschaert to stay in the fight.

The once highly touted prospect stayed on the ground as he stopped his attack, which also played right into Meerschaert’s favor. The grappling specialist was able to make his way into an arm-triangle and score the submission.

Gerald Meerschaert Sets New Record For Most Finishes In UFC Middleweight Division History

The tap-out was Meerschaert’s 12th finish in the UFC middleweight division, his 11th via submission.

The longtime divisional mainstay now moves to 37-17 in his career and has won two straight and three of his last five fights.

Shahbazyan, meanwhile, is now 2-2 in his last four following a three-fight losing skid. He has not strung together consecutive wins since 2019.

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Reinier de Ridder’s Opponent For Upcoming Debut Says UFC Wins Either Way: “See, Our Guys Are Better!”

On November 9 at the UFC Apex, Gerald Meerschaert draws the task of welcoming Reinier de Ridder to the Octagon. The former two-weight titleholder in ONE Championship was recently announced to have signed with the promotion, making this one of the more highly anticipated debuts of the year. For the veteran Meerschaert, coming up against […]

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On November 9 at the UFC Apex, Gerald Meerschaert draws the task of welcoming Reinier de Ridder to the Octagon. The former two-weight titleholder in ONE Championship was recently announced to have signed with the promotion, making this one of the more highly anticipated debuts of the year.

For the veteran Meerschaert, coming up against opponents that have got hype behind them and playing the role of the underdog or party spoiler is nothing new. The 36-year old submission specialist is no stranger to taking on guys that are on the rise and he doesn’t mind that.

The result may not have gone his way but he was the third UFC opponent of Khamzat Chimaev during the absolute peak of the massive amounts of excitement around him. When looking at this fight, rather than him being set up to lose to “The Dutch Knight”, he believes that the UFC benefits from either outcome.

Unlike the Chimaev fight where a loss would have derailed an incredibly exciting addition to the roster, Meerschaert told James Lynch in a recent interview for Inside Fighting that if he goes out there and beats de Ridder, it’s a great look for the promotion.

If he loses to his fellow grappling ace, then the UFC has a new contender that it can push towards big things in the middleweight division. Putting this fight together means that the promotion can’t lose regardless of the outcome.

“I can see both sides of that because if he wins and they want to invest in him, there’s someone there that you get fresh into the mix but on the same hand, I could see them giving him to me just on the, I do like to derail hype trains. Obviously I didn’t with Chimaev but how great for them to have their guy who’s a submission guy beat ONE FC’s double champ so they can be like, ‘See, our guys are better!’ They can play off either way of that, I don’t know if that’s the reason why. There’s certainly tougher match-ups they could have given him to your point but either way, I’m here.”

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Gerald Meerschaert Submits Bruno Silva At UFC San Diego

Gerald Meerschaert finished Bruno Silva with a nasty left hook right followed by an impressive guillotine! Opening the main card of UFC San Diego, Gerald Meerschaert displayed sublime patience and timing, as he caught the -300 favorite Silva. Following…

Gerald Meerschaert finished Bruno Silva with a nasty left hook right followed by an impressive guillotine! Opening the main card of UFC San Diego, Gerald Meerschaert displayed sublime patience and timing, as he caught the -300 favorite Silva. Following the left hook that folded Silva, Meerschaert wrapped up Silva’s neck in a tight guillotine to…

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Exclusive | Gerald Meerschaert on U.S. fans not supporting U.S. fighters; ‘Why are you gonna root for the spoiled rich kid?’

Gerald MeerschaertUFC middleweight Gerald Meerschaert returns to the Octagon on Saturday night when the promotion heads to Pechanga Arena in San Diego for UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz. In the main event of the evening, former two-time bantamweight world champion Dominick Cruz returns to face No. 5 ranked contender Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera. Opening the evening’s […]

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UFC middleweight Gerald Meerschaert returns to the Octagon on Saturday night when the promotion heads to Pechanga Arena in San Diego for UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz. In the main event of the evening, former two-time bantamweight world champion Dominick Cruz returns to face No. 5 ranked contender Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera.

Opening the evening’s main card will be ‘GM3’ as he meets Bruno Silva. With both fighters having their winning streaks halted in their last outings, Meerschaert and Silva will look to get back into the win column and potentially break into the division’s top 15 rankings.

In an exclusive interview with LowKick MMA, Gerald Meerschaert discussed his brilliant run in 2021 where he rattled off three straight victories. During the conversation, talk turned to American fans and the belief that those fans don’t typically support American-born fighters the same way they appear to support those hailing from a foreign country.

“I think there’s probably a lot of things. I think one thing would be definitely oversaturation of the market so to speak. Even in the UFC, it’s an American-based company so most are from here, and you know, America is still a pretty big center worldwide for culture and exporting culture and stuff like that. Nobody wants to root [for] the big kid on the block. So it’s like if you come from the U.S. we have a lot of opportunities and things that maybe other people don’t have.

