Stars aligned for Murad Ramazanov, who gets a rare short-order do-over in mixed martial arts.
Ahead of the Musaev-Ramazanov rematch, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
30: Years of age for Musaev, who was born in Kizlyar, Russia, on Jan. 8, 1994.
11: Musaev victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 69% of his career total (16). His list of PFL victims: Ramazanov and Logan Storley. Musaev owns two other victories by submission (12%) and three more by decision (19%).
1: Stalemate on the Musaev resume. He fought to a majority draw with Michal Pietrzak at a KSW show in October 2021.
72: Seconds needed for Musaev to punch out Felipe Salvador Nsue Ayiugono under the Russian MMA Union banner on Nov. 22, 2014. Nearly a decade later, it remains his quickest stoppage to date.
.875: Cumulative winning percentage between the two men—Ramazanov and Storley—that Musaev has beaten in the PFL. They boast a combined record of 28-4.
28: Years of age for Ramazanov, who was born on Oct. 16, 1995 in Makhachkala, Russia.
4: Ramazanov wins by submission, accounting for 33% of his career total (12). His methods of choice: three rear-naked chokes and one guillotine choke. He holds four other wins by knockout or technical knockout (33%) and four more by decision (33%).
26: Rounds started by Ramazanov as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on four occasions and carries a 4-0 record in those bouts.
10: Organizations for which Ramazanov has plied his MMA trade. In addition to his 1-1 mark in the PFL, he has gone, 3-0 with one no contest in ONE Championship, 1-0 in Gorilla Fighting Championships, 1-0 in Gorets Fight Club, 1-0 in Fight Nights Global, 1-0 in Professional Fighting Championships, 1-0 in the Combat Self Defense Federation, 1-0 in Severo-Kavkazsky Federal Okrug, 1-0 in Khasavyurt Fight and 1-0 in the Moscow Pankration Federation.
65: Combined victories between the 11 men—Laureano Staropoli, Myung Ho Bae, Farshid Gholami, Ulugbek Oskanov, Ruslan Khaskhanov, Makamagomed Khairullaev, Khikmet Abdullaev and Khizri Magomedov—that Ramazanov has finished. They sport a cumulative .443 winning percentage at 65-82-2.