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Michal Oleksiejczuk vs. Marc-Andre Barriault

UFC 10-8-0 (1 NC) vs. 7-10-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
10-8-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
7-10-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
31
AgeΔ 5 yrs
36
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 0"
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
3.8
Layoff (months)Δ 3.7 mo
0.1
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
WLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Michal Oleksiejczuk carries real power — 1.11 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Marc-Andre Barriault absorbs 5.82 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 3.23 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

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 +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6945.73/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
10275.69/min · norm 3.23
5404.45/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
10515.82/min · norm 3.20
52.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
47.5%norm 47.4%
60.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
49.2%norm 53.8%
91.11/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
50.42/15 · norm 0.32

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

Michal Oleksiejczuk

Distance 85.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 12.2% (norm 10.0%)

Marc-Andre Barriault

Distance 75.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 18.5% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 6.2% (norm 10.0%)

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%)

Marc-Andre Barriault

Head 83.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 12.0% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 4.6% (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 Barriault L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 565 / 1125 50.2% 40.5% 652 / 1629 40.0% 40.5%
In the clinch 25 / 30 83.3% 70.6% 278 / 399 69.7% 70.6%
On the ground 104 / 160 65.0% 69.4% 97 / 133 72.9% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 462 / 1035 44.6% 38.8% 749 / 1803 41.5% 38.8%
To the body 197 / 240 82.1% 71.6% 196 / 259 75.7% 71.6%
To the legs 35 / 40 87.5% 83.3% 82 / 99 82.8% 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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Barriault L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 451 / 1213 37.2% 39.5% 779 / 1708 45.6% 39.5%
In the clinch 77 / 125 61.6% 70.4% 233 / 312 74.7% 70.4%
On the ground 12 / 13 too few to rate 69.0% 39 / 50 78.0% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 342 / 1066 32.1% 37.9% 659 / 1588 41.5% 37.9%
To the body 156 / 233 67.0% 71.3% 293 / 370 79.2% 71.3%
To the legs 42 / 52 80.8% 82.1% 99 / 112 88.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
842.1% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
428.6% acc · 0.33/15 · norm 1.35
1852.9% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
4968.1% def · norm 63.3%
11:309.5% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
18:3910.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
12:571:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
39:333:17 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.08/15 · 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.