Seattle, WA — Uzbekistan’s Nursulton Ruziboev earned himself a second-round TKO finish of Eric McConico at UFC Seattle, improving his overall record in the promotion to 3-1.
“I’m so happy with this performance. A week ago, my brother’s fight got cancelled because he couldn’t make weight. We were stressed a little bit, and this win also has already fixed that straight,” stated Ruziboev, speaking to media outlets including Cageside Press. “Everything is fixed now, we’re happy.”
To be clear, it wasn’t just about his brother’s fight being waved off. “My brother, he’s my real brother and he couldn’t make his weight,” explained Ruziboev, noting how drained his brother looked. “When I saw him, he was so bad to my eyes, that’s why this was a little bit stressed, not the fight [being] cancelled.”
With the win over McConico, a DWCS grad, Nursulton Ruziboev is hoping to get back to action soon. “I didn’t get any injuries from this fight. We’re going to go home, we’re going to celebrate this fight with my coaches, and then after that we’ll see. Pretty soon we’ll be back to the cage.”
The question, however, is in what weight class. Thus far, Ruziboev has competed in both the welterweight and middleweight divisions. The UFC Seattle bout was at middleweight, and Ruziboev admits that the weight cut there is obviously easier. However, he’s open to opportunities in both divisions.
“My manager told me we will have a chance in future for welterweight. Right now, I have fights at 185, but in future if they offer me 170, 185, we will get any of them,” he told Cageside Press.
Watch the full UFC Seattle post-fight media appearance by Nursulton Ruziboev above.
