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Nursulton Ruziboev

Middleweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #27; v1.1 (shadow) #34

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 25-32: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,600, deviation 151: measured from 7 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 32 (born 1993-11-19) · Height 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) · Reach 76 in (193 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 57 days since last bout (2026-09-05) · Last five 3-2 · Streak L1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,600 is the division's 30th highest of 79 board fighters; the ledger stands at -2.0 (less 1.0 for blowout losses, less 1.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 0 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; no form penalty (3-2 last five). Score +0.10 = +0.16 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.06 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #27.

TermValueDetail
Score+0.1070% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.16resume rating 1,600, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.06quality ledger -2.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -1.0 blowout -1.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 3-2
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #27v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#34score -0.07; score order #34

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 7 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-09-05UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs. ParnasseMichael Page#15Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)44%
2026-06-27UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. TorresAndrey PulyaevunrankedWsubmission1 (3:58)62%
2025-05-17UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. MoralesDustin StoltzfusunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)64%
2025-02-22UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. SongEric McConicounrankedWKO/TKO2 (0:33)61%
2024-05-11UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. NascimentoJoaquin Buckley#11Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)42%
2024-03-30UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. FiorotSedriques DumasunrankedWKO/TKO1 (3:18)68%
2023-07-01UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. MagomedovBrunno FerreiraunrankedWKO/TKO1 (1:17)38%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 79 board fighters at Middleweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute1.91(11th percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strike accuracy44%(23rd percentile at Middleweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.76(77th percentile at Middleweight)
Share of wins by finish80%(67th percentile at Middleweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute2.20(15th percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strike defence50%(43rd percentile at Middleweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.25(51st percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career130(34th percentile at Middleweight)
KO/TKO losses0(39th percentile at Middleweight)
Submission losses0(59th percentile at Middleweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.000(39th percentile at Middleweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes1.52(58th percentile at Middleweight)
Takedown defence45%(18th percentile at Middleweight)
Share of cage time in control21%(59th percentile at Middleweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground31%(83rd percentile at Middleweight)
Stylemixed (2.0 takedown attempts per 15 min; 21% control)
Career stage
Age33.0(53rd percentile at Middleweight)
Age at UFC debut29.6(66th percentile at Middleweight)
Years since UFC debut3.3(49th percentile at Middleweight)
UFC bouts7(51st percentile at Middleweight)
Cage time, minutes59(47th percentile at Middleweight)
Bouts per year, last three years2.0(58th percentile at Middleweight)
Days since last bout57(41st percentile at Middleweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C1020304020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #26, Middleweight2023-10-13: #26, Middleweight2023-10-20: #26, Middleweight2023-11-03: #27, Middleweight2023-11-10: #27, Middleweight2023-11-17: #27, Middleweight2023-12-01: #27, Middleweight2023-12-08: #29, Middleweight2023-12-15: #29, Middleweight2024-01-12: #28, Middleweight2024-01-19: #28, Middleweight2024-02-02: #25, Middleweight2024-02-09: #29, Middleweight2024-02-16: #26, Middleweight2024-02-23: #24, Middleweight2024-03-01: #26, Middleweight2024-03-08: #27, Middleweight2024-03-15: #27, Middleweight2024-03-22: #30, Middleweight2024-03-29: #29, Middleweight2024-04-05: #22, Middleweight2024-04-12: #21, Middleweight2024-04-26: #21, Middleweight2024-05-03: #21, Middleweight2024-05-10: #21, Middleweight2024-05-17: #32, Middleweight2024-05-31: #32, Middleweight2024-06-07: #31, Middleweight2024-06-14: #33, Middleweight2024-06-21: #33, Middleweight2024-06-28: #32, Middleweight2024-07-12: #32, Middleweight2024-07-19: #32, Middleweight2024-07-26: #32, Middleweight2024-08-02: #32, Middleweight2024-08-09: #32, Middleweight2024-08-16: #33, Middleweight2024-08-23: #33, Middleweight2024-09-06: #32, Middleweight2024-09-13: #32, Middleweight2024-09-27: #32, Middleweight2024-10-04: #32, Middleweight2024-10-11: #33, Middleweight2024-10-18: #33, Middleweight2024-10-25: #33, Middleweight2024-11-01: #35, Middleweight2024-11-08: #35, Middleweight2024-11-15: #35, Middleweight2024-11-22: #35, Middleweight2024-12-06: #35, Middleweight2024-12-13: #35, Middleweight2025-01-10: #35, Middleweight2025-01-17: #36, Middleweight2025-01-31: #37, Middleweight2025-02-07: #37, Middleweight2025-02-14: #37, Middleweight2025-02-21: #37, Middleweight2025-02-28: #26, Middleweight2025-03-07: #26, Middleweight2025-03-14: #26, Middleweight2025-03-21: #26, Middleweight2025-03-28: #26, Middleweight2025-04-04: #26, Middleweight2025-04-11: #26, Middleweight2025-04-25: #27, Middleweight2025-05-02: #29, Middleweight2025-05-09: #29, Middleweight2025-05-16: #29, Middleweight2025-05-30: #30, Middleweight2025-06-06: #30, Middleweight2025-06-13: #30, Middleweight2025-06-20: #29, Middleweight2025-06-27: #28, Middleweight2025-07-11: #27, Middleweight2025-07-18: #27, Middleweight2025-07-25: #27, Middleweight2025-08-01: #27, Middleweight2025-08-08: #27, Middleweight2025-08-15: #28, Middleweight2025-08-22: #29, Middleweight2025-09-05: #28, Middleweight2025-09-12: #27, Middleweight2025-09-26: #27, Middleweight2025-10-03: #28, Middleweight2025-10-10: #28, Middleweight2025-10-17: #28, Middleweight2025-10-24: #26, Middleweight2025-10-31: #25, Middleweight2025-11-07: #25, Middleweight2025-11-14: #24, Middleweight2025-11-21: #24, Middleweight2025-12-05: #25, Middleweight2025-12-12: #25, Middleweight2026-01-23: #24, Middleweight2026-01-30: #24, Middleweight2026-02-06: #26, Middleweight2026-02-20: #26, Middleweight2026-02-27: #26, Middleweight2026-03-06: #26, Middleweight2026-03-13: #26, Middleweight2026-03-20: #26, Middleweight2026-03-27: #25, Middleweight2026-04-03: #24, Middleweight2026-04-10: #24, Middleweight2026-04-17: #23, Middleweight2026-04-24: #23, Middleweight2026-05-01: #24, Middleweight2026-05-08: #24, Middleweight2026-05-15: #24, Middleweight2026-05-29: #24, Middleweight2026-06-05: #24, Middleweight2026-06-13: #24, Middleweight2026-06-19: #24, Middleweight2026-06-26: #24, Middleweight2026-07-10: #24, Middleweight2026-07-17: #24, Middleweight2026-07-24: #23, Middleweight2026-07-31: #23, Middleweight2026-08-07: #23, Middleweight2026-08-14: #23, Middleweight2026-08-21: #23, Middleweight2026-08-28: #22, Middleweight2026-09-04: #22, Middleweight2026-09-11: #27, Middleweight2026-09-18: #27, Middleweight2026-09-25: #27, Middleweight2026-09-26: #27, Middleweight2026-10-03: #28, Middleweight2026-10-10: #28, Middleweight2026-10-17: #28, Middleweight2026-10-24: #27, Middleweight2026-10-31: #27, Middleweight#27

