Michal Oleksiejczuk vs. Shamil Gamzatov
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Michal Oleksiejczuk
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 10 | 8 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 2 |
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
Shamil Gamzatov
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.96 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 19 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Shamil Gamzatov
Distance 99.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 1.0% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.6%)
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%)
Shamil Gamzatov
Head 50.7% (norm 78.5%) · Body 24.4% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 24.9% (norm 9.7%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Oleksiejczuk L/A | Acc | Middleweight med | Gamzatov L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 565 / 1125 | 50.2% | 40.5% | 98 / 203 | 48.3% | 41.5% |
| In the clinch | 25 / 30 | 83.3% | 70.6% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| On the ground | 104 / 160 | 65.0% | 69.4% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.9% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 462 / 1035 | 44.6% | 38.8% | 26 / 104 | 25.0% | 39.2% |
| To the body | 197 / 240 | 82.1% | 71.6% | 36 / 50 | 72.0% | 72.0% |
| To the legs | 35 / 40 | 87.5% | 83.3% | 37 / 51 | 72.5% | 82.1% |
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 · Light Heavyweight: 94 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/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med | vs Gamzatov L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 451 / 1213 | 37.2% | 39.5% | 60 / 124 | 48.4% | 40.6% |
| In the clinch | 77 / 125 | 61.6% | 70.4% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 12 / 13 | too few to rate | 69.0% | 3 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 342 / 1066 | 32.1% | 37.9% | 38 / 96 | 39.6% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 156 / 233 | 67.0% | 71.3% | 12 / 22 | too few to rate | 72.9% |
| To the legs | 42 / 52 | 80.8% | 82.1% | 14 / 15 | too few to rate | 83.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Oleksiejczuk has more cage time on record.