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Gerald Meerschaert vs. Oskar Piechota

UFC 12-15-0 vs. 2-3-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-15-0
UFC record
2-3-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
38
AgeΔ 2 yrs
36
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
77"
ReachΔ 1"
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 75.7 mo
76
LLLLL
Last 5 (newest first)
NCLLLW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Oskar Piechota is a submission threat — 1.52 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Gerald Meerschaert is a submission threat — 1.44 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Middleweight norm.
Oskar Piechota carries real power — 0.91 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 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

Oskar Piechota

Full career not yet synced for Oskar Piechota — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6612.88/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1633.30/min · norm 3.23
7983.48/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1943.93/min · norm 3.20
45.2%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
52.2%norm 47.4%
52.7%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
51.7%norm 53.8%
30.20/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.91/15 · 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%)

Oskar Piechota

Distance 76.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 9.9% (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%)

Oskar Piechota

Head 81.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.4% (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 Piechota L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 534 / 1277 41.8% 40.5% 102 / 239 42.7% 40.5%
In the clinch 69 / 99 69.7% 70.6% 35 / 42 83.3% 70.6%
On the ground 58 / 85 68.2% 69.4% 26 / 31 83.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 482 / 1251 38.5% 38.8% 120 / 255 47.1% 38.8%
To the body 115 / 141 81.6% 71.6% 26 / 37 70.3% 71.6%
To the legs 64 / 69 92.8% 83.3% 17 / 20 too few to rate 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 Piechota L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 530 / 1283 41.3% 39.5% 86 / 246 35.0% 39.5%
In the clinch 48 / 71 67.6% 70.4% 46 / 61 75.4% 70.4%
On the ground 220 / 334 65.9% 69.0% 62 / 95 65.3% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 568 / 1393 40.8% 37.9% 153 / 351 43.6% 37.9%
To the body 145 / 193 75.1% 71.3% 20 / 26 76.9% 71.3%
To the legs 85 / 102 83.3% 82.1% 21 / 25 84.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2529.1% acc · 1.63/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
240.0% acc · 0.61/15 · norm 1.35
1837.5% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
538.5% def · norm 63.3%
49:2621.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
8:1016.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
55:313:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
11:223:27 per 15 · norm 3:00
221.44/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
51.52/15 · 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.