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Michael Page vs. Nursulton Ruziboev

UFC 5-1-0 vs. 5-2-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-1-0
UFC record
5-2-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
39
AgeΔ 7 yrs
32
6'3"
HeightΔ 2"
6'5"
79"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
1.5
Layoff (months)Δ 0 mo
1.5
WWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LWWWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Nursulton Ruziboev carries real power — 0.76 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.
Michael Page rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Michael Page is hard to hit — absorbs 1.40 sig. strikes per minute, vs a 3.20 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Michael Page

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 213
Tier 3 — regional circuit 40

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.09 · 21 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.3 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: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1731.92/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1131.91/min · norm 3.23
1261.40/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1302.20/min · norm 3.20
55.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
44.3%norm 47.4%
62.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
50.2%norm 53.8%
00.00/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.76/15 · norm 0.32

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

Michael Page

Distance 94.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 4.2% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 1.3% (norm 10.0%)

Nursulton Ruziboev

Distance 77.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 5.9% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 16.9% (norm 10.0%)

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

Michael Page

Head 73.5% (norm 78.0%) · Body 15.3% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 11.2% (norm 8.4%)

Nursulton Ruziboev

Head 78.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.4% (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 Page L/AAccMiddleweight med Ruziboev L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 160 / 296 54.1% 40.5% 78 / 197 39.6% 40.5%
In the clinch 10 / 13 too few to rate 70.6% 9 / 15 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 3 / 4 too few to rate 69.4% 26 / 43 60.5% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 109 / 230 47.4% 38.8% 77 / 199 38.7% 38.8%
To the body 37 / 48 77.1% 71.6% 29 / 47 61.7% 71.6%
To the legs 27 / 35 77.1% 83.3% 7 / 9 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: 178 fighters · Middleweight: 178 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 Page L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Ruziboev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 85 / 282 30.1% 39.5% 56 / 151 37.1% 39.5%
In the clinch 19 / 27 70.4% 70.4% 2 / 3 too few to rate 70.4%
On the ground 22 / 28 78.6% 69.0% 72 / 107 67.3% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 50 / 226 22.1% 37.9% 84 / 197 42.6% 37.9%
To the body 34 / 47 72.3% 71.3% 23 / 36 63.9% 71.3%
To the legs 42 / 64 65.6% 82.1% 23 / 28 82.1% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
675.0% acc · 1.52/15 · norm 1.35
1463.6% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
545.5% def · norm 63.3%
5:416.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
12:3221.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
29:004:50 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
11:472:59 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.17/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
10.25/15 · norm 0.45

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