Middleweight · “Black”
Nursulton Ruziboev
35-9-2 (2 NC) UFC 5-1-0
6'5"Height
76"Reach
OrthodoxStance
1993-11-19Born
3KO wins
1Sub wins
80.0%Finish rate
7:21Avg fight
Statistical profile
The shape of their game.
Percentile scores against UFC veterans — volume-aware, and honest about small samples. The rim is reserved for true specialists.
Radar — percentile vs UFC veterans
Career rates
Sig. strikes landed / min2.38
Sig. strikes absorbed / min2.68
Striking accuracy46.5%
Striking defense49.4%
Takedowns / 15 min1.36
Takedown accuracy80.0%
Takedown defense33.3%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.34
Control time16.0%
Record vs .500+ opponents2-1
Striking trend
Output, fight by fight.
Significant strikes landed per minute over the last 6 fights — green dots are wins, red are losses.
Fight history
Every walk to the cage.
6 UFC bouts, newest first. Tap a fight for the full stat line — opponent records are shown as of fight night.
W Andrey Pulyaev 1-2 walk-in Submission · R1 3:58 — UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres · 2026-06-27
1/3Sig. strikes
2/6Absorbed
2/2Takedowns
2:28Control
0Knockdowns
1Sub attempts
W Dustin Stoltzfus 3-5 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales · 2025-05-17
35/68Sig. strikes
21/37Absorbed
1/2Takedowns
3:21Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Eric McConico 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 0:33 — UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song · 2025-02-22
20/42Sig. strikes
5/13Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:36Control
2Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
L Joaquin Buckley 8-4 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento · 2024-05-11
31/72Sig. strikes
86/156Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:34Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Sedriques Dumas 2-1 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 3:18 — UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot · 2024-03-30
12/32Sig. strikes
1/16Absorbed
0/0Takedowns
0:04Control
1Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
W Brunno Ferreira 1-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 1:17 — UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov · 2023-07-01
6/9Sig. strikes
3/5Absorbed
1/1Takedowns
0:01Control
0Knockdowns
0Sub attempts
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
How the record was built.
Full pro career, from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Nursulton Ruziboev) — results only; UFC bouts carry full stats in the fight history above.
Wins by method
KO/TKO
12
Submission
21
Decision
2
Other
0
Losses by method
KO/TKO
1
Submission
1
Decision
7
Other
0
Draws: 2 · No contests: 2
Fights by organization
UFC
6
WEF Global
6
Alash Pride
5
Open FC
3
WFCA
3
Battle for Tula
2
Legion FC
2
ACB
2
+ 19 more organizations in the full career list
Full career — 48 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Andrey Pulyaev | Technical Submission (neck crank) | UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres
2026-06-27 |
UFC | 1 | 3:58 |
| W | Dustin Stoltzfus | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales
2025-05-17 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Eric McConico | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song
2025-02-22 |
UFC | 2 | 0:32 |
| L | Joaquin Buckley | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Nascimento
2024-05-11 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Sedriques Dumas | TKO (punches) | UFC on ESPN: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot
2024-03-30 |
UFC | 1 | 3:18 |
| W | Brunno Ferreira | KO (punches) | UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov
2023-07-01 |
UFC | 1 | 1:17 |
| W | Pavel Masalski | Submission (armbar) | WEF Global 17
2022-04-10 |
WEF Global | 1 | 2:25 |
| W | Luciano Contini | Submission (kimura) | Octagon 27
2022-02-19 |
Octagon | 1 | 0:44 |
| W | Eduard Arustamyan | TKO (punches) | Open FC 14
2021-12-12 |
Open FC | 1 | 1:51 |
| W | Alexander Dolotenko | Submission (kimura) | Amir Temur FC 3
2021-09-25 |
Amir Temur FC | 1 | — |
| W | Alex de Paula | TKO (punches) | Open FC 10
2021-09-12 |
Open FC | 1 | 3:41 |
| W | Ibrahim Mané | KO (slam) | Brave CF 47
2021-03-11 |
Brave CF | 1 | 3:12 |
| W | Bogdan Kotlovyanov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Open FC 2
