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Middleweight · 3 rounds · Hooker vs Parnasse
25-3
Red corner
VS
37-9-2
Blue corner

The model's read of this fight

One honest, calibrated confidence split — a real, booked bout, so we show the number.

TOSS-UP We predict Michael Page54% confident
Michael Page 54% Nursulton Ruziboev 46%

Michael Page is the harder man to take down — 70% takedown defence to 33%. Net of it, the method model leans KO/TKO (43%), the edges are too close to separate — so we call it a toss-up and don't lean.

Built only from the striking / grappling rates and the method read shown on this page — career averages from public UFC statistics. If a number isn't in the data, it isn't in this summary.

Tale of the tape

Michael Page vs Nursulton Ruziboev — the facts, side by side. ▲ marks the reach edge.

25-3Record37-9-2
VenomNicknameBlack
6' 3"Height6' 5"
79.0"Reach76.0"
SwitchStanceOrthodox
39Age32
170 lbs.Weight185 lbs.
EnglandNationalityUzbekistan
LondonHometownTashkent
London ShootfightersFighting out of
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Michael PageNursulton Ruziboev
66
Striking
52
90
Defence
48
5
Grappling / TD
52
31
Cardio
24
88
Chin
71
56
Fight IQ
49
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within weight class.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Where they go — head to head

Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Michael Page5 UFC fights · 161 landed

63.4%
HEAD
68.6%
21.7%
BODY
25.7%
14.9%
LEGS
5.7%

Nursulton Ruziboev6 UFC fights · 105 landed

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Stat-by-stat

Michael Page (left) vs Nursulton Ruziboev (right) — career striking & grappling rates. The fighter ahead on each row is highlighted in their corner colour.

Strikes landed / min
2.28
vs
2.59
Striking accuracy
58%
vs
46%
Strikes absorbed / min
1.51
vs
2.89
Striking defence
62%
vs
48%
Takedowns / 15 min
0.19
vs
0.75
Takedown accuracy
16%
vs
66%
Takedown defence
70%
vs
33%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0
vs
0
Career averages from public UFC statistics. On “strikes absorbed / min”, fewer is better.

Live market

The market line next to the live prediction-market price — information only, not a bet call.

paymentsSportsbook line
Michael Page-194
Nursulton Ruziboev+156
Live · Polymarket
Michael Page60% · -147
Nursulton Ruziboev40% · +147
as of 2026-08-30T09:51:07Z · $2,679 liquidity. The implied chance is the market's number, not ours.

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