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UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler
Gerald Meerschaert
Gerald Meerschaert
29-11 · USA
VS
Trevin Giles
Trevin Giles
11-1 · USA
August 3, 2019 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Gerald Meerschaert def. Trevin Giles by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R3 1:49
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Meerschaert2/80/001:52
Giles3/61/102:22
R2
Meerschaert2/80/103:07
Giles4/60/001:30
R3 · 1:49
Meerschaert2/31/200:30
Giles1/30/000:26
Total
Meerschaert6/191/305:29
Giles8/151/104:18

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 probabilityGiles
29.8%70.2%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
19%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Meerschaert30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%30%
Submission10%32%
Decision11%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1435)act 6
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 1
Giles70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%41%
Submission9%13%
Decision32%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 8
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.5)act 1
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R218%
R37%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Meerschaert
33.2%+197
Giles
-19765.3%
Most takedownstie 53.3%
Meerschaert
30.9%-195
Giles
+19515.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Meerschaert
Expected: 26.5
26.5
Over 26.5
42.6%
+135
Under 26.5
57.4%
-135
03467
Giles
Expected: 38.1
38
Over 38
41.8%
+135
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.5%
-135
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Meerschaert
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
35.1%
+185
Under 0.5
64.9%
-185
035
Giles
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
20.7%
+383
Under 0.5
79.3%
-383
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 9.6 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
Meerschaert29.8%38.8%−9.0+150
Giles70.2%61.2%+9.0-170

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
58.0Striking84.0
Giles +26.0
77.3Grappling56.7
Meerschaert +20.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MeerschaertGiles
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1546
1544
Divisional
1531
1495
Striking offense
1511
1494
Striking defense
1511
1525
Grappling offense
1494
1475
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
31 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
77"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.63
Strikes landed / min
4.13
48%
Strike accuracy
62%
3.56
Strikes absorbed / min
1.66
47%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.64
Takedowns / 15 min
2.18
44%
Takedown accuracy
100%
50%
Takedown defense
75%
2.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
67%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
67%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gerald Meerschaert
  • LKevin HollandS-DEC R3
    Close +1854mo before
  • LJack HermanssonSUB R1
    Close +1308mo before
  • WOskar PiechotaSUB R2
    Close +1801y 1mo before
  • WEric SpicelyKO/TKO R2
    Close -1701y 8mo before
  • LThiago SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close +1402y 1mo before
Trevin Giles
  • LZak CummingsSUB R3
    Close -2003mo before
  • WAntonio Braga NetoKO/TKO R3
    Close -2701y 8mo before
  • WJames BochnovicKO/TKO R2
    Close -2502y 1mo before
Meerschaert — win / loss by method
Record: 29-11-0

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, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
21 wins, 8 losses
W
72% of wins
L
73% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
18% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (75%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
25win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
18 (72%)Submission(88%) 7
2 (8%)Decision(13%) 1
Giles — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
1 (11%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Meerschaert
Giles
7
UFC fights
3
49.5 min · 7.1 avg
Octagon time
34.4 min · 11.5 avg
19y 6m
Career length
12y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Meerschaert
Giles
82W–17L · 82.8%
Overall
39W–9L · 81.3%
37W–4L · 90.2%
Wins
17W–3L · 85.0%
45W–13L · 77.6%
Losses
22W–6L · 78.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Meerschaert
Giles
281W–265L · 51.5%
Overall
52W–33L · 61.2%
192W–219L · 46.7%
Wins
52W–33L · 61.2%
89W–46L · 65.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Meerschaert
Giles
4.85
Landed / min
4.61
35.8%
Accuracy
56.8%
58.0%
Defense
74.2%
0.30
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.44
26.7%
Time at distance
66.3%
Grappling & control
Meerschaert
Giles
3.64
Takedowns / 15 min
2.18
44.4%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
75.0%
2.43
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
43.0%
Control share
63.3%
Strike target map
Meerschaert
  • Head81%(105)div 63%
  • Body15%(19)div 19%
  • Legs5%(6)div 18%
Giles
  • Head82%(117)div 63%
  • Body13%(19)div 19%
  • Legs4%(6)div 18%

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.

Trevin Giles
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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