Nursulton Ruziboev vs Andrey Pulyaev — Honest Elo matchup
Other bouts 12
- 1lightweight MainRafael FizievvsManuel Torres
- 2middleweightShara MagomedovvsMichel Pereira
- 3lightweightNazim SadykhovvsMatheus Camilo
- 4flyweightAsu AlmabayevvsCharles Johnson
- 5middleweightIkram AliskerovvsBrunno Ferreira
- 6middleweightAbus MagomedovvsMichal Oleksiejczuk
- 7Not linkedwelterweightFarman HasanovvsEric Nolan
- 8light heavyweightAbdul Rakhman YakhyaevvsJulius Walker
- 10featherweightKaan OflivsJavier Reyes
- 11Not linkedwelterweightDaniil DonchenkovsTheodor Berggren
- 12bantamweightBekzat AlmakhanvsJean Matsumoto
- 13Not linkedwelterweightTahir AbdullayevvsJefferson Nascimento
Honest Elo mode pre-fight: Nursulton Ruziboev 69.7% · Andrey Pulyaev 30.3%
Pure Elo pre-fight: Nursulton Ruziboev 64.8% · Andrey Pulyaev 35.2%
The Honest Elo Meter is hidden once a bout is recorded — win-probability simulations only make sense before the fight. Pre-fight ratings have been updated in both fighters' profiles below to reflect this result.
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Notable
Has never been finished — all 2 losses went to the scorecards.
Both enter off a loss (Sep 2026 / Oct 2026).
Tale of the tape
| 5-2-0 | UFC record | 1-4-0 |
| KO 3 · Sub 1 | Finishes | KO 1 · Sub 0 |
| -1 | Streak | -3 |
| 32 | Age | 29 |
| 6'5" 196 cm | Height | 6'4" 193 cm |
| 76" 193 cm | Reach | 78" 198 cm |
| Orthodox | Stance | Southpaw |
| 1588 | Global Elo | 1437 |
| 1550 | Elo rating | 1402 |
Nursulton Ruziboev — Notable ▼
- Has never been finished — durability signal
- 80% of wins by KO or submission
- 60% of wins finished in round 1
Andrey Pulyaev — Notable ▼
- 3-fight losing streak — needs a turnaround
- 100% of wins by KO/TKO
Nursulton Ruziboev — Striking profile
Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 113 landed total · career
- Head 68%
- Body 26%
- Leg 6%
- Distance 69%
- Clinch 8%
- Ground 23%
Andrey Pulyaev — Striking profile
Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 106 landed total · career
- Head 55%
- Body 36%
- Leg 9%
- Distance 84%
- Clinch 14%
- Ground 2%
Performance comparison
Career averages. Edge highlighted on the side that's better. = division average.
- 1Ryan Gandra10.00
- 2Yousri Belgaroui8.35
- 3Jackson Mcvey7.14
- 4Marco Tulio7.07
- 5Gilbert Urbina6.68
- 1Damian Pinas71%
- 2Ryan Loder69%
- 3Yousri Belgaroui65%
- 4Shara Magomedov63%
- 5Bo Nickal62%
- 1Michael Page1.40
- 2Donte Johnson1.82
- 3Yousri Belgaroui1.93
- 4Cam Rowston1.98
- 5Bo Nickal2.00
- 1Yousri Belgaroui70%
- 2Ismail Naurdiev64%
- 3Donte Johnson63%
- 4Michael Page63%
- 5Ozzy Diaz62%
- 1Jacob Malkoun5.39
- 2Khamzat Chimaev5.32
- 3Anthony Hernandez5.09
- 4Andre Muniz4.22
- 5Ikram Aliskerov3.66
- 1Yousri Belgaroui100%
- 2Ateba Gautier100%
- 3Donte Johnson100%
- 4Robert Bryczek100%
- 5Ikram Aliskerov77%
- 1Ikram Aliskerov100%
- 2Bo Nickal100%
- 3Ateba Gautier100%
- 4Cam Rowston100%
- 5Baisangur Susurkaev100%
- 1Wes Schultz4.85
- 2Julian Marquez2.67
- 3Robert Valentin2.54
- 4Bo Nickal1.47
- 5Kyle Daukaus1.43
- 1Khamzat Chimaev8.48
- 2Cam Rowston7.18
- 3Jacob Malkoun7.11
- 4Anthony Hernandez6.99
- 5Ryan Loder6.78
Division-adjusted profile
each axis = percentile in own divisionThe size-fair view: each fighter is measured against his own division, so a heavyweight's lower raw pace isn't punished. Toughness inverts strikes absorbed. Raw career numbers are in Performance above.
Finish & durability
How each tends to win, against how hard the other is to finish.
Strength of schedule in UFC
Comparable recent competition — last-5 avg 1531 (Nursulton Ruziboev) vs 1548 (Andrey Pulyaev).
- Sep 5, 2026
- Jun 27, 2026
- May 17, 2025
- Feb 22, 2025
- May 11, 2024
- Oct 3, 2026
- Jun 27, 2026
- Jan 24, 2026
- Aug 2, 2025
- Mar 22, 2025