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Michal Oleksiejczuk vs.
Kevin Holland

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
16-12-0 (1 NC) Kevin Holland · 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
16-12-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
31.5
AgeΔ 2.2 yrs
33.7
6'0"
HeightΔ 3"
6'3"
74"
ReachΔ 7"
81"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
1.3
Layoff (months)Δ 2.5 mo
3.8
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWW
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.
Kevin Holland rarely shoots — 0.83 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 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

Kevin Holland

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1812
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 12
Tier 3 — regional circuit 101

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.09 · 19 tier-1/2 wins · 23 finish wins over 45 documented bouts

In the UFC: 12-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.2 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
12884.18/min · norm 3.25
5404.45/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
10173.30/min · norm 3.20
52.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
50.3%norm 47.4%
60.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.0%norm 53.8%
91.11/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.34/15 · 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%)

Kevin Holland

Distance 82.8% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 9.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 7.9% (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%)

Kevin Holland

Head 70.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 15.8% (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 Holland L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 565 / 1125 50.2% 40.5% 962 / 2122 45.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 25 / 30 83.3% 70.3% 173 / 238 72.7% 70.3%
On the ground 104 / 160 65.0% 69.1% 153 / 203 75.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 462 / 1035 44.6% 38.9% 704 / 1797 39.2% 38.9%
To the body 197 / 240 82.1% 71.7% 242 / 360 67.2% 71.7%
To the legs 35 / 40 87.5% 83.3% 342 / 406 84.2% 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 Holland L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 451 / 1213 37.2% 39.5% 741 / 1548 47.9% 39.5%
In the clinch 77 / 125 61.6% 70.9% 112 / 165 67.9% 70.9%
On the ground 12 / 13 too few to rate 69.0% 164 / 319 51.4% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 342 / 1066 32.1% 37.9% 574 / 1442 39.8% 37.9%
To the body 156 / 233 67.0% 71.3% 250 / 369 67.8% 71.3%
To the legs 42 / 52 80.8% 82.1% 193 / 221 87.3% 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
1739.5% acc · 0.83/15 · norm 1.42
1852.9% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
6757.8% def · norm 63.1%
11:309.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
40:4613.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
12:571:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
100:394:53 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
130.63/15 · norm 0.47

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

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