Michael PageW vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
UFC Fight Night · September 5, 2026 · Accor Arena · Main Card 3:00 PM ET
The brief
- The result
- Michael Page by Decision (unanimous), R3
- What kind of fight
- Range striker vs. relentless finisher
- Finish likelihood
- High
- The line
- Page -170 · Ruziboev +140Consensus (multiple sportsbooks)
- The stakes
- Middleweight · Main Card
The result
Michael Page def. Nursulton Ruziboev — Decision (unanimous), R3 5:00
Michael Page closed out his current UFC contract with a unanimous decision over Nursulton Ruziboev, all three judges scoring it 29-28.
Ruziboev took the fight to the mat early and controlled top position for most of the first round without doing much damage, and Page answered with the cleaner striking at range, including a stomp kick to the knee in round two.
Ruziboev found some control time again in the third but couldn't do enough with it to sway the scorecards in what both sides acknowledged was a lackluster fight.
The breakdown below was written before the fight.
The read
Page's ability to control distance and land first should give him the early edge, but Ruziboev's pace and finishing instincts mean he is never out of a fight.
If Page can keep this at the end of his kicks and hands, he has the tools to pick Ruziboev apart; if Ruziboev closes the distance and gets this to a scramble, his submission résumé makes him dangerous everywhere.
A competitive, finish-live fight either way.
The matchup
This is a striking stylist against one of the most prolific finishers on the roster, with Page returning to middleweight — a division he has bounced between with welterweight throughout his UFC run — to meet a Ruziboev who has settled there.
Page's karate-based range game and finishing power have carried him through a three-fight win streak against increasingly credible opposition, while Ruziboev has finished the overwhelming majority of his career wins and arrives on a three-fight UFC win streak of his own.
Tale of the tape
| 25-3 | Record | 37-9 |
| 39 | Age | 32 |
| 6'3" | Height | 6'5" |
| 79" | Reach | 76" |
| Orthodox | Stance | Orthodox |
| United Kingdom | Country | Uzbekistan |
| London Shootfighters | Team | Renzo Gracie Philly |
The numbers
Career UFC averages. Red bar = statistical edge.
The fighters
Michael Page 25-3
“Venom”
Michael 'Venom' Page is a 39-year-old British striker out of London Shootfighters known for an unorthodox, karate-influenced style built around range and reflexes. He rides a three-fight win streak that includes a decision over former title challenger Jared Cannonier, and returns to middleweight — the final fight of his current UFC contract — against Nursulton Ruziboev in front of his adopted European fanbase.
- WSam Patterson · Decision (unanimous)UFC Fight Night · March 21, 2026
- WJared Cannonier · Decision (unanimous)UFC 319 · August 16, 2025
- WShara Magomedov · DecisionUFC Fight Night · February 1, 2025
Nursulton Ruziboev 37-9
“Black”
Nursulton 'Black' Ruziboev is a 32-year-old Uzbek fighter based with Renzo Gracie Philly, whose 37-9 professional record (also carrying two no-contests not reflected in the win-loss count) includes a finish rate over 90 percent. He is 5-1 inside the UFC and has won three straight, most recently a first-round submission of Andrey Pulyaev in June 2026, and stays at middleweight — where all four of his UFC wins have come — to face Michael Page in Paris.
- WAndrey Pulyaev · Submission (rear-naked choke), R1 3:58UFC Fight Night: Baku · June 27, 2026
- WDustin Stoltzfus · Decision (unanimous)UFC Fight Night · May 17, 2025
- WEric McConico · TKO (strikes), R2 0:33UFC Fight Night · February 22, 2025