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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus
Gerald Meerschaert
Gerald Meerschaert
33-14 · USA
VS
Dustin Stoltzfus
Dustin Stoltzfus
13-3 · USA
December 18, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Gerald Meerschaert def. Dustin Stoltzfus by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 2:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Meerschaert4/51/102:03
Stoltzfus5/111/102:21
R2
Meerschaert4/50/000:00
Stoltzfus5/111/103:56
R3 · 2:58
Meerschaert3/120/001:11
Stoltzfus2/102/201:10
Total
Meerschaert11/221/103:14
Stoltzfus12/324/407:27

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 probabilityStoltzfus
54.3%45.7%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
25%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 8.3 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 Stoltzfus. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Meerschaert54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%44%14%
Submission19%35%33%
Decision11%21%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 11
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.9)act 1
Stoltzfus46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%42%7%
Submission6%13%10%
Decision21%45%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1239)act 12
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 4
Combined totals~57 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R140%
R220%
R38%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Meerschaert
47.9%+106
Stoltzfus
-10650.5%
Most takedownstie 36.4%
Meerschaert
50.5%-386
Stoltzfus
+38613.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Meerschaert
Expected: 28.0
28
Over 28
38.9%
+153
Exactly 28
1.7%
push
Under 28
59.4%
-153
03570
Stoltzfus
Expected: 29.0
29
Over 29
38.9%
+153
Exactly 29
1.7%
push
Under 29
59.4%
-153
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Meerschaert
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
38.8%
+110
Exactly 1
18.4%
push
Under 1
42.7%
-110
035
Stoltzfus
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.1%
+353
Under 0.5
77.9%
-353
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 8.3 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
Meerschaert54.3%67.2%−12.9-239
Stoltzfus45.7%32.8%+12.9+190
By method
Meerschaert by KO/TKO23.5%14.3%+9.2+474
Meerschaert by submission13.4%32.8%−19.4+151
Meerschaert by decision17.4%19.4%−2.0+324
Stoltzfus by KO/TKO19.8%7.0%+12.8+1080
Stoltzfus by submission11.3%10.0%+1.3+719
Stoltzfus by decision14.6%16.5%−1.9+400
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds60.3%58.1%+2.2-165
Over 2.5 rds39.7%44.3%−4.6+111
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision32.0%37.7%−5.7+149

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
61.1Striking55.6
Meerschaert +5.5
66.2Grappling15.2
Meerschaert +51.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MeerschaertStoltzfus
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1505
1558
Divisional
1505
1496
Striking offense
1502
1493
Striking defense
1494
1530
Grappling offense
1491
1483
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
34 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
77"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.41
Strikes landed / min
3.68
44%
Strike accuracy
39%
3.75
Strikes absorbed / min
4.20
52%
Strike defense
46%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.58
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
40%
Takedown accuracy
0%
44%
Takedown defense
55%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
0%
+2
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gerald Meerschaert
  • WMakhmud MuradovSUB R2
    Close +4434mo before
  • WBartosz FabinskiSUB R1
    Close +1018mo before
  • LKhamzat ChimaevKO/TKO R1
    Close +3001y 3mo before
  • LIan HeinischKO/TKO R1
    Close +1101y 6mo before
  • WDeron WinnSUB R3
    Close +1251y 9mo before
Dustin Stoltzfus
  • LRodolfo VieiraSUB R3
    Close +1835mo before
  • LKyle DaukausU-DEC R3
    Close +2301y 1mo before
Meerschaert — win / loss by method
Record: 33-14-0

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
21% of losses
Submission
25 wins, 8 losses
W
76% of wins
L
57% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
6% of wins
L
21% of losses
UFC
8win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
7 (88%)Submission(17%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 2
Non-UFC
25win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
18 (72%)Submission(88%) 7
2 (8%)Decision(13%) 1
Stoltzfus — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(50%) 1
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (15%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (38%)Decision(100%) 1
1 (8%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Meerschaert
Stoltzfus
14
UFC fights
2
98.8 min · 7.1 avg
Octagon time
26.9 min · 13.4 avg
19y 6m
Career length
11y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Meerschaert
Stoltzfus
172W–36L · 82.7%
Overall
16W–2L · 88.9%
94W–16L · 85.5%
Wins
0W–0L
78W–20L · 79.6%
Losses
16W–2L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Meerschaert
Stoltzfus
281W–265L · 51.5%
Overall
81W–34L · 70.4%
192W–219L · 46.7%
Wins
79W–33L · 70.5%
89W–46L · 65.9%
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Meerschaert
Stoltzfus
5.43
Landed / min
6.36
40.4%
Accuracy
35.0%
59.9%
Defense
49.7%
0.30
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
48.4%
Time at distance
47.9%
Grappling & control
Meerschaert
Stoltzfus
2.58
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
40.5%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
43.8%
Takedown defense
54.5%
1.82
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
48.0%
Control share
16.7%
Strike target map
Meerschaert
  • Head77%(261)div 64%
  • Body18%(60)div 19%
  • Legs5%(16)div 17%
Stoltzfus
  • Head68%(67)div 64%
  • Body19%(19)div 19%
  • Legs13%(13)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.

Dustin Stoltzfus
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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