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Bartosz Fabinski vs. Gerald Meerschaert

UFC 3-3-0 vs. 12-15-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-3-0
UFC record
12-15-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
40
AgeΔ 2 yrs
38
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
75"
ReachΔ 2"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
66.1
Layoff (months)Δ 65.8 mo
0.3
LLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Bartosz Fabinski hunts takedowns — 7.10 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Bartosz Fabinski owns the mat — in control 79% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.
Gerald Meerschaert is a submission threat — 1.44 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Bartosz Fabinski

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 43
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 11
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.5 wins over .500

Gerald Meerschaert

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1214
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 248

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.67 · 13 tier-1/2 wins · 35 finish wins over 59 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-9 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1132.23/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
6612.88/min · norm 3.23
741.46/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7983.48/min · norm 3.20
68.1%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.2%norm 47.4%
51.3%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
52.7%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.20/15 · norm 0.32

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Bartosz Fabinski

Distance 37.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 33.7% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 28.9% (norm 10.0%)

Gerald Meerschaert

Distance 87.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 5.8% (norm 10.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Bartosz Fabinski

Head 71.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 21.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.6% (norm 8.4%)

Gerald Meerschaert

Head 85.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.7% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Fabinski L/AAccMiddleweight med Meerschaert L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 30 / 62 48.4% 40.5% 534 / 1277 41.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 50 / 56 89.3% 70.6% 69 / 99 69.7% 70.6%
On the ground 33 / 48 68.8% 69.4% 58 / 85 68.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 68 / 119 57.1% 38.8% 482 / 1251 38.5% 38.8%
To the body 34 / 36 94.4% 71.6% 115 / 141 81.6% 71.6%
To the legs 11 / 11 too few to rate 83.3% 64 / 69 92.8% 83.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Fabinski L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Meerschaert L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 28 / 98 28.6% 39.5% 530 / 1283 41.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 27 / 32 84.4% 70.4% 48 / 71 67.6% 70.4%
On the ground 19 / 22 too few to rate 69.0% 220 / 334 65.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 58 / 132 43.9% 37.9% 568 / 1393 40.8% 37.9%
To the body 8 / 12 too few to rate 71.3% 145 / 193 75.1% 71.3%
To the legs 8 / 8 too few to rate 82.1% 85 / 102 83.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2470.6% acc · 7.10/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
2529.1% acc · 1.63/15 · norm 1.35
480.0% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1837.5% def · norm 63.3%
40:1079.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
49:2621.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
5:301:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
55:313:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
221.44/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Meerschaert has more cage time on record.