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UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2
Joe Pyfer
Joe Pyfer
10-2 · USA
VS
Gerald Meerschaert
Gerald Meerschaert
35-15 · USA
April 8, 2023 · Miami, Florida, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Joe Pyfer def. Gerald Meerschaert by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 3:15
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:15
Pyfer14/240/000:16
Meerschaert10/210/000:00
Total
Pyfer14/240/000:16
Meerschaert10/210/000:00

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
PyferWin probabilityMeerschaert
64.7%35.3%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
27%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 8.6 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Pyfer, blue toward Meerschaert. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pyfer65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%50%42%
Submission9%14%9%
Decision23%36%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1242)act 14
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Meerschaert35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%26%6%
Submission18%51%21%
Decision8%23%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1137)act 10
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R215%
R314%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Pyfer
52.7%-115
Meerschaert
+11545.7%
Most takedownstie 47.5%
Pyfer
20.6%+155
Meerschaert
-15531.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pyfer
Expected: 30.8
31
Over 31
38.7%
+155
Exactly 31
1.5%
push
Under 31
59.8%
-155
03977
Meerschaert
Expected: 27.5
27.5
Over 27.5
39.8%
+151
Under 27.5
60.2%
-151
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Pyfer
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.6%
+263
Under 0.5
72.4%
-263
035
Meerschaert
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.5%
+160
Under 0.5
61.5%
-160
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 8.6 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Pyfer64.7%64.0%+0.7-204
Meerschaert35.3%36.0%−0.7+165
By method
Pyfer by KO/TKO26.8%41.7%−14.9-100
Pyfer by submission17.6%9.1%+8.5+816
Pyfer by decision20.4%12.0%+8.4+595
Meerschaert by KO/TKO14.6%6.3%+8.3+1234
Meerschaert by submission9.6%20.8%−11.2+301
Meerschaert by decision11.1%10.1%+1.0+728
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds60.9%44.5%+16.4+110
Over 2.5 rds45.7%28.0%+17.7+233
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision31.5%22.7%+8.8+312

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
64.4Striking61.2
Pyfer +3.2
0.0Grappling57.8
Meerschaert +57.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PyferMeerschaert
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1574
1534
Divisional
1573
1492
Striking offense
1496
1502
Striking defense
1495
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
26 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.57
Strikes landed / min
3.11
31%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.81
Strikes absorbed / min
3.45
63%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.17
Takedown accuracy
38%
Takedown defense
29%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
59%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
238
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joe Pyfer
  • WAlen AmedovskiKO/TKO R1
    opp missedClose -5327mo before
Gerald Meerschaert
  • WBruno SilvaSUB R3
    Close +2498mo before
  • LKrzysztof JotkoU-DEC R3
    Close +15911mo before
  • WDustin StoltzfusSUB R3
    Close -2391y 4mo before
  • WMakhmud MuradovSUB R2
    Close +4431y 7mo before
  • WBartosz FabinskiSUB R1
    Close +1012y before
Pyfer — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
7 wins, 1 loss
W
70% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (22%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (11%)Decision(0%) 0
Meerschaert — win / loss by method
Record: 35-15-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
6 wins, 3 losses
W
17% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
27 wins, 8 losses
W
77% of wins
L
53% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 4 losses
W
6% of wins
L
27% of losses
UFC
10win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(43%) 3
9 (90%)Submission(14%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(43%) 3
Non-UFC
25win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
18 (72%)Submission(88%) 7
2 (8%)Decision(13%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Pyfer
Meerschaert
1
UFC fights
17
3.9 min · 3.9 avg
Octagon time
138.4 min · 8.1 avg
8y 2m
Career length
19y 6m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Pyfer
Meerschaert
8W–3L · 72.7%
Overall
230W–51L · 81.9%
8W–3L · 72.7%
Wins
129W–26L · 83.2%
0W–0L
Losses
101W–25L · 80.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pyfer
Meerschaert
58W–42L · 58.0%
Overall
281W–265L · 51.5%
41W–38L · 51.9%
Wins
192W–219L · 46.7%
17W–4L · 81.0%
Losses
89W–46L · 65.9%
Distance striking
Pyfer
Meerschaert
3.36
Landed / min
5.03
29.5%
Accuracy
39.8%
63.3%
Defense
59.8%
3.83
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.33
98.7%
Time at distance
48.0%
Grappling & control
Pyfer
Meerschaert
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.17
Takedown accuracy
37.7%
Takedown defense
29.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.73
100.0%
Control share
44.5%
Strike target map
Pyfer
  • Head86%(12)div 64%
  • Body7%(1)div 20%
  • Legs7%(1)div 17%
Meerschaert
  • Head73%(314)div 64%
  • Body19%(80)div 20%
  • Legs9%(37)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Joe Pyfer
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Gerald Meerschaert
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.