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Drew Fickett vs.
Karo Parisyan

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

4-3-0 Drew Fickett · UFC
8-4-0 (1 NC) Karo Parisyan · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

4-3-0
UFC record
8-4-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
46.6
AgeΔ 2.7 yrs
43.9
5'10"
HeightΔ 0"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
232
Layoff (months)Δ 43.5 mo
188.5
WLWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LNCLWW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Drew Fickett is a submission threat — 1.90 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Karo Parisyan hunts takedowns — 5.27 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Karo Parisyan is a submission threat — 0.99 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.45 Welterweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Drew Fickett

Full career not yet synced for Drew Fickett — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 1-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Karo Parisyan

Full career not yet synced for Karo Parisyan — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 6-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1552.45/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3752.49/min · norm 3.17
1412.23/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3302.19/min · norm 3.06
41.6%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.5%norm 44.9%
57.9%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.3%norm 55.25%
10.24/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Drew Fickett

Distance 53.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 19.6% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 27.1% (norm 8.1%)

Karo Parisyan

Distance 52.9% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 15.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 32.0% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Drew Fickett

Head 72.7% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 9.9% (norm 8.4%)

Karo Parisyan

Head 93.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 3.0% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 3.5% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Fickett L/AAccWelterweight med Parisyan L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 57 / 199 28.6% 38.6% 159 / 478 33.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 50 / 73 68.5% 67.8% 71 / 137 51.8% 67.8%
On the ground 48 / 101 47.5% 67.2% 145 / 289 50.2% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 74 / 271 27.3% 37.2% 324 / 845 38.3% 37.2%
To the body 54 / 65 83.1% 70.7% 23 / 27 85.2% 70.7%
To the legs 27 / 37 73.0% 82.9% 28 / 32 87.5% 82.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Welterweight: 182 fighters · Welterweight: 182 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Fickett L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Parisyan L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 63 / 193 32.6% 39.0% 142 / 500 28.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 32 / 58 55.2% 68.9% 88 / 139 63.3% 68.9%
On the ground 46 / 84 54.8% 68.0% 100 / 153 65.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 116 / 307 37.8% 35.6% 182 / 612 29.7% 35.6%
To the body 15 / 17 too few to rate 69.6% 97 / 115 84.3% 69.6%
To the legs 10 / 11 too few to rate 82.1% 51 / 65 78.5% 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

637.5% acc · 1.42/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
5359.6% acc · 5.27/15 · norm 1.27
730.4% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2559.5% def · norm 63.9%
11:4618.6% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
59:0939.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
30:257:13 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
32:403:14 per 15 · norm 3:15
81.90/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
100.99/15 · norm 0.45

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Parisyan has more cage time on record.

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