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Fight Report
Pre-fight analysis · prediction vs result
The lightweight division's most avoided wrestler against a man who has knocked out Michael Chandler and Rafael Fiziev and has almost no ground game recorded.
Mauricio Ruffy has the higher composite rating, the bigger frame, the longer reach and the more spectacular highlight reel. He is also the underdog here, and the reason is a single line on his record from September 2025. Start with what makes him dangerous, because it is considerable. Ruffy's striking score of 9.67 is close to the maximum and dwarfs Tsarukyan's 5.67. His pressure rating of 8.1 le…
Tsarukyan (23-3) has won all five of his recorded recent fights — submitting Dan Hooker in the second in November 2025, outpointing Charles Oliveira, and knocking out Beneil Dariush in 64 seconds. A 96.0 chin rating and 100.0 momentum score, though he has been inactive since that Hooker win.
Ruffy (13-2) knocked out Michael Chandler in the first round in June and Rafael Fiziev in the second in January, with a 0.80 finish rate and a 70.9 composite that is the higher of the two. His only recent defeat was a second-round submission to Benoit Saint Denis in September 2025.
Ruffy's 0.34 wrestling score against a man who submitted Dan Hooker in November
Eight centimetres of reach and ten of height for Ruffy in the opening exchanges
Tsarukyan's inactivity since November 2025 against a fighter who has had two camps since
A 9.67 striking score meeting a 96.0 chin rating — one of them gives first
Ruffy's 3.27 volume: he does not throw much, which hands rounds to a grinder
Ruffy has stopped Chandler and Fiziev inside two rounds; one clean entry ends this regardless of the grappling gap
Tsarukyan's layoff is real, and his 5.67 striking gives him no margin at range against a much longer man
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