UFC UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler Final

Gerald Meerschaert vs Trevin Giles

Gerald Meerschaert
United States

Gerald Meerschaert

“GM3”

37-22

Winner

VS
Trevin Giles
United States

Trevin Giles

“The Problem”

16-7

Winner

Gerald Meerschaert

Submission (On Ground) · Round 3 — 1:49

3 August 2019 · Prudential Center, Newark, USA

Key takeaways

  • Gerald Meerschaert beat Trevin Giles by submission in round 3 at 1:49.
  • Gerald Meerschaert landed 31 of 55 total strikes and 1 of 3 takedowns, with 5:30 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 19-19, 19-19, 18-20.

Tale of the tape

Gerald MeerschaertTrevin Giles
37-22Record16-7
31Age on fight night26
6′1″ (185 cm)Height6′0″ (183 cm)
77.5″ (197 cm)Reach74″ (188 cm)
185 lb (83.9 kg)Weight170 lb (77.1 kg)
SouthpawStanceOrthodox
Kill Cliff FCTeamW4R Training Center
Racine, Wisconsin, United StatesFromSan Antonio, Texas, United States

Fight statistics

31of 55 · 56%Total strikes landed27of 38 · 71%
14of 38Head strikes18of 27
16of 16Body strikes9of 11
1of 1Leg strikes0
1of 3Takedowns1of 1
1Submission attempts0
5:30Control time4:16

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Gerald MeerschaertRoundTrevin Giles
15/25strikes0/0TD0KD1:53controlR110/13strikes1/1TD0KD2:20control
14/27strikes0/1TD0KD3:07controlR216/22strikes0/0TD0KD1:30control
2/3strikes1/2TD0KD0:30controlR31/3strikes0/0TD0KD0:26control

Judges’ scorecards

Jon Bilyk

9R11010R29

19total19

Dominic Carolei

9R11010R29

19total19

Munah Holland

9R1109R210

18total20

Form going into the fight

Gerald Meerschaert

  1. LKevin Hollandsplit decision2019
  2. LJack Hermanssonsubmission R1 4:252018
  3. WOskar Piechota2018
  4. WEric SpicelyKO/TKO R2 2:182017
  5. LThiago SantosKO/TKO R2 2:042017

Trevin Giles

  1. LZak Cummingssubmission R3 4:012019
  2. WAntonio Braga NetoKO/TKO R3 2:272017
  3. WJames BochnovicKO/TKO R2 2:542017

Also on this card

Robbie Lawler vs Colby Covingtonunanimous decisionClay Guida vs Jim Millersubmission R1 0:58Joaquim Silva vs Nasrat HaqparastKO/TKO R2 0:36Scott Holtzman vs Dong Hyun MaTKO - doctor's stoppage R2 5:00Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Darko Stosicunanimous decision

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