{"id":929452,"date":"2026-10-11T21:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T21:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/929452\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T21:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T21:36:09","slug":"gerald-meerschaert-retires-after-sixth-loss-in-a-row-at-ufc-vegas-122-cant-fight-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/929452\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerald Meerschaert retires after sixth loss in a row at UFC Vegas 122: &#8220;Can&#8217;t fight forever&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trending:<a class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/conor-mcgregor-can-return-to-lightweight-with-the-right-plan-says-former-foe-jose-aldo-anyone-can-come-in-and-snatch-the-title\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor McGregor can return to lightweight with the right plan, says former foe Jose Aldo: \u201cAnyone can come in and snatch the title\u201d<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gerald-Meerschaert-announced-his-retirement-after-being-stopped-by-Julius-Walker-at-UFC-Vegas-122-10.jpeg\" class=\"nlz w-full h-auto wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gerald Meerschaert announced his retirement after being stopped by Julius Walker at UFC Vegas 122\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/>Zuffa LLC<\/p>\n<p>Gerald Meerschaert has hung up his gloves after failing to secure his first win since 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Meerschaert entered the Meta Apex on Saturday in hopes of handing Julius Walker his third straight defeat, but it wasn\u2019t meant to be. In his light heavyweight return, \u201cGM3\u201d was stopped in the second-round via TKO. Meerschaert took his gloves off after the fight and told UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping that he is calling it a career at 38 (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/515109\/gerald-meerschaert-hangs-up-gloves-after-knockout-loss-at-ufc-vegas-122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8JUST IN: GERALD MEERSCHAERT ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT AFTER A 60-FIGHT JOURNEY IN THE UFC! \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\udc94<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f \u201cI have some good opportunities to make money for my family and make a good living. I&#8217;ve had a hell of a time performing for you guys. I can&#8217;t think of a better job. I&#8217;m gonna\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FightLuck (@FightluckBet) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FightluckBet\/status\/2109071498770309565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I\u2019ve had a good run, Michael,\u201d Meerschaert said. \u201cI set a couple records and did some things. Maybe 205, I should\u2019ve done that a little bit earlier, but them boys are big up there. Can\u2019t fight forever. I\u2019ve got some good opportunities to make money for my family, make a good living. Man, I had a hell of a time to come out here and perform for you guys. I can\u2019t think of a better job. I\u2019m gonna miss you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meerschaert walks away from the sport with 60 pro MMA bouts on his resume. He has fought the likes of Khamzat Chimaev, Reinier de Ridder, and Joe Pyfer to name a few of his notable past opponents. In his most recent win back in Aug. 2024, Meerschaert submitted Edmen Shahbazyan. It also ended up being his last \u201cPerformance of the Night\u201d bonus.<\/p>\n<p>Walker had his back against the wall prior to Saturday\u2019s event. He dropped his last two fights and few would\u2019ve ruled out a pink slip if he had lost to Meerschaert. Now, Walker gets to rest easier while his fallen opponent walks away from pro MMA competition.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Gerald Meerschaert retiring from pro MMA competition? Do you agree with the timing or should the decision have been made sooner? Let us know what you think in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1 mt-0 os-source\">This article appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BJPENN.COM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trending:Conor McGregor can return to lightweight with the right plan, says former foe Jose Aldo: \u201cAnyone can come&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":929453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-929452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=929452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}