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Julius Walker vs. Gerald Meerschaert

UFC 2-3-0 vs. 12-15-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
2-3-0
UFC record
12-15-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
27
AgeΔ 11 yrs
38
6'4"
HeightΔ 3"
6'1"
78"
ReachΔ 1"
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
0.3
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
0.3
WLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Julius Walker hunts takedowns — 4.29 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Julius Walker owns the mat — in control 59% of cage time, vs a 17% Light Heavyweight 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

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

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

1753.85/min · norm 3.48
Sig. strikes landed
6612.88/min · norm 3.23
1633.59/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
7983.48/min · norm 3.20
57.4%norm 48.45%
Striking accuracy
45.2%norm 47.4%
42.2%norm 52.75%
Striking defense
52.7%norm 53.8%
10.33/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
30.20/15 · norm 0.32

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

Julius Walker

Distance 57.4% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 21.0% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 21.6% (norm 10.6%)

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)

Julius Walker

Head 72.8% (norm 78.5%) · Body 18.0% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 9.2% (norm 9.7%)

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 Walker L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Meerschaert L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 78 / 175 44.6% 41.5% 534 / 1277 41.8% 40.5%
In the clinch 41 / 64 64.1% 70.8% 69 / 99 69.7% 70.6%
On the ground 56 / 66 84.8% 72.9% 58 / 85 68.2% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 103 / 222 46.4% 39.2% 482 / 1251 38.5% 38.8%
To the body 44 / 55 80.0% 72.0% 115 / 141 81.6% 71.6%
To the legs 28 / 28 100.0% 82.1% 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 (Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Walker L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Meerschaert L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 127 / 225 56.4% 40.6% 530 / 1283 41.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 20 / 27 74.1% 68.8% 48 / 71 67.6% 70.4%
On the ground 16 / 30 53.3% 70.4% 220 / 334 65.9% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 125 / 239 52.3% 37.7% 568 / 1393 40.8% 37.9%
To the body 25 / 29 86.2% 72.9% 145 / 193 75.1% 71.3%
To the legs 13 / 14 too few to rate 83.1% 85 / 102 83.3% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1344.8% acc · 4.29/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
2529.1% acc · 1.63/15 · norm 1.35
2100.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1837.5% def · norm 63.3%
26:4959.0% of cage time · norm 17.1%
Control time
49:2621.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
2:150:44 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
55:313:37 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.33/15 · norm 0.28
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.