UFC 319 also saw the saxophone-playing, mustachioed Gerald Meerschaert look to get back in the win column. Back-to-back losses to Reiner de Ridder and Brad Tavares had him desperately looking to get back in the win column.
Looking to thwart those efforts is Polish-born Michal Oleksiejczuk. The middleweight recently relocated his fight camp to Brazil where he now works with the Fighting Nerds. Saturday would see the fruits of those labors.
Oleksiejczuk came out looking like the much faster fighter. His left hand was landing with regularity and had Meerschaert desperately diving for takedowns. None of them were close and instead he was eating punches for his troubles. A left hand knocked the mouthguard out of the mouth of Meerschaert. A second one dropped him and the ground a pound wrapped things up.
Official Result: Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Gerald Meerschaert by TKO (Punches) – Round 1 (3:03)
