Fabricio Werdum vs. Aleksei Oleinik

UFC 12-6-0 vs. 9-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
12-6-0
UFC record
9-8-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
49
AgeΔ 0 yrs
49
6'4"
HeightΔ 2"
6'2"
77"
ReachΔ 3"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
72.4
Layoff (months)Δ 26.2 mo
46.2
WLLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Aleksei Oleinik is a submission threat — 1.95 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Fabricio Werdum is a submission threat — 0.47 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Aleksei Oleinik hunts takedowns — 1.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Fabricio Werdum

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 126
Tier 3 — regional circuit 123

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.12 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 35 documented bouts

In the UFC: 11-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.4 wins over .500

Aleksei Oleinik

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 109
Tier 3 — regional circuit 299

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.73 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 36 finish wins over 58 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-7 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

8904.60/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
3803.29/min · norm 3.36
6283.25/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
4403.80/min · norm 3.19
56.4%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
48.9%norm 47.8%
54.9%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
44.3%norm 52.5%
40.31/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
20.26/15 · norm 0.28

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

Fabricio Werdum

Distance 79.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.8% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 10.4% (norm 9.3%)

Aleksei Oleinik

Distance 79.8% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 5.0% (norm 9.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Fabricio Werdum

Head 75.9% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 10.4% (norm 7.6%)

Aleksei Oleinik

Head 79.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 13.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 7.7% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Werdum L/AAccHeavyweight med Oleinik L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 673 / 1260 53.4% 40.1% 266 / 620 42.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 112 / 155 72.3% 70.6% 86 / 118 72.9% 70.6%
On the ground 105 / 164 64.0% 70.2% 28 / 39 71.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 568 / 1199 47.4% 38.9% 239 / 615 38.9% 38.9%
To the body 169 / 215 78.6% 76.8% 91 / 102 89.2% 76.8%
To the legs 153 / 165 92.7% 87.8% 50 / 60 83.3% 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Werdum L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Oleinik L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 482 / 1199 40.2% 40.7% 248 / 555 44.7% 40.7%
In the clinch 97 / 140 69.3% 70.6% 85 / 110 77.3% 70.6%
On the ground 49 / 55 89.1% 72.0% 107 / 125 85.6% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 417 / 1107 37.7% 38.8% 347 / 678 51.2% 38.8%
To the body 82 / 115 71.3% 75.1% 67 / 85 78.8% 75.1%
To the legs 129 / 172 75.0% 84.4% 26 / 27 96.3% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1628.6% acc · 1.24/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
1446.7% acc · 1.82/15 · norm 0.95
426.7% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
937.5% def · norm 64.3%
36:0418.6% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
35:1230.4% of cage time · norm 17.2%
21:431:41 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
33:554:23 per 15 · norm 2:28
60.47/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
151.95/15 · norm 0.16

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Werdum has more cage time on record.