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Jack Hermansson vs. Gerald Meerschaert

UFC 11-8-0 vs. 12-15-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
11-8-0
UFC record
12-15-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
38
AgeΔ 0 yrs
38
6'1"
HeightΔ 0"
6'1"
77"
ReachΔ 0"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
10.9
Layoff (months)Δ 10.6 mo
0.3
LLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

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.
Jack Hermansson outworks the Middleweight division — 5.15 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Gerald Meerschaert's takedown defense leaks — 38% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jack Hermansson

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1110
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 70
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.18 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 17 finish wins over 34 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.9 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

10485.15/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
6612.88/min · norm 3.23
7573.72/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7983.48/min · norm 3.20
45.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
45.2%norm 47.4%
57.0%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)

Jack Hermansson

Distance 86.2% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 9.3% (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)

Jack Hermansson

Head 73.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 12.8% (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 Hermansson L/AAccMiddleweight med Meerschaert L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 812 / 1997 40.7% 40.5% 534 / 1277 41.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 77 / 104 74.0% 70.6% 69 / 99 69.7% 70.6%
On the ground 159 / 215 74.0% 69.4% 58 / 85 68.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 591 / 1703 34.7% 38.8% 482 / 1251 38.5% 38.8%
To the body 208 / 316 65.8% 71.6% 115 / 141 81.6% 71.6%
To the legs 249 / 297 83.8% 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 Hermansson L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Meerschaert L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 655 / 1614 40.6% 39.5% 530 / 1283 41.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 44 / 64 68.8% 70.4% 48 / 71 67.6% 70.4%
On the ground 58 / 82 70.7% 69.0% 220 / 334 65.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 544 / 1453 37.4% 37.9% 568 / 1393 40.8% 37.9%
To the body 169 / 243 69.5% 71.3% 145 / 193 75.1% 71.3%
To the legs 44 / 64 68.8% 82.1% 85 / 102 83.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
2029.9% acc · 1.48/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
2529.1% acc · 1.63/15 · norm 1.35
2180.8% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
1837.5% def · norm 63.3%
35:0317.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
49:2621.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
21:371:35 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
55:313:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
50.37/15 · 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.