Oleksiejczuk vs Villante

Who won Oleksiejczuk vs Villante?

Michal Oleksiejczuk beat Gian Villante by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 3, on Saturday 23rd February 2019 at O2 Arena in Prague.

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 Villante stats

Michal Oleksiejczuk stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Gian Villante made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 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 Gian Villante's came in at 7-11-0.

The stats suggested Oleksiejczuk had a slight advantage in power over Villante, with a 67% knock out percentage over Villante's 59%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Villante had a slight advantage over Oleksiejczuk, with a 12% submission rate over Oleksiejczuk's 8%.

Michal Oleksiejczuk was the younger man by 9 years, at 30 years old.

Villante had a height advantage of 3 inches over Oleksiejczuk. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Oleksiejczuk was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 years and 10 months later than Villante, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 17 less professional rounds, 49 to Villante's 66.

Oleksiejczuk vs Villante form

Michal Oleksiejczuk had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Michel Pereira at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Chidi Njokuani at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie on 26th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Caio Borralho at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Cody Brundage at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland on 17th December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Sam Alvey at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Oleksiejczuk's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

Villante's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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