Gerald Meerschaert came in heavy at the UFC Perth official weigh-ins, missing weight for his scheduled middleweight bout with Jacob Malkoun.
Meerschaert weighed in at 190 pounds, coming in four pounds over the non-title middleweight limit. The fight will move forward as a catchweight, with Meerschaert forfeiting 30 percent of his purse as a penalty.
All 25 other fighters on the UFC Perth card successfully made weight. That includes "JDM" Jack Della Maddalena and Carlos Prates, who both hit championship weight at 170 pounds for the main event.
Meerschaert, referred to by some as "GM3", enters UFC Perth on a four-fight losing streak stretching back to August 2024. He went winless in 2025 and was finished in the first round in his past two fights against Kyle Daukaus and Michal Oleksiejczuk.
