Gerald Meerschaert vs. Julius Walker
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Gerald Meerschaert
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 12 | 14 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 24 | 8 |
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
Julius Walker
Full career not yet synced for Julius Walker — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Julius Walker
Distance 57.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 21.0% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 21.6% (norm 10.6%)
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%)
Julius Walker
Head 72.8% (norm 78.5%) · Body 18.0% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Meerschaert L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Walker L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 534 / 1277 | 41.8% | 40.5% | 78 / 175 | 44.6% | 41.5% |
| In the clinch | 69 / 99 | 69.7% | 70.6% | 41 / 64 | 64.1% | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 58 / 85 | 68.2% | 69.4% | 56 / 66 | 84.8% | 72.9% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 482 / 1251 | 38.5% | 38.8% | 103 / 222 | 46.4% | 39.2% |
| To the body | 115 / 141 | 81.6% | 71.6% | 44 / 55 | 80.0% | 72.0% |
| To the legs | 64 / 69 | 92.8% | 83.3% | 28 / 28 | 100.0% | 82.1% |
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 · Light Heavyweight: 94 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/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Walker L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 530 / 1283 | 41.3% | 39.5% | 127 / 225 | 56.4% | 40.6% |
| In the clinch | 48 / 71 | 67.6% | 70.4% | 20 / 27 | 74.1% | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 220 / 334 | 65.9% | 69.0% | 16 / 30 | 53.3% | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 568 / 1393 | 40.8% | 37.9% | 125 / 239 | 52.3% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 145 / 193 | 75.1% | 71.3% | 25 / 29 | 86.2% | 72.9% |
| To the legs | 85 / 102 | 83.3% | 82.1% | 13 / 14 | too few to rate | 83.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Meerschaert has more cage time on record.