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Middleweight · 3 rounds
The model's read

The model's pick is Michael Page over Nursulton Ruziboev at 53% confidence — a coin-flip.

Most likely outcome: KO/TKO at 43% (KO/TKO 43%, submission 19%, decision 38%) — but all three finishes stay live.

The model gives it a 28% chance of going the distance, with a projected median fight time around 7:25.

That read carries 6.8pp of edge below the market on Michael Page.

Live on Polymarket, Michael Page is priced around 62%.

Assembled from the model's own outputs (confidence, method & round distribution, edge vs the market, live price) — not written free-hand. If a number isn't in the model, it isn't in this summary.

Prediction

One honest, calibrated confidence rating — the number is the signal.

TOSS-UP We predict Michael Page53% confident
Michael Page 53% Nursulton Ruziboev 47%
How it ends (method)
KO / TKO43%
Submission19%
Decision38%
How long it lasts (rounds)
Reaches R256%
Reaches R334%
Goes the distance28%
7:25
median time
-6.8pp
edge vs market

Odds

The market line next to the live prediction-market prices — information only. Each bar is the two sides' share of one certain outcome.

paymentsSportsbook line
Michael Page60% · -168
Nursulton Ruziboev40% · +140
bar = implied chance, vig removed
Live · Polymarket
Michael Page62% · -160
Nursulton Ruziboev38% · +160
as of 2026-09-01T04:30:07Z · $7,140 liquidity
scheduleKalshi pending
No Kalshi market found for this bout.

Line moves

What the market has done since it opened — the price, not our model.

No market price history has been captured for this bout yet. We show nothing rather than draw a line that was never there — the chart appears once a market opens and our poller has banked a few snapshots.

Michael Page vs Nursulton Ruziboev.

Props

Our read on the method / round / distance markets — the market price shown for context, not as a bet call.

MarketOur readMarket
KO/TKO YES43%30%
SUB YES19%30%
DEC YES38%41%
GOES DISTANCE YES28%41%
OVER 1.5 ROUNDS56%30%
OVER 2.5 ROUNDS34%36%
Source: polymarket-gamma · as of 2026-09-01T04:30:07Z. “Our read” is the model's probability; “Market” is the de-vigged live price.

Tale of the tape

The facts, side by side — Michael Page vs Nursulton Ruziboev.

Red corner MichaelPage“Venom”London Shootfighters · London
VSUpcoming
Blue corner NursultonRuziboev“Black”Tashkent
Middleweight3 roundsPicks published · graded in public after the card
The story
  • Comes in on a 3-fight win streak.
  • Comes in on a 3-fight win streak.
  • Carries 37 points more takedown defence than Ruziboev.
  • Has finished 4 of 5 UFC wins.
25-3
Record
37-9-2
39
Age
−7 yr32
6' 3"
Height
+2″6' 5"
+3″79″
Reach
76″
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
5
UFC bouts
+16
0/40% of wins
Finishes
+80%4/580% of wins
London
From
Tashkent
Vitals, record, nickname and camp come from the public UFC fighter register and are current, not a snapshot of fight night. UFC bouts, finish rate and every storyline line are counted off the official UFC fight record. A tick marks the side holding the raw edge in that row — longer reach, taller, younger, more bouts, a higher finish rate. It is a fact about the tape, not a prediction, and rows with no clean comparison (record, stance, gym, hometown) carry no tick at all. Any row we cannot fill on both sides is left out rather than half-drawn.
All the vitals, as a table
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.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Michael Page

0.19takedowns / 15 min
0.19 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
0.75 / 15m
1.19 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
1.14 / 15m
16%
ACCURACY
66%
0.00 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.00 / 15m

Nursulton Ruziboev

0.75takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (6.86 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Middleweight

Stats comparison

Michael Page (left) vs Nursulton Ruziboev (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

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.

Bios

Who these two are — reported newsroom prose where we have it, our own data-built profile where we don’t. Each is labelled.

Michael PageFightIQ profileDecision fighter

6' 3" switch decision fighter campaigning at Middleweight. 4 UFC wins — 4 decision.

Built from Michael Page’s own fight record and his striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →
Nursulton RuziboevFightIQ profilePower striker

6' 5" orthodox power striker campaigning at Middleweight. 5 UFC wins — 3 KO/TKO, 1 submission, 1 decision.

Built from Nursulton Ruziboev’s own fight record and his striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →

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