Preux vs Oleksiejczuk

Who won Preux vs Oleksiejczuk?

Ovince St. Preux beat Michal Oleksiejczuk by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 18, on Saturday 28th September 2019 at Royal Arena in Copenhagen.

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).

Preux vs Oleksiejczuk stats

Ovince St. Preux stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 13 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 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Michal Oleksiejczuk marked his 15th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Ovince St. Preux's UFC record stood at 15-12-0, while Michal Oleksiejczuk's came in at 7-7-0.

The stats suggested Oleksiejczuk had a large advantage in power over St. Preux, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over St. Preux's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested St. Preux had a large advantage over Oleksiejczuk, boasting a 30% submission rate over Oleksiejczuk's 7%.

Ovince St. Preux was the older man by 12 years, at 41 years old.

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

St. Preux was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 5 years and 3 months earlier than Oleksiejczuk, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 46 more professional rounds, 94 to Oleksiejczuk's 48.

Preux vs Oleksiejczuk form

Ovince St. Preux had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Nikita Krylov at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Dominick Reyes at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Tyson Pedro at UFC Fight Night 132 on 23rd June 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had been defeated by Ilir Latifi at UFC on FOX 28 on 24th February 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

He had beaten Yushin Okami at UFC Fight Night 117 on 22nd September 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Activity check

St. Preux's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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