Shamil Gamzatov vs.
Michal Oleksiejczuk
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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.
Shamil Gamzatov
Full career not yet synced for Shamil Gamzatov — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500
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
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Shamil Gamzatov
Distance 99.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 1.0% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 10.4%)
Michal Oleksiejczuk
Distance 85.6% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.3% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 12.2% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Shamil Gamzatov
Head 50.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 24.4% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 24.9% (norm 9.7%)
Michal Oleksiejczuk
Head 78.7% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.0% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Gamzatov L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Oleksiejczuk L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 98 / 203 | 48.3% | 41.4% | 565 / 1125 | 50.2% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 25 / 30 | 83.3% | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 104 / 160 | 65.0% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 26 / 104 | 25.0% | 38.9% | 462 / 1035 | 44.6% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 36 / 50 | 72.0% | 71.9% | 197 / 240 | 82.1% | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 37 / 51 | 72.5% | 81.8% | 35 / 40 | 87.5% | 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 (Light Heavyweight: 93 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 Gamzatov L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Oleksiejczuk L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 60 / 124 | 48.4% | 40.4% | 451 / 1213 | 37.2% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 77 / 125 | 61.6% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 3 / 8 | too few to rate | 70.4% | 12 / 13 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 38 / 96 | 39.6% | 37.5% | 342 / 1066 | 32.1% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 12 / 22 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 156 / 233 | 67.0% | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 14 / 15 | too few to rate | 83.0% | 42 / 52 | 80.8% | 82.1% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Oleksiejczuk has more cage time on record.