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Joaquin Buckley
Joaquin Buckley
18-6 · USA
VS
Nursulton Ruziboev
Nursulton Ruziboev
36-8-2 · UZB
May 11, 2024 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.3lb
Joaquin Buckley def. Nursulton Ruziboev by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Buckley8/232/201:16
Ruziboev7/220/000:00
R2
Buckley14/272/201:42
Ruziboev8/210/000:00
R3
Buckley64/1060/012:32
Ruziboev16/290/000:34
Total
Buckley86/1564/415:30
Ruziboev31/720/000:34

Scorecards

Buckley vs Ruziboev

RdChris LeeHenry GuearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-99-109.6-9.4
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-810-910-810-8.3
Total30-2630-2729-2729.5-26.8

Media (17 cards) · avg 29.926.6 · 17 Buckley · 0 Ruziboev

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Buckley-Ruziboev.

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
BuckleyWin probabilityRuziboev
58.6%41.4%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
10%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.3 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 Buckley, blue toward Ruziboev. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Buckley59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%28%33%
Submission1%1%4%
Decision42%71%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1859)act 86
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 4
Ruziboev41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%25%20%
Submission9%23%15%
Decision22%52%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1756)act 31
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 0
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R213%
R33%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Buckley
51.2%-107
Ruziboev
+10747.7%
Most takedownstie 41.8%
Buckley
23.3%+150
Ruziboev
-15034.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Buckley
Expected: 43.8
44
Over 44
39.0%
+153
Exactly 44
1.1%
push
Under 44
59.9%
-153
055110
Ruziboev
Expected: 41.3
41.5
Over 41.5
39.5%
+153
Under 41.5
60.5%
-153
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Buckley
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.4%
+209
Under 0.5
67.6%
-209
035
Ruziboev
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.6%
+129
Under 0.5
56.4%
-129
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 11.3 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
Buckley58.6%54.9%+3.7-134
Ruziboev41.4%45.1%−3.7+112
By method
Buckley by KO/TKO15.6%33.5%−17.9+148
Buckley by submission6.0%3.8%+2.2+2076
Buckley by decision36.9%16.6%+20.3+400
Ruziboev by KO/TKO11.0%20.1%−9.1+313
Ruziboev by submission4.3%15.3%−11.0+443
Ruziboev by decision26.1%10.6%+15.5+681
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds78.8%56.2%+22.6-150
Over 2.5 rds65.8%35.6%+30.2+162
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision63.1%29.8%+33.3+214

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
63.7Striking79.8
Ruziboev +16.1
42.9Grappling41.4
Buckley +1.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BuckleyRuziboev
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1595
Pound-for-pound
1583
1583
Divisional
1553
1535
Striking offense
1514
1508
Striking defense
1511
1486
Grappling offense
1506
1537
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
30 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'5"
76"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.06
Strikes landed / min
3.93
34%
Strike accuracy
44%
3.26
Strikes absorbed / min
0.87
58%
Strike defense
81%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.40
Takedowns / 15 min
3.27
37%
Takedown accuracy
100%
69%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+3
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
75%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
42
Days since last fight
42
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joaquin Buckley
  • WVicente LuqueKO/TKO R2
    Close +10842d before
  • WAlex MoronoU-DEC R3
    Close -1797mo before
  • WAndre FialhoKO/TKO R2
    Close -2251y before
  • LChris CurtisKO/TKO R2
    Close -1741y 5mo before
  • LNassourdine ImavovU-DEC R3
    Close +2061y 8mo before
Nursulton Ruziboev
  • WSedriques DumasKO/TKO R1
    Close -26442d before
  • WBrunno FerreiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +18810mo before
Buckley — win / loss by method
Record: 18-6-0

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
13 wins, 4 losses
W
72% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (30%)Decision(50%) 1
Ruziboev — win / loss by method
Record: 36-8-2, 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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
39% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
20 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 6 losses
W
6% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
34win8loss2draw2NC
WinsLosses
12 (35%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
20 (59%)Submission(13%) 1
2 (6%)Decision(75%) 6

Profiles

Experience
Buckley
Ruziboev
12
UFC fights
2
117.9 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
4.6 min · 2.3 avg
11y 10m
Career length
11y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Buckley
Ruziboev
184W–56L · 76.7%
Overall
19W–1L · 95.0%
115W–34L · 77.2%
Wins
19W–1L · 95.0%
69W–22L · 75.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Buckley
Ruziboev
74W–24L · 75.5%
Overall
290W–160L · 64.4%
61W–24L · 71.8%
Wins
226W–134L · 62.8%
13W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
64W–26L · 71.1%
Distance striking
Buckley
Ruziboev
4.21
Landed / min
3.11
31.0%
Accuracy
46.7%
61.4%
Defense
81.0%
0.89
Knockdowns / 15 min
3.27
78.6%
Time at distance
98.2%
Grappling & control
Buckley
Ruziboev
1.40
Takedowns / 15 min
3.27
36.7%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
69.2%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
50.8%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Buckley
  • Head56%(266)div 63%
  • Body32%(152)div 21%
  • Legs13%(61)div 16%
Ruziboev
  • Head89%(16)div 63%
  • Body6%(1)div 21%
  • Legs6%(1)div 16%

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

Joaquin Buckley
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nursulton Ruziboev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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