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Nursulton Ruziboev
Nursulton Ruziboev
36-9-2 · UZB
VS
Eric McConico
Eric McConico
9-2-1 · USA
February 22, 2025 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
184.0lb
Weigh-in
184.0lb
Nursulton Ruziboev def. Eric McConico by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 0:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ruziboev13/240/000:30
McConico4/100/000:00
R2 · 0:33
Ruziboev7/180/020:06
McConico1/30/000:00
Total
Ruziboev20/420/020:36
McConico5/130/000:00

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
RuziboevWin probabilityMcConico
74.2%25.8%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
16%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.5 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 McConico. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ruziboev74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%43%
Submission14%19%
Decision28%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1446)act 20
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 0
McConico26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%32%
Submission2%8%
Decision16%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1240)act 5
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R218%
R36%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Ruziboev
54.0%-121
McConico
+12144.6%
Most takedownstie 39.8%
Ruziboev
28.9%+108
McConico
-10831.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ruziboev
Expected: 34.0
34
Over 34
39.0%
+153
Exactly 34
1.4%
push
Under 34
59.5%
-153
04385
McConico
Expected: 29.3
29.5
Over 29.5
39.4%
+154
Under 29.5
60.6%
-154
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Ruziboev
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
38.9%
+157
Under 0.5
61.1%
-157
035
McConico
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
41.6%
+141
Under 0.5
58.4%
-141
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 9.5 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
Ruziboev74.2%73.3%+0.9-320
McConico25.8%26.7%−0.9+260

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RuziboevMcConico
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1520
1583
Divisional
1520
1511
Striking offense
1500
1515
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
31 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'5"
Height
6'0"
76"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.50
Strikes landed / min
43%
Strike accuracy
4.60
Strikes absorbed / min
49%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.77
Takedowns / 15 min
100%
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
67%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
287
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nursulton Ruziboev
  • LJoaquin BuckleyU-DEC R3
    Close +1139mo before
  • WSedriques DumasKO/TKO R1
    Close -26411mo before
  • WBrunno FerreiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +1881y 8mo before
Eric McConico
No prior UFC fights.
Ruziboev — win / loss by method
Record: 36-9-2, 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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
39% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
20 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 7 losses
W
6% of wins
L
78% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (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
McConico — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-1

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
4 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Ruziboev
McConico
3
UFC fights
0
19.6 min · 6.5 avg
Octagon time
11y 11m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Ruziboev
McConico
37W–7L · 84.1%
Overall
19W–1L · 95.0%
Wins
18W–6L · 75.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ruziboev
McConico
290W–160L · 64.4%
Overall
83W–61L · 57.6%
226W–134L · 62.8%
Wins
68W–51L · 57.1%
64W–26L · 71.1%
Losses
15W–10L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Ruziboev
McConico
2.77
Landed / min
41.6%
Accuracy
73.2%
Defense
0.77
Knockdowns / 15 min
68.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Ruziboev
McConico
0.77
Takedowns / 15 min
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
10.6%
Control share
Strike target map
Ruziboev
  • Head67%(33)div 63%
  • Body29%(14)div 20%
  • Legs4%(2)div 17%
McConico
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

Eric McConico

No UFC fights on record.

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