Diyar Nurgozhay vs Bruno Lopes — Honest Elo matchup
Other bouts 11
- 1lightweight MainMateusz GamrotvsQuillan Salkilld
- 2lightweightDiego FerreiravsBilly Quarantillo
- 3featherweightDarren ElkinsvsYadier del Valle
- 4women's strawweightAmanda LemosvsAlexia Thainara
- 5welterweightBilly Ray GoffvsTy Miller
- 6heavyweightSteven AsplundvsGuilherme Pat
- 8Not linkedheavyweightLouie SutherlandvsJose Montanha
- 9Not linkedlightweightManoel SousavsRichie Miranda
- 10featherweightMiles JohnsvsGianni Vazquez
- 11women's flyweightJuliana MillervsRavena Oliveira
- 12Not linkedwomen's strawweightGigi CanutovsCarol Foro
Honest Elo mode pre-fight: Diyar Nurgozhay 58.9% · Bruno Lopes 41.1%
Pure Elo pre-fight: Diyar Nurgozhay 48.9% · Bruno Lopes 51.1%
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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Other fights on this card · 8
Tale of the tape
| 2-2-0 | UFC record | 1-3-0 |
| KO 1 · Sub 0 | Finishes | KO 0 · Sub 0 |
| +2 | Streak | -3 |
| 29 | Age | 33 |
| 6'2" 188 cm | Height | 6'2" 188 cm |
| 74" 188 cm | Reach | 74" 188 cm |
| Southpaw | Stance | Orthodox |
| 1500 | Global Elo | 1440 |
| 1444 | Elo rating | 1394 |
Diyar Nurgozhay — Notable ▼
- Top 5 · light heavyweightStriking Accuracy
- 1Diyar Nurgozhay63%
- 2Paulo Costa59%
- 3Zhang Mingyang59%
- 4Rodolfo Bellato58%
- 5Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev58%
- Top 5 · light heavyweightTakedown Accuracy
- 50% of wins by KO/TKO
- 50% of wins finished in round 1
Bruno Lopes — Notable ▼
- 3-fight losing streak — needs a turnaround
- Top 5 · light heavyweightTakedown Defense
- 1Zhang Mingyang100%
- 2Julius Walker100%
- 3Bruno Lopes100%
- 4Rodolfo Bellato93%
- 5Azamat Murzakanov89%
- Top 5 · light heavyweightTakedowns per 15 Minutes
- 1Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev12.68
- 2Jimmy Crute4.64
- 3Julius Walker4.29
- 4Ion Cutelaba4.02
- 5Bruno Lopes2.91
Diyar Nurgozhay — Striking profile
Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 166 landed total · career
- Head 34%
- Body 37%
- Leg 30%
- Distance 83%
- Clinch 5%
- Ground 12%
Bruno Lopes — Striking profile
Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 78 landed total · career
- Head 50%
- Body 27%
- Leg 23%
- Distance 60%
- Clinch 36%
- Ground 4%
Performance comparison
Career averages. Edge highlighted on the side that's better. = division average.
- 1Zhang Mingyang6.64
- 2Carlos Ulberg6.61
- 3Navajo Stirling6.41
- 4Paulo Costa6.15
- 5Jamahal Hill5.89
- 1Diyar Nurgozhay63%
- 2Paulo Costa59%
- 3Zhang Mingyang59%
- 4Rodolfo Bellato58%
- 5Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev58%
- 1Oumar Sy1.97
- 2Felipe Franco2.17
- 3Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev2.25
- 4Reinier De Ridder2.26
- 5Navajo Stirling2.46
- 1Oumar Sy64%
- 2Caio Machado62%
- 3Iwo Baraniewski59%
- 4Navajo Stirling59%
- 5Robert Whittaker59%
- 1Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev12.68
- 2Jimmy Crute4.64
- 3Julius Walker4.29
- 4Ion Cutelaba4.02
- 5Bruno Lopes2.91
- 1Zhang Mingyang100%
- 2Julius Walker100%
- 3Bruno Lopes100%
- 4Rodolfo Bellato93%
- 5Azamat Murzakanov89%
- 1Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev8.45
- 2Jimmy Crute2.13
- 3Gerald Meerschaert1.44
- 4Nikita Krylov1.14
- 5Billy Elekana0.85
- 1Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev10.07
- 2Julius Walker8.86
- 3Austen Lane6.24
- 4Jimmy Crute6.02
- 5Oumar Sy5.69
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
Bruno Lopes has faced the tougher recent slate — last-5 avg 1531 vs 1480, 0 quality wins to 0.
- Aug 8, 2026
- Mar 7, 2026
- Aug 23, 2025
- Mar 15, 2025
- Aug 8, 2026
- Mar 28, 2026
- May 31, 2025
- Jan 11, 2025