Oleksiejczuk vs Gamzatov

Who won Oleksiejczuk vs Gamzatov?

Michal Oleksiejczuk beat Shamil Gamzatov by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 267, on Saturday 30th October 2021.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Oleksiejczuk vs Gamzatov stats

Michal Oleksiejczuk stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Shamil Gamzatov made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 14 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Michal Oleksiejczuk's 16th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Michal Oleksiejczuk's UFC record stood at 8-7-0, while Shamil Gamzatov's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Oleksiejczuk had a massive power advantage over Gamzatov, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Gamzatov's 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gamzatov had a large advantage over Oleksiejczuk, boasting a 36% submission rate over Oleksiejczuk's 7%.

Michal Oleksiejczuk was the younger man by 4 years, at 30 years old.

Gamzatov had a height advantage of 2 inches over Oleksiejczuk. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Oleksiejczuk was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 11 months later than Gamzatov, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 49 to Gamzatov's 26.

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Oleksiejczuk's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Gamzatov's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 4 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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