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better).

Predictive rating by bout

1,5501,6001,650202420252026Jul 2023Oct 20262023-07-01: 1,600 (W vs Brunno Ferreira)2024-03-30: 1,648 (W vs Sedriques Dumas)2024-05-11: 1,579 (L vs Joaquin Buckley)2025-02-22: 1,639 (W vs Eric McConico)2025-05-17: 1,630 (W vs Dustin Stoltzfus)2026-06-27: 1,643 (W vs Andrey Pulyaev)2026-09-05: 1,646 (L vs Michael Page)1,646

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances are in line with the rating (-3 points).

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-21what fighters aged 33.0 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results+18his recency-weighted mean and trend over 7 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -1 points a year
Combined-3the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingin line with ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.02930313233342023-07-01 (age 29.6): W vs Brunno Ferreira, residual +0.592024-03-30 (age 30.4): W vs Sedriques Dumas, residual +0.392024-05-11 (age 30.5): L vs Joaquin Buckley, residual -0.292025-02-22 (age 31.3): W vs Eric McConico, residual +0.412025-05-17 (age 31.5): W vs Dustin Stoltzfus, residual -0.032026-06-27 (age 32.6): W vs Andrey Pulyaev, residual +0.392026-09-05 (age 32.8): L vs Michael Page, residual -0.01-0.00

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at his age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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