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Nursulton Ruziboev
Nursulton Ruziboev
37-9-2 · UZB
VS
Dustin Stoltzfus
Dustin Stoltzfus
16-6 · USA
May 17, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Nursulton Ruziboev def. Dustin Stoltzfus by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ruziboev13/271/101:24
Stoltzfus5/130/101:14
R2
Ruziboev11/190/001:55
Stoltzfus2/31/202:13
R3
Ruziboev11/220/100:02
Stoltzfus14/211/201:44
Total
Ruziboev35/681/203:21
Stoltzfus21/372/505:11

Scorecards

Ruziboev vs Stoltzfus

RdEric ColónMichael BellTony WeeksCommunity
R19-109-1010-99.5-9.5
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.5-9.5
Total29-2829-2830-2728.9-28.1

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 11 Ruziboev · 0 Stoltzfus

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

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
RuziboevWin probabilityStoltzfus
62.0%38.0%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
18%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.5 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 Ruziboev, blue toward Stoltzfus. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ruziboev62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%39%
Submission13%22%
Decision24%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 35
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 1
Stoltzfus38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%19%
Submission4%11%
Decision27%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1446)act 21
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 2
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R219%
R37%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Ruziboev
56.4%-133
Stoltzfus
+13342.3%
Most takedownstie 36.0%
Ruziboev
22.8%+181
Stoltzfus
-18141.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ruziboev
Expected: 42.1
42
Over 42
39.3%
+152
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.6%
-152
053106
Stoltzfus
Expected: 33.7
33.5
Over 33.5
40.1%
+150
Under 33.5
59.9%
-150
04385
Takedowns — over/under
Ruziboev
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
34.1%
+193
Under 0.5
65.9%
-193
035
Stoltzfus
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.7%
+147
Exactly 1
19.3%
push
Under 1
48.0%
-147
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 10.5 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
Ruziboev62.0%67.8%−5.8-240
Stoltzfus38.0%32.2%+5.8+198

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
57.6Striking60.6
Stoltzfus +3.0
28.0Grappling55.7
Stoltzfus +27.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RuziboevStoltzfus
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1581
Pound-for-pound
1514
1596
Divisional
1514
1518
Striking offense
1510
1522
Striking defense
1495
1499
Grappling offense
1510
1507
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
31 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'5"
Height
6'0"
76"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.75
Strikes landed / min
3.46
45%
Strike accuracy
44%
3.78
Strikes absorbed / min
3.33
50%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.60
Takedowns / 15 min
2.24
100%
Takedown accuracy
39%
0%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
38%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
75%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
196
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nursulton Ruziboev
  • WEric McConicoKO/TKO R2
    Close -3203mo before
  • LJoaquin BuckleyU-DEC R3
    Close +1131y before
  • WSedriques DumasKO/TKO R1
    Close -2641y 2mo before
  • WBrunno FerreiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +1881y 11mo before
Dustin Stoltzfus
  • WMarc-Andre BarriaultKO/TKO R1
    Close +2206mo before
  • LBrunno FerreiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +23011mo before
  • WPunahele SorianoSUB R2
    Close +2701y 5mo before
  • LAbus MagomedovKO/TKO R1
    Close +2452y 8mo before
  • WDwight GrantU-DEC R3
    Close -1292y 10mo before
Ruziboev — win / loss by method
Record: 37-9-2, 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
15 wins, 1 loss
W
41% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
20 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 7 losses
W
5% of wins
L
78% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
34win8loss2draw2NC
WinsLosses
12 (35%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
20 (59%)Submission(13%) 1
2 (6%)Decision(75%) 6
Stoltzfus — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
33% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
1 (33%)Submission(40%) 2
1 (33%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (15%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (38%)Decision(100%) 1
1 (8%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Ruziboev
Stoltzfus
4
UFC fights
8
25.1 min · 6.3 avg
Octagon time
73.7 min · 9.2 avg
11y 11m
Career length
11y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ruziboev
Stoltzfus
46W–9L · 83.6%
Overall
119W–37L · 76.3%
28W–3L · 90.3%
Wins
36W–16L · 69.2%
18W–6L · 75.0%
Losses
83W–21L · 79.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ruziboev
Stoltzfus
290W–160L · 64.4%
Overall
81W–34L · 70.4%
226W–134L · 62.8%
Wins
79W–33L · 70.5%
64W–26L · 71.1%
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Ruziboev
Stoltzfus
2.78
Landed / min
5.63
42.0%
Accuracy
39.6%
71.4%
Defense
49.6%
1.79
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.41
71.5%
Time at distance
48.0%
Grappling & control
Ruziboev
Stoltzfus
0.60
Takedowns / 15 min
2.24
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
39.3%
0.0%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.02
18.5%
Control share
60.1%
Strike target map
Ruziboev
  • Head70%(48)div 63%
  • Body26%(18)div 20%
  • Legs4%(3)div 17%
Stoltzfus
  • Head57%(145)div 63%
  • Body22%(56)div 20%
  • Legs21%(54)div 17%

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

Nursulton Ruziboev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Dustin Stoltzfus
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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