A pair of middleweights are headed to Las Vegas.
Gerald Meerschaert (30-12 MMA, 5-4 UFC) will take on Deron Winn (6-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at UFC 248. Both men are looking to get back in the win column.
UFC 248 takes place March 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+.
After a 4-1 start to his UFC tenure, Meerschaert has had some octagon inconsistencies. He has dropped three of his past four fights. In his most recent outing, he lost a split decision to Eryk Anders at UFC on ESPN+ 19.
American Kickboxing Academy’s Winn suffered his first pro loss when he was edged out by Darren Stewart at UFC on ESPN 6 in October.
With the addition, the latest UFC 248 lineup includes:
- Champ Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero – for middleweight title
- Champ Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk – for women’s strawweight title
- Derek Brunson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
- Max Griffin vs. Alex Oliveira
- Li Jingliang vs. Neil Magny
- Sean O’Malley vs. Jose Quinonez
- Saparbek Safarov vs. Rodolfo Vieira
- Austin Hubbard vs. Mark Madsen
- Polyana Viana vs. Emily Whitmire
- Danaa Batgerel vs. Guido Cannetti
- Beneil Dariush vs. Drakkar Klose
- Jared Cannonier vs. TBA
- Gerald Meerschaert vs. Deron Winn
