Gerald Meerschaert sits atop the UFC middleweight record books, and he did it in the style he’s accustomed.
Meerschaert entered Saturday’s UFC Vegas 96 event as a significant underdog in his main card opener against Edmen Shahbazyan. After a patient first round, Shazbazyan badly hurt Meerschaert in Round 2, and despite eating around 40 unanswered ground strikes, “GM3” was able to survive.
Eventually, Meerschaert landed a takedown before locking in a beautiful arm-triangle choke...