Saturday, May 11, 2024Enterprise Center, St. Louis, United States
Joaquin Buckley defeated Nursulton Ruziboev by Unanimous Decision in round 3 (5:00) in the Welterweight bout of UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Nascimento, held Saturday, May 11, 2024 at Enterprise Center, St. Louis. The judges scored it 29-27, 30-27, 30-26, Joaquin Buckley won the decision.
Joaquin Buckley vs Nursulton Ruziboev
Fight stats: totals
Same scale left and right on every row; the pale tail behind a bar is attempts
Joaquin BuckleyNursulton Ruziboev
1
Knockdowns0
86 / 156
Significant strikes31 / 72
55%
Sig. strike accuracy43%
113 / 187
Total strikes43 / 87
4 / 4
Takedowns0 / 0
1
Reversals1
5:30
Control time0:34
Where it landed
Significant strikes landed by target in this fight
Joaquin BuckleyNursulton Ruziboev
7081%1755%
Head
1416%1342%
Body
22%13%
Leg
Where it happened
Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground
60%35%
■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground
Range × target
Significant strikes landed by range and target in this fight · landed / attempted in each cell
Joaquin Buckley86 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
55/37
88/11
22/2
Clinch
0
0
0
Ground
6565/100
66/6
0
Nursulton Ruziboev31 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
1111/37
1111/20
11/2
Clinch
0
11/1
0
Ground
66/9
11/3
0
Round by round
Significant strikes landed per round · the judges' scores under each
Joaquin BuckleyNursulton Ruziboev
R1
8
7
10-910-910-9
R2
14
8
10-910-910-9
R3
64
16
10-810-910-8
Bars share one scale across rounds. Each chip is one judge's score for the round, coloured by who they gave it to.
Round 1Judges: Joaquin Buckley
0
Knockdowns0
8 / 23
Significant strikes7 / 22
35%
Sig. strike accuracy32%
8 / 23
Total strikes11 / 27
2 / 2
Takedowns0 / 0
1:16
Control time0:00
Round 2Judges: Joaquin Buckley
0
Knockdowns0
14 / 27
Significant strikes8 / 21
52%
Sig. strike accuracy38%
23 / 37
Total strikes15 / 28
2 / 2
Takedowns0 / 0
1:42
Control time0:00
Round 3Judges: Joaquin Buckley
1
Knockdowns0
64 / 106
Significant strikes16 / 29
60%
Sig. strike accuracy55%
82 / 127
Total strikes17 / 32
0 / 0
Takedowns0 / 0
1
Reversals1
2:32
Control time0:34
Judges' Scorecards
Media Scores
17
Joaquin Buckley
0
Nursulton Ruziboev
●30-27 Buckley×8●30-26 Buckley×7●29-27 Buckley●29-28 Buckley
All 17 media scorecards
- Tyler Treese · Sherdog.com30-26Buckley
- Jay Pettry · Sherdog.com30-26Buckley
- MMAJunkie.com30-26Buckley
- Dayne Fox · The MMA Draw30-26Buckley
- Danny Segura · MMAJunkie.com30-26Buckley
- Dan Levi · Best Fight Picks30-26Buckley
- Keith Shillan · Sherdog.com30-26Buckley
- Tristen Critchfield · Sherdog.com30-27Buckley
- Matthew Woolfall · Sports Illustrated30-27Buckley
- Alex Behunin · MMA Mania30-27Buckley
- Chris De Santiago · Sports Illustrated30-27Buckley
- Steve Duncan · mma.uno30-27Buckley
- Tim Wheaton · CombatPress.com30-27Buckley
- Ryan Frederick · WrestlingObserver.com30-27Buckley
- Patrick McCorry · Cageside Press30-27Buckley
- Jed Meshew · MMAFighting.com29-27Buckley
- MMAUncensored.com29-28Buckley
Fan Scorecards
106 fan scorecards submitted
88%
Joaquin Buckley
8%
Draw
4%
Nursulton Ruziboev
●30-26 Buckley45.3%●29-27 Buckley16%●30-27 Buckley13.2%●29-28 Buckley10.4%
Fans' round-by-round verdict
R1
59%
Buckley
R2
85%
Buckley
R3
70%
Buckley
Betting Odds
Joaquin Buckley
-155
61% implied win probability
Open: -151Best: -113
Nursulton Ruziboev
+167
37% implied win probability
Open: +125Best: +520
Average moneyline across 11 sportsbooks.
| Sportsbook | Joaquin Buckley | Nursulton Ruziboev | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| BetAnything | -145 | +115 | |
| BetOnline | -133 | +113 | |
| BetUS | -135 | +105 | |
| Betway | -556 | +325 | |
| Bovada | -130 | +110 | |
| Cloudbet | -113 | -117 | |
| DraftKings | -142 | +120 | |
| FanDuel | -850 | +520 | |
| mybookie | -135 | +110 | |
| Pinnacle | -133 | +115 | |
| SXBet | -131 | +115 |
Odds are for information only.
