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Michal Oleksiejczuk vs.
Chidi Njokuani

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
5-5-0 Chidi Njokuani · 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
5-5-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
31.5
AgeΔ 6.1 yrs
37.6
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
74"
ReachΔ 6"
80"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
1.3
Layoff (months)Δ 4.2 mo
5.5
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
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.
Chidi Njokuani rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Chidi Njokuani outworks the Welterweight division — 5.67 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 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

Chidi Njokuani

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 118
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 61
Tier 3 — regional circuit 83

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.89 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 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

6945.73/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
4785.67/min · norm 3.17
5404.45/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
3293.91/min · norm 3.06
52.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
60.0%norm 44.9%
60.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
57.2%norm 55.25%
91.11/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.53/15 · norm 0.38

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%)

Chidi Njokuani

Distance 71.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 21.3% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 7.2% (norm 8.1%)

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%)

Chidi Njokuani

Head 49.9% (norm 78.2%) · Body 34.9% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 15.2% (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 Njokuani L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 565 / 1125 50.2% 40.5% 305 / 570 53.5% 38.6%
In the clinch 25 / 30 83.3% 70.3% 136 / 170 80.0% 67.8%
On the ground 104 / 160 65.0% 69.1% 37 / 57 64.9% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 462 / 1035 44.6% 38.9% 178 / 398 44.7% 37.2%
To the body 197 / 240 82.1% 71.7% 193 / 278 69.4% 70.7%
To the legs 35 / 40 87.5% 83.3% 107 / 121 88.4% 82.9%

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 · Welterweight: 182 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 Njokuani L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 451 / 1213 37.2% 39.5% 246 / 641 38.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 77 / 125 61.6% 70.9% 40 / 51 78.4% 68.9%
On the ground 12 / 13 too few to rate 69.0% 43 / 77 55.8% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 342 / 1066 32.1% 37.9% 204 / 608 33.6% 35.6%
To the body 156 / 233 67.0% 71.3% 69 / 91 75.8% 69.6%
To the legs 42 / 52 80.8% 82.1% 56 / 70 80.0% 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
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.27
1852.9% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
3075.0% def · norm 63.9%
11:309.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
13:0815.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
12:571:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
23:184:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.18/15 · norm 0.45

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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