Tonight’s UFC Vegas 100 occasion was co-headlined by a extremely anticipated middleweight contest between Reinier de Ridder and Gerald Meerschaert.
De Ridder (18-2 MMA) was making his Octagon debut this night. The previous two-division ONE FC Champion had most beforehand competed in MMA this previous July, the place he scored a first-round TKO victory over Magomedmurad Khasaev.
In the meantime, Gerald Meerschaert (37-18 MMA) had entered tonight’s contest on a two-fight profitable streak, this after scoring back-to-back submission victories over Bryan Barberena and Edmen Shahbazyan. Previous to these wins, ‘GM3’ was coming off defeats by the hands of Andre Petroski and Joe Pyfer respectively.
Tonight’s UFC Vegas 100 co-main occasion resulted in a gritty backwards and forwards affair. Reinier de Ridder almost completed the battle within the opening spherical, this after connecting with an elbow after which a left hand that despatched ‘GM3’ crashing to the canvas proper earlier than the horn. Nonetheless, Gerald Meerschaert battled again robust in spherical two, arguably night up the scorecards after ten minutes of motion. That momentum didn’t carry into spherical three, as ‘RDR’ was capable of get the battle to the ground and promptly locked in a fight-ending arm-triangle choke (see that right here).
Official UFC Vegas 100 Outcomes: Reinier de Ridder def. Gerald Meerschaert by way of submission (arm-triangle choke) in Spherical 3
Take a look at how the professionals reacted to ‘Meerschaert vs. De Ridder’ beneath:
Thrilling battle proper right here 👊🏼
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) November 10, 2024
RDR is about to point out individuals what’s what.
— Tom Taylor (@TomTaylorWrites) November 10, 2024
Bruh bought the drunken fist I swear lol
— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) November 10, 2024
Wow. RDR almost had him on the bell
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) November 10, 2024
First spherical 10-8
— Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) November 10, 2024
Publish-fight reactions to Reinier de Ridder defeating Gerald Meerschaert at UFC Vegas 100:
Gerald’s higher than this man
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) November 10, 2024
Spectacular stuff from RDR 🥋
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) November 10, 2024
Who would you prefer to see Reinier de Ridder battle subsequent following his submission victory over Gerald Meerschaert this night in Las Vegas?
