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Marc-Andre Barriault 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.

6-10-0 (1 NC) Marc-Andre Barriault · 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.

6-10-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
10-8-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
36
AgeΔ 5 yrs
31
6'1"
HeightΔ 1"
6'0"
74"
ReachΔ 0"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
5.9
Layoff (months)Δ 4.6 mo
1.3
LLWLL
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.
Marc-Andre Barriault absorbs 5.94 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
Michal Oleksiejczuk outworks the Middleweight division — 5.73 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 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.

Marc-Andre Barriault

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 610
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 29 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 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

9955.65/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
6945.73/min · norm 3.25
10465.94/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
5404.45/min · norm 3.20
47.0%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
52.8%norm 47.4%
49.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
60.0%norm 53.8%
40.34/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
91.11/15 · norm 0.32

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

Marc-Andre Barriault

Distance 76.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 18.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.4% (norm 10.3%)

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)

Marc-Andre Barriault

Head 83.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.6% (norm 8.4%)

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 Barriault L/AAccMiddleweight med Oleksiejczuk L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 650 / 1625 40.0% 40.5% 565 / 1125 50.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 276 / 397 69.5% 70.3% 25 / 30 83.3% 70.3%
On the ground 69 / 93 74.2% 69.1% 104 / 160 65.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 718 / 1758 40.8% 38.9% 462 / 1035 44.6% 38.9%
To the body 196 / 259 75.7% 71.7% 197 / 240 82.1% 71.7%
To the legs 81 / 98 82.7% 83.3% 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 (Middleweight: 174 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 Barriault L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Oleksiejczuk L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 775 / 1698 45.6% 39.5% 451 / 1213 37.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 232 / 311 74.6% 70.9% 77 / 125 61.6% 70.9%
On the ground 39 / 50 78.0% 69.0% 12 / 13 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 655 / 1578 41.5% 37.9% 342 / 1066 32.1% 37.9%
To the body 293 / 370 79.2% 71.3% 156 / 233 67.0% 71.3%
To the legs 98 / 111 88.3% 82.1% 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.

428.6% acc · 0.34/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
842.1% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 1.42
4768.1% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1852.9% def · norm 63.1%
18:1110.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
11:309.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
36:183:05 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
12:571:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.09/15 · norm 0.47
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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