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UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2
Michel Pereira
Michel Pereira
29-11 · BRA
VS
March 9, 2024 · Miami, Florida, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Michel Pereira def. Michal Oleksiejczuk by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 1:01
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:01
Pereira11/150/000:18
Oleksiejczuk1/40/000:00
Total
Pereira11/150/000:18
Oleksiejczuk1/40/000:00

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
PereiraWin probabilityOleksiejczuk
69.4%30.6%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
8%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Pereira, blue toward Oleksiejczuk. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pereira69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%28%21%
Submission7%10%14%
Decision42%62%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (2273)act 11
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.0)act 0
Oleksiejczuk31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%50%25%
Submission1%3%4%
Decision14%47%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2170)act 1
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~105 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R218%
R35%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Pereira
50.7%-105
Oleksiejczuk
+10548.4%
Most takedownstie 39.4%
Pereira
42.4%-233
Oleksiejczuk
+23318.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pereira
Expected: 53.4
53.5
Over 53.5
39.7%
+152
Under 53.5
60.3%
-152
067134
Oleksiejczuk
Expected: 51.3
51.5
Over 51.5
39.5%
+153
Under 51.5
60.5%
-153
065129
Takedowns — over/under
Pereira
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
31.1%
+159
Exactly 1
19.6%
push
Under 1
49.3%
-159
035
Oleksiejczuk
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.1%
+256
Under 0.5
71.9%
-256
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 11.0 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Pereira69.4%58.0%+11.4-155
Oleksiejczuk30.6%42.0%−11.4+128
By method
Pereira by KO/TKO24.2%21.4%+2.8+290
Pereira by submission5.7%14.1%−8.4+491
Pereira by decision39.5%21.7%+17.8+285
Oleksiejczuk by KO/TKO10.7%24.5%−13.8+241
Oleksiejczuk by submission2.5%3.6%−1.1+2230
Oleksiejczuk by decision17.4%14.6%+2.8+472
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds80.0%60.4%+19.6-182
Over 2.5 rds62.1%43.3%+18.8+115
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision56.9%38.1%+18.8+145

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
73.8Striking72.3
Pereira +1.5
64.9Grappling37.4
Pereira +27.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PereiraOleksiejczuk
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1606
Pound-for-pound
1572
1538
Divisional
1560
1515
Striking offense
1540
1524
Striking defense
1494
1499
Grappling offense
1494
1538
Grappling defense
1523
Physical
30 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.09
Strikes landed / min
5.12
54%
Strike accuracy
51%
3.74
Strikes absorbed / min
4.17
58%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.76
55%
Takedown accuracy
44%
94%
Takedown defense
48%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
58%
+6
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
43%
Finish rate
86%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
196
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michel Pereira
  • WAndre PetroskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -1995mo before
  • WSantiago PonzinibbioS-DEC R3
    Close -1481y 10mo before
  • WAndre FialhoU-DEC R3
    Close -2922y 2mo before
  • WNiko PriceU-DEC R3
    Close -1902y 8mo before
  • WKhaos WilliamsU-DEC R3
    Close +1053y 3mo before
Michal Oleksiejczuk
  • WChidi NjokuaniKO/TKO R1
    Close -1266mo before
  • LCaio BorralhoSUB R2
    Close +28810mo before
  • WCody BrundageKO/TKO R1
    Close -2671y 3mo before
  • WSam AlveyKO/TKO R1
    Close -6851y 7mo before
  • LDustin JacobyU-DEC R3
    Close +1632y before
Pereira — win / loss by method
Record: 29-11-0, 2 NC

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
11 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
9% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 8 losses
W
38% of wins
L
73% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
9% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(50%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1
Non-UFC
22win9loss0draw2NC
WinsLosses
9 (41%)KO/TKO(11%) 1
6 (27%)Submission(11%) 1
7 (32%)Decision(78%) 7
Oleksiejczuk — win / loss by method
Record: 19-6-0, 1 NC

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
14 wins, 1 loss
W
74% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
1 win, 4 losses
W
5% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(75%) 3
1 (14%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (8%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Pereira
Oleksiejczuk
9
UFC fights
12
105.7 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
79.3 min · 6.6 avg
14y 7m
Career length
12y 7m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Pereira
Oleksiejczuk
143W–38L · 79.0%
Overall
187W–67L · 73.6%
101W–20L · 83.5%
Wins
125W–46L · 73.1%
42W–18L · 70.0%
Losses
62W–21L · 74.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pereira
Oleksiejczuk
281W–129L · 68.5%
Overall
79W–75L · 51.3%
171W–84L · 67.1%
Wins
73W–70L · 51.0%
110W–45L · 71.0%
Losses
6W–5L · 54.5%
Distance striking
Pereira
Oleksiejczuk
5.63
Landed / min
5.59
51.0%
Accuracy
47.3%
61.6%
Defense
65.3%
0.43
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.32
75.9%
Time at distance
72.0%
Grappling & control
Pereira
Oleksiejczuk
1.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.76
55.0%
Takedown accuracy
44.4%
94.4%
Takedown defense
48.4%
0.57
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
47.8%
Control share
37.7%
Strike target map
Pereira
  • Head48%(258)div 63%
  • Body42%(226)div 20%
  • Legs10%(54)div 17%
Oleksiejczuk
  • Head68%(275)div 63%
  • Body30%(122)div 20%
  • Legs2%(9)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Michel Pereira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Michal Oleksiejczuk
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.