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Karo Parisyan vs.
Dennis Hallman

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

8-4-0 (1 NC) Karo Parisyan · UFC
4-5-0 Dennis Hallman · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

8-4-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
4-5-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
43.9
AgeΔ 6.8 yrs
50.7
5'10"
HeightΔ 1"
5'9"
72"
ReachΔ 0"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
188.5
Layoff (months)Δ 12.7 mo
175.8
LNCLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
WLWWL
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.

Dennis Hallman is a submission threat — 2.15 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.

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

Dennis Hallman

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

In the UFC: 4-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3752.49/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
941.12/min · norm 3.17
3302.19/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
1641.96/min · norm 3.06
41.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
45.0%norm 44.9%
58.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
43.6%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
10.18/15 · norm 0.38

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

Karo Parisyan

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

Dennis Hallman

Distance 43.5% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 18.2% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 38.3% (norm 8.1%)

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

Karo Parisyan

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

Dennis Hallman

Head 79.4% (norm 78.2%) · Body 12.4% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Parisyan L/AAccWelterweight med Hallman L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 159 / 478 33.3% 38.6% 23 / 91 25.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 71 / 137 51.8% 67.8% 20 / 38 52.6% 67.8%
On the ground 145 / 289 50.2% 67.2% 51 / 80 63.8% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 324 / 845 38.3% 37.2% 63 / 166 38.0% 37.2%
To the body 23 / 27 85.2% 70.7% 19 / 26 73.1% 70.7%
To the legs 28 / 32 87.5% 82.9% 12 / 17 too few to rate 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 Parisyan L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Hallman L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 142 / 500 28.4% 39.0% 51 / 127 40.2% 39.0%
In the clinch 88 / 139 63.3% 68.9% 33 / 44 75.0% 68.9%
On the ground 100 / 153 65.4% 68.0% 80 / 120 66.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 182 / 612 29.7% 35.6% 113 / 227 49.8% 35.6%
To the body 97 / 115 84.3% 69.6% 37 / 43 86.0% 69.6%
To the legs 51 / 65 78.5% 82.1% 14 / 21 too few to rate 82.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

5359.6% acc · 5.27/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
1030.3% acc · 1.79/15 · norm 1.27
2559.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
125.0% def · norm 63.9%
59:0939.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
30:4836.8% of cage time · norm 18.5%
32:403:14 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
33:295:59 per 15 · norm 3:15
100.99/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
122.15/15 · 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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