Junior Albini vs. Aleksei Oleinik

UFC 1-4-0 vs. 9-8-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
1-4-0
UFC record
9-8-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
35
AgeΔ 14 yrs
49
6'3"
HeightΔ 1"
6'2"
74"
ReachΔ 6"
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
85.3
Layoff (months)Δ 39 mo
46.3
LLLLW
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.
Aleksei Oleinik hunts takedowns — 1.82 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Junior Albini absorbs 6.08 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Junior Albini

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 14
Tier 3 — regional circuit 164

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.47 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 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

1163.98/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
3803.29/min · norm 3.36
1776.08/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
4403.80/min · norm 3.19
51.1%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
48.9%norm 47.8%
52.3%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
44.3%norm 52.5%
10.51/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
20.26/15 · norm 0.28

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

Junior Albini

Distance 84.1% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.6% (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)

Junior Albini

Head 74.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 16.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 9.3% (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 Albini L/AAccHeavyweight med Oleinik L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 90 / 191 47.1% 40.1% 266 / 620 42.9% 40.1%
In the clinch 22 / 30 73.3% 70.6% 86 / 118 72.9% 70.6%
On the ground 4 / 6 too few to rate 70.2% 28 / 39 71.8% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 70 / 168 41.7% 38.9% 239 / 615 38.9% 38.9%
To the body 27 / 38 71.1% 76.8% 91 / 102 89.2% 76.8%
To the legs 19 / 21 too few to rate 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 Albini L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Oleinik L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 139 / 316 44.0% 40.7% 248 / 555 44.7% 40.7%
In the clinch 31 / 43 72.1% 70.6% 85 / 110 77.3% 70.6%
On the ground 7 / 12 too few to rate 72.0% 107 / 125 85.6% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 97 / 273 35.5% 38.8% 347 / 678 51.2% 38.8%
To the body 40 / 52 76.9% 75.1% 67 / 85 78.8% 75.1%
To the legs 40 / 46 87.0% 84.4% 26 / 27 96.3% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
337.5% acc · 1.54/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
1446.7% acc · 1.82/15 · norm 0.95
4100.0% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
937.5% def · norm 64.3%
7:2925.7% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
35:1230.4% of cage time · norm 17.2%
2:281:16 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
33:554:23 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · 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 — Oleinik has more cage time on record.