Julius Walker

Walker's takedown volume and control time against a veteran who landed almost nothing in his last two losses

Walker's win over Raffael Cerqueira is the most dominant performance on either file — 6 takedowns, 11:46 of control, a knockdown and 44 significant strikes — and even in losing to Dustin Jacoby he still landed 3 takedowns with 2:47 of control. Meerschaert (37-22) has lost three straight, two of them stand-up fights (Daukaus, Oleksiejczuk) in which he landed a combined 3 significant strikes with no takedowns or control logged. Walker's ability to dictate where the fight happens is the deciding edge, though he is also on a two-fight skid and Meerschaert's 3 submission attempts against Jacob Malkoun show the danger never fully disappears.