“The training camp wasn’t as smooth as it could be for some stuff that was outside of my control,” Meerschaert said. “I still showed up, I still made weight. I still felt like I could go out there and do what I needed to do. It’s not a position I haven’t been in before. I pick myself up, dust myself off and go out there and do my thing.”
When I visited Petroski in Pennsylvania last October, he said he wanted to face Meerschaert to see how their grappling abilities would match up, and now he is getting his wish. Since he made his UFC debut in 2021, Petroski has gone 4-0 inside the Octagon, with two submissions, one TKO and one decision win.
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As someone who holds the record for most submissions in UFC middleweight history with nine, Meerschaert is excited to test himself against Petroski.
“He’s got good grappling, I’ve got good grappling and I think he’s a person whose confidence has grown with each win, so I truly do believe that I will get the best version of him,” Meerschaert said. “I know he’s been talking a lot, saying that he’s the best grappler in the division, so that would be another feather in the cap for me and, hopefully, I extend my submission record.”
