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Brunno Ferreira vs.
Nursulton Ruziboev

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

6-4-0 Brunno Ferreira · UFC
5-1-0 Nursulton Ruziboev · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

6-4-0
UFC record
5-1-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
33.8
AgeΔ 1.1 yrs
32.7
5'10"
HeightΔ 7"
6'5"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.3
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
1.3
LLWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WWWLW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Nursulton Ruziboev carries real power — 1.02 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Brunno Ferreira carries real power — 0.61 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Nursulton Ruziboev's takedown defense leaks — 33% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Brunno Ferreira

Full career not yet synced for Brunno Ferreira — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Nursulton Ruziboev

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 308

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.94 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 33 finish wins over 48 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2293.12/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
1052.38/min · norm 3.25
2713.70/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
1182.68/min · norm 3.20
48.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
46.5%norm 47.4%
52.0%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
49.4%norm 53.8%
30.61/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
31.02/15 · norm 0.32

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Brunno Ferreira

Distance 93.5% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 3.2% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.4% (norm 10.3%)

Nursulton Ruziboev

Distance 77.0% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 5.8% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 17.3% (norm 10.3%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Brunno Ferreira

Head 81.4% (norm 78.0%) · Body 11.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 7.2% (norm 8.4%)

Nursulton Ruziboev

Head 76.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 19.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Ferreira L/AAccMiddleweight med Ruziboev L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 211 / 443 47.6% 40.5% 75 / 174 43.1% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 15 too few to rate 70.3% 8 / 13 too few to rate 70.3%
On the ground 9 / 16 too few to rate 69.1% 22 / 39 56.4% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 161 / 386 41.7% 38.9% 72 / 173 41.6% 38.9%
To the body 39 / 54 72.2% 71.7% 27 / 45 60.0% 71.7%
To the legs 29 / 34 85.3% 83.3% 6 / 8 too few to rate 83.3%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Middleweight: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Ferreira L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Ruziboev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 247 / 528 46.8% 39.5% 45 / 124 36.3% 39.5%
In the clinch 8 / 13 too few to rate 70.9% 1 / 2 too few to rate 70.9%
On the ground 16 / 23 too few to rate 69.0% 72 / 107 67.3% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 184 / 462 39.8% 37.9% 77 / 178 43.3% 37.9%
To the body 40 / 52 76.9% 71.3% 21 / 31 67.7% 71.3%
To the legs 47 / 50 94.0% 82.1% 20 / 24 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

522.7% acc · 1.02/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
480.0% acc · 1.36/15 · norm 1.42
1147.8% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
333.3% def · norm 63.1%
4:326.2% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
7:0416.0% of cage time · norm 19.75%
15:273:09 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
10:413:38 per 15 · norm 3:00
30.61/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
10.34/15 · norm 0.47

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Ferreira has more cage time on record.

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