Njokuani vs Oleksiejczuk

Who won Njokuani vs Oleksiejczuk?

Michal Oleksiejczuk beat Chidi Njokuani by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie, on Saturday 26th August 2023 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang.

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).

Njokuani vs Oleksiejczuk stats

Chidi Njokuani stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Michal Oleksiejczuk made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Michal Oleksiejczuk marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Chidi Njokuani's UFC record stood at 3-3-0, while Michal Oleksiejczuk's came in at 7-6-0.

The stats suggested Oleksiejczuk had a slight advantage in power over Njokuani, with a 72% knock out percentage over Njokuani's 64%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Oleksiejczuk had a slight advantage over Njokuani, with a 6% submission rate over Njokuani's 5%.

Chidi Njokuani was the older man by 6 years, at 35 years old.

Njokuani had a height advantage of 3 inches over Oleksiejczuk. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Njokuani was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 6 years and 2 months earlier than Oleksiejczuk, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 69 to Oleksiejczuk's 45.

Njokuani vs Oleksiejczuk form

Chidi Njokuani had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Gregory Rodrigues at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Du ko Todorovi at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Marc Andr Barriault at UFC Fight Night on 5th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Cristhian Torres at LFA 91 on 11th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

He had been beaten by Rafael Carvalho at Bellator 224 on 12th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

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Njokuani's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 days. 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 Njokuani vs Oleksiejczuk?

Chidi Njokuani was a 21/20 (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Michal Oleksiejczuk made his way into the ring at 4/5 (-130) with oddsmakers.