Light Heavyweight

Diyar Nurgozhay

12-2

Age
29
Height
6'2"
Reach
6'2"
Stance
Southpaw
Camp
Arlan MMA Pro Team
Out of
Kazakhstan
Style
striker
Fight IQ
C · 59
Finish rate
17%
Win rate
86%

Career methods

KO/TKO
0
Sub
2
Dec
10

FightMetric

SLpM

4.52

SApM

3.02

Str Acc

61%

Str Def

59%

TD Avg

1.37

TD Acc

75%

TD Def

80%

Sub Avg

0.00

Tape read

Pocket striker — suspect hips against the shot, southpaw

Fight IQ

59C

Thin sample — 0 loaded UFC rows, 14 career fights for Diyar Nurgozhay. Reaction and agility are wider intervals.

IQ

C

Ground

D

Defense

C+

Counter

C

Reaction

proxy

C+

Agility

proxy

C+

TD react

C

Chin

A

What they do well

  • Durability

    Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

Where they leak

  • Ground game

    Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • Counter punching

    Limited counter threat. Opponents can miss without paying a finishing tax.

  • Takedown reaction

    A takedown magnet. Low TD defense plus submission losses — this is the hole a grappler builds a camp around.

Scouting report

Diyar Nurgozhay is a 29-year-old Southpaw light heavyweight out of Kazakhstan, camped at Arlan MMA Pro Team. The tape read: pocket striker — suspect hips against the shot, southpaw. Career mark 12-2-0 — 0 by KO/TKO, 2 by submission, 10 by decision. Fight IQ grades C (59).

What works. Durability is the standout at 85 (A). Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win. Ground game D on 1.37 TD/15 and 0.00 sub attempts. Striking defense C+ at 59% / 3.02 SApM. Counter punching C; punching agility C+ (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction C on 80% TD defense. These are tape proxies — not lab reaction times — built from FightMetric rates, finish shares, and 0 loaded UFC rows.

Where it breaks. Ground game is the soft spot (39, D). Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain. Opponents who force wrestling and keep the fight on the fence have historically been the ones who make this résumé leak. When Nurgozhay loses, it is usually a finish (0 KO, 2 sub) — composure under the first clean hurt is the live question.

The book has no per-fight UFC rows for Nurgozhay yet. This scouting card is carried by career FightMetric rates and the win-method split — treat the reaction and agility marks as wider intervals.

Ground game

39 D

Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • 1.37 takedowns / 15 at 75% accuracy
  • 0.00 submission attempts / 15 · 2 career sub wins

Striking defense

67 C+

Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.

  • 59% striking defense · 3.02 SApM
  • 0 KO/TKO losses in 2 defeats

Counter punching

52 C

Limited counter threat. Opponents can miss without paying a finishing tax.

  • 61% accuracy on 4.52 SLpM
  • 0.40 knockdowns / 15 · 0 KO/TKO wins

Timing & reaction

66 C+

Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.

  • Str def 59% · TD def 80% — the two read-and-react rates
  • 3.02 shots absorbed / min (lower = sees it earlier)

Punching agility

67 C+

Enough snap to score and to threaten. Not a blur, but the volume is organized.

  • 4.52 SLpM at 61% — output with cleanliness
  • Throws without paying full retail: 3.02 SApM

Takedown reaction

53 C

A takedown magnet. Low TD defense plus submission losses — this is the hole a grappler builds a camp around.

  • 80% takedown defense — the live reaction to level changes
  • 2 submission losses (once the fight hits the mat)

Durability

85 A

Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

  • 0 times finished by strikes in 2 losses
  • 10 decision wins — proof they last and still score

Fight history

DateOpponentResMethodRndSig
No UFC tape loaded for this fighter yet.