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Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Sedriques Dumas

UFC 5-2-0 vs. 3-6-0 (1 NC)

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-2-0
UFC record
3-6-0 (1 NC)
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
32
AgeΔ 1 yrs
31
6'5"
HeightΔ 3"
6'2"
76"
ReachΔ 3"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.5
Layoff (months)Δ 0.7 mo
0.8
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLNCL

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.
Sedriques Dumas owns the mat — in control 34% of cage time, vs a 19% Middleweight norm.
Sedriques Dumas's takedown defense leaks — 32% stopped, vs a 63% Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

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

Sedriques Dumas

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

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1131.91/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
1351.94/min · norm 3.23
1302.20/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
1852.66/min · norm 3.20
44.3%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
43.8%norm 47.4%
50.2%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
53.3%norm 53.8%
30.76/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.32

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

Nursulton Ruziboev

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

Sedriques Dumas

Distance 88.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.6% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 9.1% (norm 10.0%)

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

Nursulton Ruziboev

Head 78.0% (norm 78.0%) · Body 18.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 3.5% (norm 8.4%)

Sedriques Dumas

Head 66.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 14.6% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 18.8% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Ruziboev L/AAccMiddleweight med Dumas L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 78 / 197 39.6% 40.5% 104 / 272 38.2% 40.5%
In the clinch 9 / 15 too few to rate 70.6% 7 / 8 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 26 / 43 60.5% 69.4% 24 / 28 85.7% 69.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 77 / 199 38.7% 38.8% 62 / 205 30.2% 38.8%
To the body 29 / 47 61.7% 71.6% 26 / 45 57.8% 71.6%
To the legs 7 / 9 too few to rate 83.3% 47 / 58 81.0% 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 Ruziboev L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Dumas L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 56 / 151 37.1% 39.5% 119 / 301 39.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 2 / 3 too few to rate 70.4% 20 / 26 76.9% 70.4%
On the ground 72 / 107 67.3% 69.0% 46 / 69 66.7% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 84 / 197 42.6% 37.9% 119 / 307 38.8% 37.9%
To the body 23 / 36 63.9% 71.3% 46 / 64 71.9% 71.3%
To the legs 23 / 28 82.1% 82.1% 20 / 25 80.0% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
675.0% acc · 1.52/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
527.8% acc · 1.08/15 · norm 1.35
545.5% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
631.6% def · norm 63.3%
12:3221.2% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
23:3033.8% of cage time · norm 19.4%
11:472:59 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
15:123:16 per 15 · norm 3:00
10.25/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.45

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