Harris vs Oleinik

Who won Harris vs Oleinik?

Walt Harris beat Aleksei Oleinik by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC on ESPN 4, on Saturday 20th July 2019 at AT&T Center in San Antonio.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Harris vs Oleinik stats

Walt Harris stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Aleksei Oleinik made his way to the cage with a record of 57 wins, 12 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 45 by submission.

Walt Harris' UFC record stood at 6-8-0, while Aleksei Oleinik's came in at 9-8-0.

The stats suggested Harris had a massive power advantage over Oleinik, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Oleinik's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Oleinik had a massive advantage over Harris, boasting a 79% submission rate over Harris' 0%.

Walt Harris was the younger man by 6 years, at 42 years old.

Harris had a height advantage of 3 inches over Oleinik. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Harris was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 51 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 14 years and 4 months later than Oleinik, whose first professional fight was in 1996. He had fought 73 less professional rounds, 36 to Oleinik's 109.

Harris vs Oleinik form

Walt Harris had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Marcin Tybura at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkov at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Alistair Overeem at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Before that, he had won against Aleksei Oleinik at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

He had beaten Sergey Spivac at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

Activity check

Harris' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Oleinik's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 4 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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