Two pure finishers will collide at the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s upcoming trip
to Boston.
Per Andre
Petroski’s (9-1) Instagram page on
Friday, he has announced he will be competing in New England this
August. At UFC
292 inside of the TD Garden in Boston, the “The Ultimate
Fighter” Season 29 competitor will be squaring off with Gerald
Meerschaert (35-16). The two will be toeing the line at
middleweight on Aug. 19, and they combine for 41 finishes in their
44 pro victories.
On the 29th season of TUF, Petroski reached the semifinals only to
fall short to eventual victor Bryan
Battle. Since then, the New Jersey native has rattled off four
straight wins in the UFC, including three inside the distance. Most
recently, Petroski topped Wellington
Turman on the scorecards, ending his stretch of three straight
stoppages. Before the Turman fight, Petroski had dispatched fellow
TUF 29 castmate Micheal
Gillmore, Yaozong Hu
and Nick
Maximov in the span of less than nine months.
Meerschaert has struggled as of late, dropping two of his last
three since 2022. His submission of Bruno Silva
is bookended by a decision defeat to Krzysztof
Jotko and an April knockout loss to Joseph
Pyfer. As a UFC fighter, “GM3” has procured all 10 of his
victories by finish, putting away the likes of the aforementioned
Silva, Trevin
Giles, Makhmud
Muradov and Deron Winn.
It has not been all positive for the Kill Cliff FC export, who has
suffered five stoppage losses along the way against foes like
Thiago
Santos and Jack
Hermansson.
UFC 292 will take place at the TD Garden in Boston on Aug. 19, with
a pair of championships bolstering the pay-per-view lineup. The
main attraction comes at bantamweight, when Aljamain
Sterling defends his throne against the surging Sean
O’Malley. The co-headliner sees Weili Zhang
attempt to make the first defense of her reclaimed strawweight
title against Amanda
Lemos. The only other match on the books thus far is a
bantamweight banger pitting Cody
Garbrandt against Mario
Bautista.