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UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2
Mauricio Ruffy
Mauricio Ruffy
12-2 · BRA
VS
Rafael Fiziev
Rafael Fiziev
13-4 · KAZ
January 31, 2026 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.3lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Mauricio Ruffy def. Rafael Fiziev by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 4:30
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ruffy18/280/000:25
Fiziev16/330/000:00
R2 · 4:30
Ruffy37/600/010:20
Fiziev20/330/100:00
Total
Ruffy55/880/010:45
Fiziev36/660/100:00

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
RuffyWin probabilityFiziev
51.0%49.0%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
7%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 12.3 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 Ruffy, blue toward Fiziev. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ruffy51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%29%22%
Submission3%6%4%
Decision33%65%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (2479)act 55
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Fiziev49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%19%16%
Submission4%9%4%
Decision35%72%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (2272)act 36
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 0
Combined totals~111 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R211%
R37%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Ruffy
52.5%-113
Fiziev
+11346.6%
Most takedownstie 41.3%
Ruffy
16.9%+247
Fiziev
-24741.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ruffy
Expected: 58.2
58
Over 58
39.5%
+151
Exactly 58
0.8%
push
Under 58
59.6%
-151
073146
Fiziev
Expected: 52.9
53
Over 53
39.2%
+153
Exactly 53
0.9%
push
Under 53
59.9%
-153
067133
Takedowns — over/under
Ruffy
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
25.5%
+292
Under 0.5
74.5%
-292
035
Fiziev
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.8%
+166
Exactly 1
18.2%
push
Under 1
51.0%
-166
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 12.3 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
Ruffy51.0%46.9%+4.1+103
Fiziev49.0%53.1%−4.1-125
By method
Ruffy by KO/TKO12.4%22.3%−9.9+281
Ruffy by submission3.7%4.3%−0.6+1894
Ruffy by decision34.9%22.2%+12.7+283
Fiziev by KO/TKO11.9%16.0%−4.1+431
Fiziev by submission3.6%3.8%−0.2+2124
Fiziev by decision33.6%31.4%+2.2+171
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds85.8%72.0%+13.8-340
Over 2.5 rds75.3%59.9%+15.4-179
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision68.4%55.5%+12.9-145

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
67.8Striking64.9
Ruffy +3.0
22.6Grappling54.4
Fiziev +31.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RuffyFiziev
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1557
Pound-for-pound
1584
1545
Divisional
1581
1508
Striking offense
1513
1511
Striking defense
1493
1498
Grappling offense
1482
1500
Grappling defense
1557
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
75"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.39
Strikes landed / min
4.77
56%
Strike accuracy
52%
4.20
Strikes absorbed / min
4.77
62%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.89
0%
Takedown accuracy
73%
81%
Takedown defense
90%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
64%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
75%
Last-5 win rate
40%
67%
Finish rate
43%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mauricio Ruffy
  • LBenoit Saint DenisSUB R2
    Close -1795mo before
  • WKing GreenKO/TKO R1
    Close -51011mo before
  • WJames LlontopU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -9751y 2mo before
  • WJamie MullarkeyKO/TKO R1
    Close -2601y 9mo before
Rafael Fiziev
  • WIgnacio BahamondesU-DEC R3
    Close +1177mo before
  • LJustin GaethjeU-DEC R3
    Close -15411mo before
  • LMateusz GamrotKO/TKO R2
    Close -1432y 4mo before
  • LJustin GaethjeM-DEC R3
    Close -2452y 10mo before
  • WRafael Dos AnjosKO/TKO R5
    Close -2133y 7mo before
Ruffy — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
92% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Fiziev — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
62% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Ruffy
Fiziev
4
UFC fights
11
29.8 min · 7.4 avg
Octagon time
135.2 min · 12.3 avg
9y 10m
Career length
11y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ruffy
Fiziev
78W–30L · 72.2%
Overall
209W–55L · 79.2%
64W–27L · 70.3%
Wins
126W–41L · 75.4%
14W–3L · 82.4%
Losses
83W–14L · 85.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ruffy
Fiziev
75W–25L · 75.0%
Overall
22W–18L · 55.0%
72W–25L · 74.2%
Wins
22W–18L · 55.0%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Ruffy
Fiziev
4.03
Landed / min
5.40
53.7%
Accuracy
50.1%
65.3%
Defense
53.4%
1.51
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
73.3%
Time at distance
77.0%
Grappling & control
Ruffy
Fiziev
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.89
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
72.7%
81.3%
Takedown defense
90.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
13.7%
Control share
45.4%
Strike target map
Ruffy
  • Head81%(82)div 63%
  • Body7%(7)div 21%
  • Legs12%(12)div 16%
Fiziev
  • Head44%(283)div 63%
  • Body40%(259)div 21%
  • Legs16%(103)div 16%

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

Mauricio Ruffy
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rafael Fiziev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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