Build with this line: the same consensus odds, with opening and closing lines, are in the UFCalendar Fight API. Odds in the MMA Fight Data API
Style & credentials
Joaquin Buckley
Folkstyle Wrestling
- —Competitor · Real American Freestylelight heavyweight
- —Marquette High School, Chesterfield, MissouriWrestling Folkstyle · high school
Nursulton Ruziboev
KarateCombat SamboHand-to-Hand CombatKickboxing
- —Purple belt · BJJ
- 2017WEF Middleweight ChampionshipWorld Ertaymash Federation (WEF Global)
- —OFC Middleweight ChampionshipOpen Fighting Championship (OFC)
- —WFCA Welterweight ChampionshipWorld Fighting Championship Akhmat (WFCA)
Sig. strikes by zone
Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes
62%68%
Head
28%26%
Body
10%6%
Leg
Time in position
Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground
Joaquin Buckleylast 10 fights
61%14%25%
Nursulton Ruziboevlast 6 fights
60%33%
■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground
How good, really
Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words
Joaquin Buckley Nursulton Ruziboev
Strikes landed / min
3.621.91
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Joaquin Buckley · Average · better than 57% of UFC fightersNursulton Ruziboev · Poor · better than 9% of UFC fighters
Strikes taken / minfewer is better
3.102.20
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Joaquin Buckley · Average · better than 59% of UFC fightersNursulton Ruziboev · Elite · better than 87% of UFC fighters
Takedowns landed / 15 min
1.431.52
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Joaquin Buckley · Average · better than 56% of UFC fightersNursulton Ruziboev · Average · better than 59% of UFC fighters
Takedown accuracy
45%75%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Joaquin Buckley · Good · better than 67% of UFC fightersNursulton Ruziboev · Elite · better than 96% of UFC fighters
Takedown defence
70%45%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Joaquin Buckley · Good · better than 65% of UFC fightersNursulton Ruziboev · Below avg · better than 20% of UFC fighters
Submission attempts / 15 min
0.100.20
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Joaquin Buckley · Below avg · better than 24% of UFC fightersNursulton Ruziboev · Below avg · better than 30% of UFC fighters
Ranked against 1498 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.
Striking & grappling
Same scale left and right on every row
3.62
Strikes landed / min1.91
3.10
Strikes taken / minfewer is better2.20
1.43 / 3.2
Takedowns landed / 15 min1.52 / 2.0
45%
Takedown accuracy75%
70%
Takedown defence45%
1:17
Control time / fight1:47
0.10
Submission attempts / 15 min0.20
Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.
Where the strikes land
Range × target
Joaquin Buckley17 UFC fights · 723 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
44%315/1350
22%159/265
10%70/86
Clinch
2%11/29
4%29/38
0%2/2
Ground
17%123/202
2%14/16
0%0/0
Nursulton Ruziboev7 UFC fights · 113 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
42%47/148
21%24/40
6%7/9
Clinch
5%6/12
3%3/3
0%0/0
Ground
21%24/39
2%2/4
0%0/0
Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.
When it ends
Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended
Joaquin Buckley19 of 29 ended early · 66%10 went the distance
R1R2R3R4R5
2 early stoppages have no logged time
Nursulton Ruziboev38 of 52 ended early · 73%14 went the distance
R1R2R3R4R5
11 early stoppages have no logged time
finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended
Recent form · last 5
Joaquin Buckley3-2
- L
- LUFC Fight Night: Usman vs Buckley · Jun 14, 2025Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Welterweight
- W
- W
- WUFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Nascimento · May 11, 2024Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
Full record · 29 fightsShow less
- W
- WUFC Fight Night: Dawson vs Green · Oct 7, 2023Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
- W
- L
- LUFC Fight Night: Gane vs Tuivasa · Sep 3, 2022Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- W
- W
- W
- L
- W
- W
- L
- WJackie GoshLFA 87: Logan vs. Rosales · Jul 31, 2020TKO · R2 · 1:47 · Middleweight
- W
- LBellator 197: Chandler vs. Girtz · Apr 13, 2018Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
- W
- WBellator 175: Jackson vs. Lawal 2 · Mar 31, 2017Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
- LJackie GoshBellator 164: Koreshkov vs. Lima 2 · Nov 10, 2016TKO · R1 · 2:44 · Welterweight
