Cody Brundage vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk

UFC 6-8-1 (1 NC) vs. 10-8-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
6-8-1 (1 NC)
UFC record
10-8-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
32
AgeΔ 1 yrs
31
6'0"
HeightΔ 0"
6'0"
72"
ReachΔ 2"
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
2.8
Layoff (months)Δ 1.4 mo
1.4
WLLLD
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL

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.
Michal Oleksiejczuk outworks the Middleweight division — 5.73 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Cody Brundage carries real power — 0.49 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Cody Brundage

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 69
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 50

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.71 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 23 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.6 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2942.39/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
6945.73/min · norm 3.25
3542.88/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
5404.45/min · norm 3.20
49.8%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
52.8%norm 47.4%
51.8%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
60.0%norm 53.8%
40.49/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
91.11/15 · norm 0.32

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

Cody Brundage

Distance 77.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 7.5% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 15.1% (norm 10.3%)

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)

Cody Brundage

Head 84.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 6.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 8.5% (norm 8.4%)

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 Brundage L/AAccMiddleweight med Oleksiejczuk L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 197 / 457 43.1% 40.5% 565 / 1125 50.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 28 / 44 63.6% 70.3% 25 / 30 83.3% 70.3%
On the ground 69 / 89 77.5% 69.1% 104 / 160 65.0% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 227 / 501 45.3% 38.9% 462 / 1035 44.6% 38.9%
To the body 25 / 39 64.1% 71.7% 197 / 240 82.1% 71.7%
To the legs 42 / 50 84.0% 83.3% 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 (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 Brundage L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Oleksiejczuk L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 162 / 428 37.9% 39.5% 451 / 1213 37.2% 39.5%
In the clinch 55 / 87 63.2% 70.9% 77 / 125 61.6% 70.9%
On the ground 137 / 219 62.6% 69.0% 12 / 13 too few to rate 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 278 / 616 45.1% 37.9% 342 / 1066 32.1% 37.9%
To the body 39 / 74 52.7% 71.3% 156 / 233 67.0% 71.3%
To the legs 37 / 44 84.1% 82.1% 42 / 52 80.8% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1442.4% acc · 1.71/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
842.1% acc · 0.99/15 · norm 1.42
2266.7% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
1852.9% def · norm 63.1%
22:0718.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
11:309.5% of cage time · norm 19.75%
50:446:11 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
12:571:36 per 15 · norm 3:00
40.49/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · 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.