Josh Parisian vs.
Martin Buday
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
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.
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 tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 5 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 11 | 4 |
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
Martin Buday
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 8 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 8 | 3 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.21 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 9 finish wins over 20 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
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%)
Martin Buday
Distance 80.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 16.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.5% (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%)
Martin Buday
Head 79.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.1% (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/A | Acc | Heavyweight med | Buday L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 223 / 522 | 42.7% | 40.1% | 304 / 655 | 46.4% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 69 / 102 | 67.6% | 70.6% | 107 / 137 | 78.1% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 18 / 25 | 72.0% | 70.2% | 12 / 20 | too few to rate | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 183 / 493 | 37.1% | 38.9% | 272 / 643 | 42.3% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 97 / 123 | 78.9% | 76.8% | 92 / 103 | 89.3% | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 30 / 33 | 90.9% | 87.8% | 59 / 66 | 89.4% | 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/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med | vs Buday L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 233 / 457 | 51.0% | 40.7% | 366 / 900 | 40.7% | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 82 / 98 | 83.7% | 70.6% | 65 / 89 | 73.0% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 31 / 39 | 79.5% | 72.0% | 13 / 22 | too few to rate | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 258 / 503 | 51.3% | 38.8% | 241 / 758 | 31.8% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 57 / 60 | 95.0% | 75.1% | 141 / 179 | 78.8% | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 31 / 31 | 100.0% | 84.4% | 62 / 74 | 83.8% | 84.4% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Buday has more cage time on record.