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Gian Villante vs.
Michal Oleksiejczuk

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

7-11-0 Gian Villante · UFC
10-8-0 (1 NC) Michal Oleksiejczuk · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

7-11-0
UFC record
10-8-0 (1 NC)
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
41
AgeΔ 9.5 yrs
31.5
6'3"
HeightΔ 3"
6'0"
76"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
57
Layoff (months)Δ 55.7 mo
1.3
LLLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Michal Oleksiejczuk carries real power — 1.11 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Michal Oleksiejczuk outworks the Middleweight division — 5.73 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Gian Villante absorbs 5.84 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.35 Light Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Gian Villante

Full career not yet synced for Gian Villante — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 3-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Michal Oleksiejczuk

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 108
Tier 3 — regional circuit 112

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.9 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-8 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

9234.59/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
6945.73/min · norm 3.25
11745.84/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
5404.45/min · norm 3.20
43.8%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
52.8%norm 47.4%
52.9%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
60.0%norm 53.8%
40.30/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
91.11/15 · norm 0.32

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

Gian Villante

Distance 93.3% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 3.5% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 10.4%)

Michal Oleksiejczuk

Distance 85.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.2% (norm 10.3%)

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

Gian Villante

Head 79.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 9.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 10.3% (norm 9.7%)

Michal Oleksiejczuk

Head 78.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Villante L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Oleksiejczuk L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 819 / 1968 41.6% 41.4% 565 / 1125 50.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 52 / 73 71.2% 70.9% 25 / 30 83.3% 70.3%
On the ground 52 / 68 76.5% 72.3% 104 / 160 65.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 601 / 1686 35.6% 38.9% 462 / 1035 44.6% 38.9%
To the body 134 / 205 65.4% 71.9% 197 / 240 82.1% 71.7%
To the legs 188 / 218 86.2% 81.8% 35 / 40 87.5% 83.3%

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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Villante L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Oleksiejczuk L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1095 / 2365 46.3% 40.4% 451 / 1213 37.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 65 / 100 65.0% 68.7% 77 / 125 61.6% 70.9%
On the ground 14 / 30 46.7% 70.4% 12 / 13 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 824 / 2038 40.4% 37.5% 342 / 1066 32.1% 37.9%
To the body 181 / 265 68.3% 72.3% 156 / 233 67.0% 71.3%
To the legs 169 / 192 88.0% 83.0% 42 / 52 80.8% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

522.7% acc · 0.37/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
842.1% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 1.42
3585.4% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
1852.9% def · norm 63.1%
11:395.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
11:309.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
13:521:02 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
12:571:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.47

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

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