Brundage vs Oleksiejczuk

Who won Brundage vs Oleksiejczuk?

Michal Oleksiejczuk beat Cody Brundage by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 17th December 2022 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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).

Brundage vs Oleksiejczuk stats

Cody Brundage stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Michal Oleksiejczuk made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Cody Brundage's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Cody Brundage's UFC record stood at 4-5-0, while Michal Oleksiejczuk's came in at 7-5-0.

The stats suggested Oleksiejczuk had a large advantage in power over Brundage, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Brundage's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brundage had a massive advantage over Oleksiejczuk, boasting a 38% submission rate over Oleksiejczuk's 6%.

Cody Brundage was the same age as Michal Oleksiejczuk, at 29 years old.

Brundage had a height advantage of 1 inch over Oleksiejczuk. Despite this, Oleksiejczuk had 2-inch reach advantage.

Brundage was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 5 years and 3 months later than Oleksiejczuk, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 29 to Oleksiejczuk's 44.

Brundage vs Oleksiejczuk form

Oleksiejczuk had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Sam Alvey at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Dustin Jacoby at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Shamil Gamzatov at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

Before that, he had defeated Modestas Bukauskas at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been beaten by Jimmy Crute at UFC on ESPN+ 26 on 22nd February 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Activity check

Brundage's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Oleksiejczuk's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Brundage vs Oleksiejczuk?

Cody Brundage was a 9/4 (+230) underdog going into the contest, while Michal Oleksiejczuk made his way into the ring at 9/25 (-280) with oddsmakers.