UFC Fight Night 105 results: Gerald Meerschaert submits Ryan Janes with first-round armbar

HALIFAX — Ryan Janes tried to show Gerald Meerschaert he wasn’t afraid of going to the ground with the submission specialist. That came back to bite him.

After getting taken down early, Meerschaert (26-8 MMA, 2-0 UFC) caught Janes (9-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) in an armbar and got a verbal tap just 1:34 into the opening frame.

The middleweight bout opened up the preliminary card of today’s UFC Fight Night 105 event at Scotiabank Centre. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass ahead of additional prelims and a main card on FS1.

Meerschaert, who made a successful octagon debut this past October against Joe Gigliotti, was a little confused afterward as to why Janes wanted to take him to the ground so early. Considering the result, it wasn’t hard to see why.

Janes initially indicated he would stay out of danger by being the aggressor on the feet, putting Meerschaert on his heels with a flurry of early-round punches. But then he pushed for the takedown and settled into a ground attack, working to pass guard and land punches.

Almost at the outset, Meerschaert was trying to set up submissions. A triangle attempt missed, but the armbar was perfectly applied and left Janes no choice but to cry uncle or suffer damage to his elbow.

The Canadian suffers just his second loss as a pro after a win in his UFC debut against Keith Berish.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 105 results include:

• Gerald Meerschaert def. Ryan Janes via submission (armbar) — Round 1, 1:34

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 105, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

(MMAjunkie’s Matt Erickson and Mike Bohn contributed to this report on site in Halifax.)