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UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz
Gerald Meerschaert
Gerald Meerschaert
34-15 · USA
VS
Bruno Silva
Bruno Silva
22-7 · BRA
August 13, 2022 · San Diego, California, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Gerald Meerschaert def. Bruno Silva by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R3 1:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Meerschaert12/381/101:55
Silva10/260/000:00
R2
Meerschaert19/510/200:03
Silva12/410/000:00
R3 · 1:39
Meerschaert15/250/310:14
Silva7/140/000:01
Total
Meerschaert46/1141/612:12
Silva29/810/000:01

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
MeerschaertWin probabilitySilva
52.1%47.9%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
29%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 7.4 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 Meerschaert, blue toward Silva. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Meerschaert52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%29%6%
Submission26%50%14%
Decision11%21%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1036)act 46
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.0)act 1
Silva48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%65%50%
Submission3%7%6%
Decision13%28%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1241)act 29
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R148%
R218%
R310%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Meerschaert
44.8%+120
Silva
-12053.6%
Most takedownstie 40.3%
Meerschaert
39.9%-202
Silva
+20219.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Meerschaert
Expected: 26.3
26.5
Over 26.5
39.3%
+154
Under 26.5
60.7%
-154
03366
Silva
Expected: 30.0
30
Over 30
38.9%
+153
Exactly 30
1.6%
push
Under 30
59.5%
-153
03875
Takedowns — over/under
Meerschaert
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.2%
+171
Exactly 1
18.2%
push
Under 1
51.7%
-171
035
Silva
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.0%
+244
Under 0.5
71.0%
-244
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 7.4 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
Meerschaert52.1%27.4%+24.7+249
Silva47.9%72.6%−24.7-318
By method
Meerschaert by KO/TKO24.1%5.6%+18.5+1403
Meerschaert by submission15.3%14.1%+1.2+497
Meerschaert by decision12.7%9.8%+2.9+765
Silva by KO/TKO22.2%49.8%−27.6-144
Silva by submission14.1%5.6%+8.5+1411
Silva by decision11.7%15.2%−3.5+457
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds52.1%47.4%+4.7-102
Over 2.5 rds33.9%31.2%+2.7+200
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision24.3%26.0%−1.7+261

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
60.3Striking59.8
Meerschaert +0.5
59.9Grappling31.6
Meerschaert +28.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MeerschaertSilva
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1558
Pound-for-pound
1555
1557
Divisional
1555
1496
Striking offense
1515
1492
Striking defense
1490
1532
Grappling offense
1503
1477
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
34 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
77"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.04
Strikes landed / min
4.94
44%
Strike accuracy
51%
3.53
Strikes absorbed / min
4.79
52%
Strike defense
37%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.89
40%
Takedown accuracy
18%
29%
Takedown defense
68%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
56%
UFC win rate
75%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
75%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gerald Meerschaert
  • LKrzysztof JotkoU-DEC R3
    Close +1593mo before
  • WDustin StoltzfusSUB R3
    Close -2398mo before
  • WMakhmud MuradovSUB R2
    Close +44311mo before
  • WBartosz FabinskiSUB R1
    Close +1011y 4mo before
  • LKhamzat ChimaevKO/TKO R1
    Close +3001y 11mo before
Bruno Silva
  • LAlex PereiraU-DEC R3
    Close +1735mo before
  • WJordan WrightKO/TKO R1
    Close -3368mo before
  • WAndrew SanchezKO/TKO R3
    Close -15610mo before
  • WWellington TurmanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1241y 2mo before
Meerschaert — win / loss by method
Record: 34-15-0

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
18% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
26 wins, 8 losses
W
76% of wins
L
53% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 4 losses
W
6% of wins
L
27% of losses
UFC
9win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(43%) 3
8 (89%)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
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 22-7-0

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
19 wins, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 5 losses
W
0% of wins
L
71% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
14% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
14% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
19win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
16 (84%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(83%) 5
3 (16%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Meerschaert
Silva
16
UFC fights
4
126.8 min · 7.9 avg
Octagon time
33.8 min · 8.4 avg
19y 6m
Career length
16y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Meerschaert
Silva
208W–44L · 82.5%
Overall
44W–12L · 78.6%
107W–19L · 84.9%
Wins
40W–11L · 78.4%
101W–25L · 80.2%
Losses
4W–1L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Meerschaert
Silva
281W–265L · 51.5%
Overall
232W–97L · 70.5%
192W–219L · 46.7%
Wins
187W–79L · 70.3%
89W–46L · 65.9%
Losses
45W–18L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Meerschaert
Silva
5.22
Landed / min
8.15
40.1%
Accuracy
46.0%
59.1%
Defense
42.1%
0.24
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.44
45.0%
Time at distance
41.7%
Grappling & control
Meerschaert
Silva
2.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.89
40.4%
Takedown accuracy
18.2%
29.2%
Takedown defense
68.2%
1.77
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
42.6%
Control share
29.9%
Strike target map
Meerschaert
  • Head74%(286)div 64%
  • Body18%(71)div 20%
  • Legs7%(28)div 17%
Silva
  • Head73%(122)div 64%
  • Body18%(30)div 20%
  • Legs9%(15)div 17%

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

Gerald Meerschaert
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Bruno Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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