“Basically, why are you gonna root for the spoiled rich kid, you know what I mean? But then you come from somewhere else, I think there’s another side of that too where if there’s not as many fighters from where you’re from, or they’re just much more feverishly into sports like that, they’re gonna get behind their own. The only things in America that people really get into like that right now are football and baseball. And even then, you kinda gotta be a big deal, but we just don’t have that same fan base for other sports, especially combat sports.”

Gerald Meerschaert Hopes to Regain Some of the Momentum He Had in 2021

Following a tumultuous 2020 where he lost two out of three bouts, including a 17-second knockout against welterweight star Khamzat Chimaev, Gerald Meerschaert is intent on regaining some of the moment that he got from his spectacular 2021 run. Bouncing back from a rough patch in the wake of COVID-19, ‘GM3’ would go on to score three straight wins against Bartosz Fabi?ski, Makhmud Muradov and Dustin Stoltzfus. All three victories came by way of submission.

Hoping to carry that momentum into 2022, Gerald Meerschaert’s streak was halted by Krzysztof Jotko who defeated ‘GM3’ in April. Meerschaert is ready to get back to his winning ways, but he’ll have a tough test against Brazilian opponent Bruno Silva.

Silva’s seven-fight win streak was snapped by the man to knock out Israel Adesanya in combat sports, Alex Pereira. While Silva lasted the full 15 minutes, he was unable to match the power and precision of Pereira. Now ‘Blindado’ is ready to get his hand raised on Saturday night at the expense of submission machine Gerald Meerschaert.

UFC Vegas 24 Bonuses: Whittaker & Gastelum Bag Extra $50K

UFC Vegas 24Despite losing the co-main event just hours before, UFC Vegas 24 delivered some impressive performances from the fighters at the UFC Apex. Middleweight Gerald Meerschaert and bantamweight Tony Gravely were among those who earned an extra $50,000 for their efforts in the octagon. Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum also earned themselves an extra bag of […]

UFC Vegas 24

Despite losing the co-main event just hours before, UFC Vegas 24 delivered some impressive performances from the fighters at the UFC Apex. Middleweight Gerald Meerschaert and bantamweight Tony Gravely were among those who earned an extra $50,000 for their efforts in the octagon. Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum also earned themselves an extra bag of cash.

Performance of the Night: Gerald Meerschaert

Meerschaert turned in a phenomenal submission win over Bartosz Fabinski in the first-round, in his first apperance since falling to Khamzat Chimaev last September. It was a relatively easy night of work for the Wisconsin native who became the submission wins leader in UFC middleweight history. After taking a few early shots on the feet, Meerschaert quickly took the fight to the ground against the cage, sinking in a tight guillotine choke that put Fabinski to sleep halfway through the opening round.

Performance of the Night: Tony Gravely

Gravely came into the night as a rising bantamweight prospect in the stacked men’s 135-pound division. Both Gravely and opponent Anthony Birchak began a standup war in the middle of the octagon from the get-go. After a highly-entertaining opening round, Gravely didn’t let up in Round 2; countering a low-calf kick from Birchak with a stiff jab that knocked him out cold. The “Dana White’s Contender Series” alumni has proven to be a legit prospect and has now won two of his first three fights in the UFC.

Fight of the Night: Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum

Last but not least, the main event between top middleweights Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum didn’t disappoint fans. Whittaker turned in arguably one of the best performances of his career against Gastelum, one of the toughest competitors in the division. “The Reaper” used his range on the feet to overwhelm the smaller Gastelum, who had his own moments in the striking department. Whittaker was able to utilize a few takedowns as well and completely dominated the fight, coasting to a unanimous decision victory (50-45 x 3).

Next for Whittaker is more than likely a rematch with middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, who is coming off a light-heavyweight title loss to Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259.

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Gerald Meerschaert Chokes Out Bartosz Fabinski With Early Guillotine – UFC Vegas 24 Highlights

MeerschaertGerald ‘GM3’ Meerschaert is back in the winner’s enclosure following a pair of damaging knockout losses — submitting Bartosz Fabinski with a slick opening round guillotine at UFC Vegas 24. Rebounding from a pair of knockout defeats to both Ian Heinisch and the uber-prospect, Khamzat Chimaev, the most recent of which came in September — […]

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Gerald ‘GM3’ Meerschaert is back in the winner’s enclosure following a pair of damaging knockout losses — submitting Bartosz Fabinski with a slick opening round guillotine at UFC Vegas 24.

Rebounding from a pair of knockout defeats to both Ian Heinisch and the uber-prospect, Khamzat Chimaev, the most recent of which came in September — the Roufusport submission specialist managed to lock up a eye-catching guillotine on Fabinski.

Mouting the Poland native, Meerschaert eventually rendered Fabinski unconscious with two minutes elapsed in the very first round, snapping his unfortunate knockout skid. With the victory, Meerschaert notched a stunning twenty-fourth successful submission win from his thirty-two professional victories.

Below, catch the highlights from Meerschaert’s win over Fabinski.