Ruziboev vs Ferreira

Who won Ruziboev vs Ferreira?

Nursulton Ruziboev beat Brunno Ferreira by during the main card of UFC Fight Night – Strickland vs. Magomedov, on Saturday 1st July 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Nursulton Ruziboev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Ruziboev vs Ferreira stats

Nursulton Ruziboev stepped into the octagon with a record of 35 wins, 8 loses and 2 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 21 by submission.

Brunno Ferreira made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins and 0 draws, with 7 of those by knock out and 3 by submission.

The stats suggested Ferreira had a massive power advantage over Ruziboev, boosting at 70% knock out percentage over Ruziboev's 34%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ruziboev had a large advantage over Ferreira, boasting at 60% submission rate over Ferreira's 30%.

Nursulton Ruziboev was the younger man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Ruziboev had a height advantage of 6 inches over Ferreira.

Ruziboev was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 35 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 years and 7 months earlier than Ferreira, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 65 more professional rounds, 78 to Ferreira's 13.

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What were the odds on Ruziboev vs Ferreira?

Nursulton Ruziboev was a 2/1 (+200) underdog going into the contest, while Brunno Ferreira made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.