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Jacob Malkoun
Jacob Malkoun
9-3 · AUS
VS
Gerald Meerschaert
Gerald Meerschaert
37-21 · USA
May 2, 2026 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Middleweight · 190 lb · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
190.0lb
Jacob Malkoun def. Gerald Meerschaert by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Malkoun6/121/100:13
Meerschaert4/50/003:56
R2
Malkoun18/420/001:23
Meerschaert16/320/100:00
R3
Malkoun12/282/200:41
Meerschaert12/390/200:27
Total
Malkoun36/823/302:17
Meerschaert32/760/304:23

Scorecards

Malkoun vs Meerschaert

RdEvan FieldMark ChristieMick MeanyCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.3-9.7
Total29-2829-2829-2828.4-28.6

Media (5 cards) · avg 2928 · 5 Malkoun · 0 Meerschaert

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Malkoun-Meerschaert.

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
MalkounWin probabilityMeerschaert
86.2%13.8%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
31%
Decision
26%
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 Malkoun, blue toward Meerschaert. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Malkoun86%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO40%46%39%
Submission21%24%22%
Decision25%30%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 36
Takedowns1.4 (0.04.2)act 3
Meerschaert14%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%20%3%
Submission10%75%4%
Decision1%5%6%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes17 (622)act 32
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R148%
R219%
R37%
Distance26%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Malkoun
71.7%-269
Meerschaert
+26926.7%
Most takedownstie 32.2%
Malkoun
52.6%-348
Meerschaert
+34815.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Malkoun
Expected: 34.9
35
Over 35
38.9%
+153
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.7%
-153
04488
Meerschaert
Expected: 16.6
16.5
Over 16.5
40.1%
+149
Under 16.5
59.9%
-149
02142
Takedowns — over/under
Malkoun
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
42.5%
+135
Under 1.5
57.5%
-135
035
Meerschaert
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.4%
+266
Under 0.5
72.6%
-266
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
Malkoun86.2%88.1%−1.9-1219
Meerschaert13.8%11.9%+1.9+702
By method
Malkoun by KO/TKO36.7%38.6%−1.9+120
Malkoun by submission26.9%21.8%+5.1+289
Malkoun by decision22.7%25.8%−3.1+230
Meerschaert by KO/TKO5.9%3.0%+2.9+2749
Meerschaert by submission4.3%4.3%±0.0+1887
Meerschaert by decision3.6%6.5%−2.9+1213
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds51.8%57.1%−5.3-157
Over 2.5 rds32.8%39.8%−7.0+134
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision26.3%34.1%−7.8+175

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
78.2Striking61.3
Malkoun +16.9
63.8Grappling52.2
Malkoun +11.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MalkounMeerschaert
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1551
Pound-for-pound
1508
1551
Divisional
1505
1521
Striking offense
1472
1501
Striking defense
1478
1522
Grappling offense
1527
1503
Grappling defense
1471
Physical
30 yrs
Age
38 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.55
Strikes landed / min
3.01
58%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.36
Strikes absorbed / min
3.52
55%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.81
Takedowns / 15 min
1.82
41%
Takedown accuracy
30%
33%
Takedown defense
43%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
48%
+2
Win/loss streak
-4
60%
Last-5 win rate
20%
20%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
91
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jacob Malkoun
  • WTorrez FinneyU-DEC R3
    Close -1423mo before
  • WAndre PetroskiKO/TKO R2
    Close -2502y 1mo before
  • LCody BrundageDQ R1
    Close -6132y 7mo before
  • WNick MaximovU-DEC R3
    Close +1143y 7mo before
  • LBrendan AllenU-DEC R3
    Close +2303y 11mo before
Gerald Meerschaert
  • LKyle DaukausSUB R1
    Close +3706mo before
  • LMichal OleksiejczukKO/TKO R1
    Close +1809mo before
  • LBrad TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close +1401y 1mo before
  • LReinier de RidderSUB R3
    Close +2541y 6mo before
  • WEdmen ShahbazyanSUB R2
    Close +2581y 8mo before
Malkoun — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
33% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (80%)Decision(33%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(33%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0
Meerschaert — win / loss by method
Record: 37-21-0

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, 5 losses
W
16% of wins
L
24% of losses
Submission
29 wins, 10 losses
W
78% of wins
L
48% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 6 losses
W
5% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
12win13loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO(38%) 5
11 (92%)Submission(23%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(38%) 5
Non-UFC
25win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
18 (72%)Submission(88%) 7
2 (8%)Decision(13%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Malkoun
Meerschaert
8
UFC fights
25
85.2 min · 10.7 avg
Octagon time
205.9 min · 8.2 avg
9y 4m
Career length
19y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Malkoun
Meerschaert
79W–18L · 81.4%
Overall
353W–94L · 79.0%
45W–6L · 88.2%
Wins
160W–41L · 79.6%
34W–12L · 73.9%
Losses
193W–53L · 78.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Malkoun
Meerschaert
17W–9L · 65.4%
Overall
281W–265L · 51.5%
17W–9L · 65.4%
Wins
192W–219L · 46.7%
0W–0L
Losses
89W–46L · 65.9%
Distance striking
Malkoun
Meerschaert
7.74
Landed / min
4.58
54.1%
Accuracy
41.6%
59.1%
Defense
58.9%
0.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
38.8%
Time at distance
52.6%
Grappling & control
Malkoun
Meerschaert
5.81
Takedowns / 15 min
1.82
40.7%
Takedown accuracy
30.5%
33.3%
Takedown defense
42.9%
0.88
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.38
90.1%
Control share
49.2%
Strike target map
Malkoun
  • Head93%(360)div 63%
  • Body6%(24)div 20%
  • Legs1%(4)div 17%
Meerschaert
  • Head73%(454)div 63%
  • Body17%(106)div 20%
  • Legs10%(60)div 17%

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

Jacob Malkoun
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.