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Matchup deep-dive

Michal Oleksiejczuk vs.
Michel Pereira

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
10-6-0 Michel Pereira · 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
10-6-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
31.5
AgeΔ 1.3 yrs
32.8
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
74"
ReachΔ 1"
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
1.3
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
1.3
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL
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.
Michel Pereira absorbs 4.32 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.20 Middleweight norm — hittable.
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

Michel Pereira

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 106
Tier 3 — regional circuit 229

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.74 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 20 finish wins over 49 documented bouts

In the UFC: 7-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 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
7524.28/min · norm 3.25
5404.45/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
7594.32/min · norm 3.20
52.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
51.4%norm 47.4%
60.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.7%norm 53.8%
91.11/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
40.34/15 · 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%)

Michel Pereira

Distance 88.4% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 4.8% (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%)

Michel Pereira

Head 61.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 31.2% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 6.9% (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 Pereira L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 565 / 1125 50.2% 40.5% 629 / 1294 48.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 25 / 30 83.3% 70.3% 83 / 99 83.8% 70.3%
On the ground 104 / 160 65.0% 69.1% 40 / 70 57.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 462 / 1035 44.6% 38.9% 352 / 905 38.9% 38.9%
To the body 197 / 240 82.1% 71.7% 319 / 457 69.8% 71.7%
To the legs 35 / 40 87.5% 83.3% 81 / 101 80.2% 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 Pereira L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 451 / 1213 37.2% 39.5% 557 / 1273 43.8% 39.5%
In the clinch 77 / 125 61.6% 70.9% 62 / 90 68.9% 70.9%
On the ground 12 / 13 too few to rate 69.0% 140 / 177 79.1% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 342 / 1066 32.1% 37.9% 471 / 1154 40.8% 37.9%
To the body 156 / 233 67.0% 71.3% 155 / 225 68.9% 71.3%
To the legs 42 / 52 80.8% 82.1% 133 / 161 82.6% 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
1352.0% acc · 1.11/15 · norm 1.42
1852.9% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
4175.9% def · norm 63.1%
11:309.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
15:428.9% of cage time · norm 19.75%
12:571:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
28:232:25 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
70.60/15 · 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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