Cody Brundage vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Vegas 66: Cannonier vs. Strickland is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 17, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Cody Brundage will take on Michal “Hussar” Oleksiejczuk in the Middleweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Vegas 66 card.

In this post, we will break down Cody Brundage vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 29-year-old, Cody Brundage is coming in with a 8-2 record. Brundage will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Tresean Gore at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev in July.

Oleksiejczuk, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Sam Alvey on July 9, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill and holds a 17-5-0 (1 NC) record.

Cody Brundage has an orthodox fighting stance with a 72″ reach. The 29-year-old, Michal Oleksiejczuk is an southpaw fighter with a 74″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Cody Brundage:
→ Brundage’s striking accuracy is 53%.
→ Brundage lands 2.65 significant strikes per minute.
→ Brundage’s takedown accuracy is 30%.
→ Brundage’s takedown average is 1.81 per 15 minutes.
→ Brundage’s takedown defense is 68%.

Brundage comes in with 53% striking accuracy, typically landing about 2.65 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Oleksiejczuk fires at 50% accuracy, landing about 4.95 significant strikes per minute. Cody Brundage also has a 30% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.81 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Oleksiejczuk’s 0.7 takedowns and 50% takedown accuracy.

Michal Oleksiejczuk:
→ Oleksiejczuk’s striking accuracy is 50%.
→ Oleksiejczuk lands 4.95 significant strikes per minute.
→ Oleksiejczuk’s takedown accuracy is 42%.
→ Oleksiejczuk’s takedown average is 0.7 per 15 minutes.
→ Oleksiejczuk’s takedown defense is 50%.

Michal spent on average 7:07 minutes in the Octagon and Cody has an average fight time of 6:14 minutes.

This looks like an interesting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Vegas 66 is live in , who do you think will win, Cody or Michal? Sound off in the comments.

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