Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk

Who won Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk?

Michel Pereira beat Michal Oleksiejczuk by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 299, on Saturday 9th March 2024 at Kaseya Center in Miami.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk stats

Michel Pereira stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Michal Oleksiejczuk made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Michel Pereira's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Michal Oleksiejczuk marked his 16th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Michel Pereira's UFC record stood at 9-4-0, while Michal Oleksiejczuk's came in at 8-7-0.

The stats suggested Oleksiejczuk had a massive power advantage over Pereira, boasting a 74% knock out percentage over Pereira's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pereira had an advantage over Oleksiejczuk, with a 24% submission rate over Oleksiejczuk's 5%.

Michel Pereira was the older man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Pereira had a height advantage of 1 inch over Oleksiejczuk. Despite this, Oleksiejczuk had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Pereira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years earlier than Oleksiejczuk, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 56 more professional rounds, 105 to Oleksiejczuk's 49.

Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk form

Pereira had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Andre Petroski at UFC Fight Night – Yusuff vs Barboza on 14th October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Andre Fialho at UFC 270 on 22nd January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Before that, he was victorious against Niko Price at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Khaos Williams at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Pereira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pereira vs Oleksiejczuk?

Michel Pereira was a 67/100 (-150) favourite going into the contest, while Michal Oleksiejczuk made his way into the ring at 5/4 (+130) with oddsmakers.