2021-02-20 |
Open FC | 1 | 1:03 |
| W | Maksym Soroka | Submission (kimura) | WFCA: Andijan Mayor Cup
2021-01-10 |
WFCA | 1 | 0:35 |
| L | Boris Miroshnichenko | Decision (unanimous) | ProFC 66
2019-12-22 |
ProFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Artem Shokalo | TKO (corner stoppage) | Gorilla Fighting 20
2019-11-23 |
Gorilla Fighting | 2 | 2:00 |
| W | Leonid Antonov | Submission (armbar) | Professional Combat Turon 4
2019-09-22 |
Professional Combat Turon | 1 | 2:04 |
| NC | Altynbek Arykbaev | NC (overturned by promoter) | WEF ProFight 36
2019-08-17 |
WEF ProFight | 1 | 5:00 |
| L | Murad Ramazanov | Decision (unanimous) | Gorets FC: For the Prizes of V. Zolotov
2019-07-06 |
Gorets FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Oleg Dadonov | Decision (unanimous) | Battle for Tula 3
2018-12-21 |
Battle for Tula | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Marcos Yoshio de Souza | TKO (knee and punches) | WEF Global 14
2018-11-10 |
WEF Global | 3 | 0:29 |
| W | Andrey Seledtsov | Submission (hammerlock) | Battle for Tula 2
2018-09-28 |
Battle for Tula | 2 | 1:14 |
| L | Kiamrian Abbasov | Decision (unanimous) | WFCA 50
2018-08-18 |
WFCA | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Sultan Kiyalov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Alash Pride FC: Shymkent
2018-04-14 |
Alash Pride FC | 2 | 1:58 |
| W | Erzhan Kenzhegulov | Submission (armbar) | Legion FC: Universal Battle 1
2018-02-08 |
Legion FC | 1 | 3:15 |
| W | Igor Bayer | TKO (punches) | WFCA 44
2017-12-17 |
WFCA | 1 | — |
| D | Erbolot Omurzakov | Draw (majority) | WEF Global 10
2017-11-22 |
WEF Global | 5 | 5:00 |
| W | Amkhad Dzhanchuraev | KO (punches) | Ambitions FC 21
2017-11-18 |
Ambitions FC | 1 | 1:40 |
| W | Artem Kazbanov | KO (knee) | GIT Crimea 2017
2017-09-23 |
GIT Crimea | 1 | 0:45 |
| W | Almanbet Nuraly | Submission (armbar) | WEF Global 9
2017-09-08 |
WEF Global | 1 | 1:50 |
| NC | Magomed Abdulvagabov | NC (overturned by promoter) | Fight Nights Global 73
2017-09-04 |
Fight Nights Global | 1 | 4:12 |
| L | Dzhokhar Duraev | Decision (unanimous) | ACB 68
2017-08-26 |
ACB | 3 | 5:00 |
| D | Eler Narmurzaev | Draw (unanimous) | Legion FC: Unifight 2017
2017-07-30 |
Legion FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Aylchi Sultanali | Submission (rear-naked choke) | WEF Selection 11
2017-07-02 |
WEF Selection | 1 | 1:20 |
| W | Ramazan Gimbatov | Submission (armbar) | Fight Club 777
2017-05-20 |
Fight Club | 1 | 1:21 |
| W | Suyarbek Saifov | KO (punches) | Tajikistan FC: Danghara 2016
2016-11-27 |
Tajikistan FC | 1 | 3:14 |
| L | Daniyar Abdibaev | Submission (kimura) | WEF Global 6
2016-10-22 |
WEF Global | 2 | 4:41 |
| W | Vladimir Katykhin | Decision (unanimous) | N-1 Pro: Asian Fighter 2016
2016-10-02 |
N-1 Pro | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Orzubek Seytimbetov | Submission (guillotine choke) | Asian FC: Akhmat 2
2015-12-24 |
Asian FC | 1 | 2:01 |
| L | Anvar Chergesov | Decision (unanimous) | Seven Fight 2015
2015-06-19 |
Seven Fight | 2 | 5:00 |
| W | Islam Yashaev | Submission (rear-naked choke) | ACB 17
2015-05-02 |
ACB | 2 | 3:15 |
| W | Rakhmanberdi Tologon | Submission (rear-naked choke) | WEF Global 2
2015-03-15 |
WEF Global | 1 | 1:56 |
| W | Elshon Muhtarov | Submission (kimura) | Alash Pride: Royal Plaza 2
2015-01-24 |
Alash Pride | 1 | 0:31 |
| W | Shahvalat Yusubov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | R-1: Heavyweight Grand Prix 2015
2015-01-23 |
R-1 | 1 | 3:59 |
| W | Aziz Ibragimov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Alash Pride: Selection 6
2014-12-25 |
Alash Pride | 1 | 0:38 |
| L | Daniyar Babakulov | TKO (punches) | Alash Pride: Royal Plaza 1
2014-12-13 |
Alash Pride | 2 | 0:32 |
| W | Kiamrian Abbasov | Submission (guillotine choke) | Alash Pride: Selection 5
2014-10-26 |
Alash Pride | 2 | 1:10 |
| W | Shamil Rafikov | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Alash Pride: Selection 4
2014-08-16 |
Alash Pride | 2 | 1:53 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Nursulton Ruziboev) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Measured against the division.
Versus the Middleweight average, over 165 qualified fighters (5+ UFC fights, 30+ minutes of cage time). Green = better than average, red = worse; the tick mark is the division mean. "Strikes absorbed" counts lower as better.