Jonny Parsons vs. Jose Souza
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Jonny Parsons
Full career not yet synced for Jonny Parsons — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
Jose Souza
Full career not yet synced for Jose Souza — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Jonny Parsons
Distance 81.5% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 12.1% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 6.5% (norm 8.1%)
Jose Souza
Distance 98.7% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 1.3% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 8.1%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Jonny Parsons
Head 76.6% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.3% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 8.0%)
Jose Souza
Head 88.2% (norm 78.3%) · Body 9.2% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 2.6% (norm 8.0%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Parsons L/A | Acc | Welterweight med | Souza L/A | Acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 51 / 101 | 50.5% | 38.5% | 71 / 151 | 47.0% | 38.5% |
| In the clinch | 7 / 15 | too few to rate | 67.8% | 1 / 2 | too few to rate | 67.8% |
| On the ground | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 67.0% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 67.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 42 / 95 | 44.2% | 36.4% | 61 / 135 | 45.2% | 36.4% |
| To the body | 12 / 19 | too few to rate | 70.7% | 7 / 14 | too few to rate | 70.7% |
| To the legs | 9 / 10 | too few to rate | 83.0% | 4 / 4 | too few to rate | 83.0% |
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: 180 fighters · Welterweight: 180 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 Parsons L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med | vs Souza L/A | Opp acc | Welterweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 44 / 132 | 33.3% | 39.1% | 62 / 145 | 42.8% | 39.1% |
| In the clinch | 0 / 1 | too few to rate | 68.9% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 68.9% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.0% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 27 / 111 | 24.3% | 35.6% | 13 / 74 | 17.6% | 35.6% |
| To the body | 14 / 19 | too few to rate | 69.6% | 8 / 21 | too few to rate | 69.6% |
| To the legs | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 82.2% | 42 / 51 | 82.4% | 82.2% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Parsons has more cage time on record.