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Martin Buday vs. Josh Parisian

UFC 7-1-0 vs. 2-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-1-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
34
AgeΔ 3 yrs
37
6'4"
HeightΔ 0"
6'4"
77"
ReachΔ 2"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
14.8
Layoff (months)Δ 16.6 mo
31.4
WWWLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Martin Buday rarely shoots — 0.16 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.
Josh Parisian absorbs 4.87 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.
Martin Buday absorbs 4.59 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.19 Heavyweight norm — hittable.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Martin Buday

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 81
Tier 3 — regional circuit 83

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

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

4234.37/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
3104.37/min · norm 3.28
4444.59/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
3464.87/min · norm 3.19
52.1%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
47.8%norm 47.5%
56.1%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
41.8%norm 52.5%
10.16/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.29

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

Martin Buday

Distance 80.7% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 16.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 2.5% (norm 9.3%)

Josh Parisian

Distance 80.4% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 15.7% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 3.9% (norm 9.3%)

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

Martin Buday

Head 79.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.7% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 8.1% (norm 7.6%)

Josh Parisian

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Buday L/AAccHeavyweight med Parisian L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 304 / 655 46.4% 40.1% 223 / 522 42.7% 40.1%
In the clinch 107 / 137 78.1% 70.4% 69 / 102 67.6% 70.4%
On the ground 12 / 20 too few to rate 70.2% 18 / 25 72.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 272 / 643 42.3% 39.0% 183 / 493 37.1% 39.0%
To the body 92 / 103 89.3% 77.0% 97 / 123 78.9% 77.0%
To the legs 59 / 66 89.4% 87.8% 30 / 33 90.9% 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 Buday L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Parisian L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 366 / 900 40.7% 40.7% 233 / 457 51.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 65 / 89 73.0% 70.6% 82 / 98 83.7% 70.6%
On the ground 13 / 22 too few to rate 72.2% 31 / 39 79.5% 72.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 241 / 758 31.8% 39.3% 258 / 503 51.3% 39.3%
To the body 141 / 179 78.8% 75.1% 57 / 60 95.0% 75.1%
To the legs 62 / 74 83.8% 84.4% 31 / 31 100.0% 84.4%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
125.0% acc · 0.16/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
533.3% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 0.90
1493.3% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
1041.7% def · norm 63.2%
22:2823.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
9:4613.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
17:422:44 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
29:486:17 per 15 · norm 2:28
10.16/15 · 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 — Buday has more cage time on record.