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Gerald Meerschaert vs. Dustin Stoltzfus

UFC 12-15-0 vs. 4-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-15-0
UFC record
4-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
38
AgeΔ 4 yrs
34
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
77"
ReachΔ 2"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
0.4
Layoff (months)Δ 1.8 mo
2.2
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Gerald Meerschaert is a submission threat — 1.44 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Dustin Stoltzfus is a submission threat — 1.06 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Dustin Stoltzfus hunts takedowns — 2.12 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Dustin Stoltzfus

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 47
Tier 3 — regional circuit 121

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.72 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6612.88/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
3833.39/min · norm 3.23
7983.48/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3713.28/min · norm 3.20
45.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.8%norm 47.4%
52.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
47.8%norm 53.8%
30.20/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
20.27/15 · norm 0.32

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

Gerald Meerschaert

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

Dustin Stoltzfus

Distance 84.0% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 8.6% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 7.4% (norm 10.0%)

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

Gerald Meerschaert

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

Dustin Stoltzfus

Head 73.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.7% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Meerschaert L/AAccMiddleweight med Stoltzfus L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 534 / 1277 41.8% 40.5% 288 / 703 41.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 69 / 99 69.7% 70.6% 51 / 72 70.8% 70.6%
On the ground 58 / 85 68.2% 69.4% 44 / 62 71.0% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 482 / 1251 38.5% 38.8% 200 / 611 32.7% 38.8%
To the body 115 / 141 81.6% 71.6% 97 / 128 75.8% 71.6%
To the legs 64 / 69 92.8% 83.3% 86 / 98 87.8% 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 Meerschaert L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Stoltzfus L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 530 / 1283 41.3% 39.5% 304 / 614 49.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 48 / 71 67.6% 70.4% 40 / 52 76.9% 70.4%
On the ground 220 / 334 65.9% 69.0% 27 / 45 60.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 568 / 1393 40.8% 37.9% 260 / 571 45.5% 37.9%
To the body 145 / 193 75.1% 71.3% 69 / 89 77.5% 71.3%
To the legs 85 / 102 83.3% 82.1% 42 / 51 82.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2529.1% acc · 1.63/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
1634.8% acc · 2.12/15 · norm 1.35
1837.5% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
746.7% def · norm 63.3%
49:2621.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
31:4428.1% of cage time · norm 19.4%
55:313:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
18:382:28 per 15 · norm 3:00
221.44/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
81.06/15 · 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.