Gerald Meerschaert vs. Renier de Ridder. Fight Prediction and Bets

Middleweight. ufc-apex

Gerald MeerschaertUSA

Reinier de RidderNetherlands

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The fighter of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the middleweight category Gerald Meerschaert will meet with Rainier de Ridder. The fight will take place on November 10 as part of the UFC Fight Night 247 tournament in Las Vegas in the main arena of the UFC Apex promotion, which holds about 1000 spectators. The approximate start of the fight is 03.20 Moscow time. Will the American be able to succeed in the fight with the fighter from the Netherlands and what bets should he choose? - read our forecast

Command Analysis

Gerald Meerschaert

Current form

Gerald Meerschaert is a former champion of the Resurrection Fighting Alliance and Combat USA Championship. He has been fighting in Dana White league since 2016. During this time, he was caught using amphetamines and disqualified. But at the same time, he kept silent about many prizes and awards in the UFC, but never claimed championship fights. GM3 won his last two fights in a row. In August 2024, he defeated his compatriot Edmen Shahbazyan (submission, second round), and before that, another American Bryan Barberena (submission, second round). The 36-year-old Meerschaert has 36 wins (six by knockout, two by decision, 28 by submission) and 17 losses. Gerald has black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and kickboxing.

Interesting trends for betting

Meerschaert takedown success rate is 36 percent.

Reinier de Ridder

Current form

Rainier de Ridder previously competed in ONE Championship, where he is a former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion. The Dutch Knight became the third champion in two divisions in ONE history, having previously held the middleweight and light heavyweight belts simultaneously. The Dutchman will make his debut in the world strongest mixed martial arts championship. In the latter, in July 2024, as part of the UAE Warriors tournament, he defeated Russian Magomedmurad Khasaev (TKO, first round), but before that he lost in the title fight of the ONE tournament to another representative of Russia, Anatoly Malykhin (TKO, third round). De Ridder, 34, has 17 wins (four by knockout, two by decision, 11 by submission) and two losses. Rainier has black belts in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Interesting trends for betting

De Ridder submission win rate is 65 percent.

Trends

Bet: Mershart wins by submission

Meerschaert win rate via submission/choke is 78 percent

2.88

Tip and bets

TipThe fight will not be complete

1.77

Bookmakers experts consider de Ridder a clear favorite of the upcoming fight. In their opinion, Meerschaert will have very little chance of success. However, one can argue with them. The fighters are approximately the same level and have similar anthropometric data. Both have long been fighting in the octagon and have extensive experience. One of the best in the league in terms of submission victories. In this situation, it is worth betting that the fight will not go the full distance.

Our prediction is that the fight will not be complete at 1.77

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