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Ilir Latifi vs.
Aleksei Oleinik

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

9-7-0 Ilir Latifi · UFC
9-8-0 Aleksei Oleinik · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

9-7-0
UFC record
9-8-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
44
AgeΔ 5.1 yrs
49.1
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
6'2"
73"
ReachΔ 7"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
38.6
Layoff (months)Δ 7.6 mo
46.2
LWWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL
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.

Aleksei Oleinik is a submission threat — 1.95 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Ilir Latifi hunts takedowns — 2.11 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Aleksei Oleinik hunts takedowns — 1.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
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.

Ilir Latifi

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

In the UFC: 6-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.1 wins over .500

Aleksei Oleinik

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

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3062.05/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
3803.29/min · norm 3.36
4362.93/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
4403.80/min · norm 3.19
45.2%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
48.9%norm 47.8%
56.3%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
44.3%norm 52.5%
40.40/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
20.26/15 · norm 0.28

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

Ilir Latifi

Distance 80.9% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 10.8% (norm 10.4%)

Aleksei Oleinik

Distance 79.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 9.3%)

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

Ilir Latifi

Head 80.4% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.7% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 8.0% (norm 9.7%)

Aleksei Oleinik

Head 79.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Latifi L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Oleinik L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 214 / 548 39.1% 41.4% 266 / 620 42.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 34 / 56 60.7% 70.9% 86 / 118 72.9% 70.6%
On the ground 58 / 73 79.5% 72.3% 28 / 39 71.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 205 / 544 37.7% 38.9% 239 / 615 38.9% 38.9%
To the body 56 / 79 70.9% 71.9% 91 / 102 89.2% 76.8%
To the legs 45 / 54 83.3% 81.8% 50 / 60 83.3% 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 (Light 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 Latifi L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Oleinik L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 361 / 887 40.7% 40.4% 248 / 555 44.7% 40.7%
In the clinch 47 / 75 62.7% 68.7% 85 / 110 77.3% 70.6%
On the ground 28 / 36 77.8% 70.4% 107 / 125 85.6% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 286 / 765 37.4% 37.5% 347 / 678 51.2% 38.8%
To the body 82 / 149 55.0% 72.3% 67 / 85 78.8% 75.1%
To the legs 68 / 84 81.0% 83.0% 26 / 27 96.3% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

2135.6% acc · 2.11/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
1446.7% acc · 1.82/15 · norm 0.95
7100.0% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
937.5% def · norm 64.3%
44:5030.1% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
35:1230.4% of cage time · norm 17.2%
2:410:16 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
33:554:23 per 15 · norm 2:28
30.30/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
151.95/15 · norm 0.16

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

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