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Michal Oleksiejczuk vs.
Caio Borralho

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

10-8-0 (1 NC) Michal Oleksiejczuk · UFC
8-1-0 Caio Borralho · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

10-8-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
8-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
31.5
AgeΔ 2.1 yrs
33.6
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
1.3
Layoff (months)Δ 3.7 mo
5
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWW
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.
Caio Borralho owns the mat — in control 27% of cage time, vs a 20% Middleweight 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.

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

Caio Borralho

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 101
Tier 3 — regional circuit 81

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.59 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6945.73/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
4593.30/min · norm 3.25
5404.45/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3662.63/min · norm 3.20
52.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
55.1%norm 47.4%
60.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
59.8%norm 53.8%
91.11/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.32/15 · norm 0.32

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

Michal Oleksiejczuk

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

Caio Borralho

Distance 88.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 8.9% (norm 10.3%)

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

Michal Oleksiejczuk

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

Caio Borralho

Head 71.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 17.5% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.0% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Oleksiejczuk L/AAccMiddleweight med Borralho L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 565 / 1125 50.2% 40.5% 378 / 738 51.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 25 / 30 83.3% 70.3% 17 / 21 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 104 / 160 65.0% 69.1% 64 / 74 86.5% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 462 / 1035 44.6% 38.9% 298 / 595 50.1% 38.9%
To the body 197 / 240 82.1% 71.7% 84 / 146 57.5% 71.7%
To the legs 35 / 40 87.5% 83.3% 77 / 92 83.7% 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 Oleksiejczuk L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Borralho L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 451 / 1213 37.2% 39.5% 331 / 861 38.4% 39.5%
In the clinch 77 / 125 61.6% 70.9% 11 / 12 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 12 / 13 too few to rate 69.0% 24 / 38 63.2% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 342 / 1066 32.1% 37.9% 201 / 653 30.8% 37.9%
To the body 156 / 233 67.0% 71.3% 89 / 156 57.1% 71.3%
To the legs 42 / 52 80.8% 82.1% 76 / 102 74.5% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

842.1% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1045.5% acc · 1.08/15 · norm 1.42
1852.9% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1473.7% def · norm 63.1%
11:309.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
37:1826.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
12:571:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
10:231:07 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
40.43/15 · 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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