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Josh Parisian vs.
Alan Baudot

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

2-5-0 Josh Parisian · UFC
0-3-0 (1 NC) Alan Baudot · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

2-5-0
UFC record
0-3-0 (1 NC)
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
37.1
AgeΔ 1.4 yrs
38.5
6'4"
HeightΔ 1"
6'3"
79"
ReachΔ 0"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
28.9
Layoff (months)Δ 20.5 mo
49.4
LLLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLNCL
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.

Alan Baudot rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 Heavyweight norm.
Alan Baudot carries real power — 0.48 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Heavyweight norm.
Josh Parisian absorbs 4.87 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
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.

Josh Parisian

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 45
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 114

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.61 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 25 documented bouts

In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.4 wins over .500

Alan Baudot

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

In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3104.37/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
1675.36/min · norm 3.36
3464.87/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
1504.82/min · norm 3.19
47.8%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
58.6%norm 47.8%
41.8%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
46.8%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
10.48/15 · norm 0.28

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

Josh Parisian

Distance 80.4% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 9.3%)

Alan Baudot

Distance 78.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 13.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 8.4% (norm 9.3%)

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

Josh Parisian

Head 76.0% (norm 79.2%) · Body 19.0% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 5.1% (norm 7.6%)

Alan Baudot

Head 82.8% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.6% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 5.6% (norm 7.6%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Parisian L/AAccHeavyweight med Baudot L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 223 / 522 42.7% 40.1% 112 / 224 50.0% 40.1%
In the clinch 69 / 102 67.6% 70.6% 35 / 37 94.6% 70.6%
On the ground 18 / 25 72.0% 70.2% 20 / 24 too few to rate 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 183 / 493 37.1% 38.9% 123 / 236 52.1% 38.9%
To the body 97 / 123 78.9% 76.8% 29 / 33 87.9% 76.8%
To the legs 30 / 33 90.9% 87.8% 15 / 16 too few to rate 87.8%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 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 Parisian L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Baudot L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 233 / 457 51.0% 40.7% 105 / 218 48.2% 40.7%
In the clinch 82 / 98 83.7% 70.6% 12 / 19 too few to rate 70.6%
On the ground 31 / 39 79.5% 72.0% 33 / 45 73.3% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 258 / 503 51.3% 38.8% 103 / 232 44.4% 38.8%
To the body 57 / 60 95.0% 75.1% 21 / 21 too few to rate 75.1%
To the legs 31 / 31 100.0% 84.4% 26 / 29 89.7% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

533.3% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 0.95
1041.7% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1062.5% def · norm 64.3%
9:4613.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
2:458.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
29:486:17 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
12:526:11 per 15 · norm 2:28
00.00/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
00.00/15 · norm 0.16

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

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