Haqparast vs Ribovics

Who won Haqparast vs Ribovics?

Nasrat Haqparast beat Esteban Ribovics by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 1st March 2025 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Nasrat Haqparast.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Haqparast vs Ribovics stats

Nasrat Haqparast stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Esteban Ribovics made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Nasrat Haqparast's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Esteban Ribovics marked his 5th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Nasrat Haqparast's UFC record stood at 10-4-0, while Esteban Ribovics' came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Haqparast had a slight advantage in power over Ribovics, with a 59% knock out percentage over Ribovics' 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ribovics had a massive advantage over Haqparast, boasting a 36% submission rate over Haqparast's 0%.

Nasrat Haqparast was the same age as Esteban Ribovics, at 29 years old.

Haqparast had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Haqparast was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 11 months earlier than Ribovics, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 49 to Ribovics' 33.

Haqparast vs Ribovics form

Haqparast had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jared Gordon at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov on 22nd June 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jamie Mullarkey at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Landon Quinones at UFC 293 on 9th September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

Before that, he was victorious against John Makdessi at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

He had lost to Bobby Green at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Activity check

Haqparast's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Ribovics' last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What time did Haqparast vs Ribovics start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:10 AM UTC , which was 8:10 PM EST or 5:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:10 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Haqparast vs Ribovics?

Nasrat Haqparast was a 2/1 (+200) underdog going into the contest, while Esteban Ribovics made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.