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Curtis Blaydes vs. Daniel Omielanczuk

UFC 15-6-0 (1 NC) vs. 4-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
15-6-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-5-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
35
AgeΔ 9 yrs
44
6'4"
HeightΔ 4"
6'0"
80"
ReachΔ 6"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 110.2 mo
111.4
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Curtis Blaydes hunts takedowns — 5.04 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.
Curtis Blaydes owns the mat — in control 44% of cage time, vs a 17% Heavyweight norm.
Daniel Omielanczuk rarely shoots — 0.56 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Curtis Blaydes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 145
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.53 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.7 wins over .500

Daniel Omielanczuk

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 3 — regional circuit 208

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.46 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 39 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8333.99/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
3323.09/min · norm 3.28
5622.70/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3533.29/min · norm 3.19
51.2%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
57.3%norm 47.5%
55.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
47.5%norm 52.5%
20.14/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
20.28/15 · norm 0.29

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Curtis Blaydes

Distance 70.5% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 10.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 18.6% (norm 9.3%)

Daniel Omielanczuk

Distance 71.2% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 22.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 6.0% (norm 9.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Curtis Blaydes

Head 83.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 6.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 7.6%)

Daniel Omielanczuk

Head 66.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 19.9% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 13.3% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Blaydes L/AAccHeavyweight med Omielanczuk L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 444 / 1146 38.7% 40.1% 196 / 412 47.6% 40.1%
In the clinch 145 / 177 81.9% 70.4% 107 / 132 81.1% 70.4%
On the ground 244 / 303 80.5% 70.2% 29 / 35 82.9% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 590 / 1349 43.7% 39.0% 169 / 387 43.7% 39.0%
To the body 93 / 108 86.1% 77.0% 93 / 115 80.9% 77.0%
To the legs 150 / 169 88.8% 87.8% 70 / 77 90.9% 87.8%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Blaydes L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Omielanczuk L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 455 / 1116 40.8% 40.7% 126 / 395 31.9% 40.7%
In the clinch 82 / 108 75.9% 70.6% 128 / 160 80.0% 70.6%
On the ground 25 / 30 83.3% 72.2% 99 / 118 83.9% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 461 / 1124 41.0% 39.3% 167 / 451 37.0% 39.3%
To the body 64 / 87 73.6% 75.1% 141 / 166 84.9% 75.1%
To the legs 37 / 43 86.0% 84.4% 45 / 56 80.4% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
7047.3% acc · 5.04/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
426.7% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 0.90
735.0% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
2868.3% def · norm 63.2%
91:2043.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
12:2411.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
8:550:38 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
58:348:11 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
10.14/15 · norm 0.16

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Blaydes has more cage time on record.