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Karo Parisyan vs.
Matt Serra

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
7-7-0 Matt Serra · 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
7-7-0
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
43.9
AgeΔ 8.3 yrs
52.2
5'10"
HeightΔ 4"
5'6"
72"
ReachΔ 4"
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
188.5
Layoff (months)Δ 1.8 mo
190.3
LNCLWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LWLLW
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.

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.
Matt Serra is a submission threat — 0.89 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

Matt Serra

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

In the UFC: 1-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 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
3331.98/min · norm 3.17
3302.19/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
4442.64/min · norm 3.06
41.5%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
39.8%norm 44.9%
58.3%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
46.5%norm 55.25%
00.00/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
50.45/15 · 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%)

Matt Serra

Distance 73.0% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 17.0% (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%)

Matt Serra

Head 75.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 17.6% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 6.9% (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 Serra L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 159 / 478 33.3% 38.6% 198 / 611 32.4% 38.6%
In the clinch 71 / 137 51.8% 67.8% 59 / 84 70.2% 67.8%
On the ground 145 / 289 50.2% 67.2% 76 / 142 53.5% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 324 / 845 38.3% 37.2% 171 / 632 27.1% 37.2%
To the body 23 / 27 85.2% 70.7% 112 / 147 76.2% 70.7%
To the legs 28 / 32 87.5% 82.9% 50 / 58 86.2% 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 Serra L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 142 / 500 28.4% 39.0% 255 / 562 45.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 88 / 139 63.3% 68.9% 91 / 111 82.0% 68.9%
On the ground 100 / 153 65.4% 68.0% 98 / 157 62.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 182 / 612 29.7% 35.6% 286 / 658 43.5% 35.6%
To the body 97 / 115 84.3% 69.6% 125 / 134 93.3% 69.6%
To the legs 51 / 65 78.5% 82.1% 33 / 38 86.8% 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
2320.9% acc · 2.05/15 · norm 1.27
2559.5% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
1238.7% def · norm 63.9%
59:0939.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
57:3434.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
32:403:14 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
35:183:08 per 15 · norm 3:15
100.99/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
100.89/15 · norm 0.45

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

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