- W
- WKyle KurtzShamrock FC · Sep 11, 2015TKO · R1 · 4:34 · Welterweight
- WStacy Bacon Jr.Shamrock FC · Jul 25, 2015Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
- WKalel RobinsonShamrock FC · Mar 21, 2015TKO · R2 · 4:01 · Welterweight
- WBryant WestShamrock Fighting Championships · Feb 21, 2015TKO
- WWesley SullivanShamrock Fighting Championships · Sep 13, 2014TKO
Nursulton Ruziboev3-2
- LUFC Fight Night: Hooker vs Parnasse · Sep 5, 2026Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- W
- WUFC Fight Night: Burns vs Morales · May 17, 2025Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
- W
- LUFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Nascimento · May 11, 2024Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
Full record · 54 fightsShow less
- W
- W
- WPavel MasalskiWEF Global 17 · Apr 10, 2022Submission · R1 · 2:25 · Middleweight
- WLuciano ContiniOctagon 27 & U1 · Feb 19, 2022Submission · R1 · 0:54 · Middleweight
- WEduard ArustamyanAlash Pride 71 & Open FC 14 · Dec 12, 2021TKO · R1 · 1:50 · Middleweight
- WAlexander DolotenkoATF 3 · Sep 25, 2021Submission · Middleweight
- WAlex de PaulaOpen Fighting Championship 10 · Sep 12, 2021TKO · R1 · 3:40 · Middleweight
- W
- WBogdan KotlovyanovOpen Fighting Championship 2 · Feb 20, 2021Submission · R1 · 1:03 · Middleweight
- WMaxim SorokaAndijan Mayor Cup · Jan 10, 2021Submission · R1 · 0:35 · Welterweight
- LBoris MiroshnichenkoProFC 66: Shabliy vs. Cidade · Dec 22, 2019Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
- WArtem ShokaloGFC 20 · Nov 23, 2019TKO · R3 · 0:18 · Middleweight
- WLeonid AntonovPC Turon 4 · Sep 22, 2019Submission · R1 · 2:04 · Middleweight
- NCAltynbek ArykbaevWEF ProfFight 36 · Aug 17, 2019NC · R2 · 5:00
- L
- LOleg DadonovFight Show: Battle for Tula 3 · Dec 21, 2018Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
- W
- WAndrey SeledtsovFight Show: Battle for Tula 2 · Sep 28, 2018Submission · R2 · 1:14 · Middleweight
- L
- WRobert LiKazakhstan Regional · May 8, 2018TKO
- WSultan KiyalovAlash Pride FC · Apr 14, 2018Submission · R2 · 1:58 · Welterweight
- WErzhan KenzhegulovLegion FC: Universal Battle 1 · Feb 8, 2018Submission · R1 · 3:15 · Welterweight
- WIgor bayerWFCA 44: Dudaev vs Naumov · Dec 17, 2017TKO · R1 · 3:55 · Welterweight
- DErbolot OmurzakovWEF Global 10 · Nov 22, 2017DEC · Middleweight
- WAmkhad DzhanchuraevAmbitions FC · Nov 18, 2017TKO · R1 · 1:40 · Welterweight
- WTBAZhekpe Zhek · Nov 3, 2017TKO
- WArtem KazbanovGIT Crimea 2017 · Sep 23, 2017TKO · R1 · 0:10 · Middleweight
- WAlmanbet NuralyWEF Global 9 · Sep 8, 2017Submission · R1 · 4:28 · Middleweight
- NCMagomed AbdulvagabovFight Nights Global 73 · Sep 4, 2017NC · R1 · 4:12 · Welterweight
- L
- L
- DElerzhan NarmurzaevLegion FC: Unifight 2017 · Jul 30, 2017DRAW
- WAilchi SultanalievWEF Selection 11 · Jul 2, 2017Submission · R1 · 1:14 · Catchweight
- W
- WArman AlimovKazakhstan Regional · May 20, 2017DEC
- WRamazan GimbatovKazakhstan Regional · May 20, 2017Submission
- WSuyarbek SaifovTajikistan Regional · Nov 27, 2016TKO
- LDaniyar AbdibaevWEF Global 6 · Oct 22, 2016Submission · R2 · 4:41 · Middleweight
- W
- WTBAUzbekistan Regional · Dec 24, 2015Submission
- LAnvar ChergesovSeven Fight 2015 · Jun 19, 2015DEC
- W
- WTologon RakhmanberdievWEF Global 2 · Mar 15, 2015Submission · R1 · 1:56 · Lightweight
- WElshan MuhtarovAlash Pride FC · Jan 24, 2015Submission · R1 · 1:21 · Welterweight
- WShahvalat YusubovR-1: 2015 Heavyweight Grand Prix · Jan 23, 2015Submission · R1 · 3:59 · Heavyweight
- WAziz IbragimovAlash Pride FC · Dec 25, 2014Submission · R1 · 0:38 · Lightweight
- LDaniyar BabakulovAlash Pride FC · Dec 13, 2014TKO · R2 · 0:32 · Welterweight
- W
- WShamil RafikovAlash Pride FC · Aug 16, 2014Submission
Frequently asked questions
Who won Joaquin Buckley vs Nursulton Ruziboev?
Joaquin Buckley defeated Nursulton Ruziboev by Unanimous Decision in round 3 (5:00) in the Welterweight bout of UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Nascimento, held Saturday, May 11, 2024 at Enterprise Center, St. Louis. The judges scored it 29-27, 30-27, 30-26, Joaquin Buckley won the decision.
What were the judges' scorecards for Joaquin Buckley vs Nursulton Ruziboev?
The judges scored it 29-27, 30-27, 30-26, Joaquin Buckley won the decision.
Was Joaquin Buckley vs Nursulton Ruziboev a robbery?
Public scoring backed the judges: 88% of 106 fan cards scored it for Joaquin Buckley; 100% of 17 media scores picked Joaquin Buckley.