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Roque Martinez vs.
Josh Parisian

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

0-3-0 Roque Martinez · UFC
2-5-0 Josh Parisian · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

0-3-0
UFC record
2-5-0
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Heavyweight
40
AgeΔ 3 yrs
37
5'10"
HeightΔ 6"
6'4"
72"
ReachΔ 7"
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
61.6
Layoff (months)Δ 32.7 mo
28.9
LLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWL
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.

Roque Martinez is a submission threat — 0.38 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Roque Martinez rarely shoots — 0.38 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.95 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.

Roque Martinez

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

In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -1.0 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

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

1293.28/min · norm 3.36
Sig. strikes landed
3104.37/min · norm 3.36
1934.90/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed
3464.87/min · norm 3.19
53.8%norm 47.8%
Striking accuracy
47.8%norm 47.8%
56.3%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
41.8%norm 52.5%
00.00/15 · norm 0.28
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.28

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

Roque Martinez

Distance 84.6% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 15.0% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 0.4% (norm 9.3%)

Josh Parisian

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

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

Roque Martinez

Head 76.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 14.2% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 9.2% (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 Martinez L/AAccHeavyweight med Parisian L/AAccHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 99 / 203 48.8% 40.1% 223 / 522 42.7% 40.1%
In the clinch 30 / 36 83.3% 70.6% 69 / 102 67.6% 70.6%
On the ground 0 / 1 too few to rate 70.2% 18 / 25 72.0% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 81 / 184 44.0% 38.9% 183 / 493 37.1% 38.9%
To the body 31 / 34 91.2% 76.8% 97 / 123 78.9% 76.8%
To the legs 17 / 22 too few to rate 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 Martinez L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Parisian L/AOpp accHeavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 107 / 251 42.6% 40.7% 233 / 457 51.0% 40.7%
In the clinch 36 / 47 76.6% 70.6% 82 / 98 83.7% 70.6%
On the ground 50 / 144 34.7% 72.0% 31 / 39 79.5% 72.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 124 / 357 34.7% 38.8% 258 / 503 51.3% 38.8%
To the body 57 / 71 80.3% 75.1% 57 / 60 95.0% 75.1%
To the legs 12 / 14 too few to rate 84.4% 31 / 31 100.0% 84.4%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

150.0% acc · 0.38/15 · norm 0.95
Takedowns landed
533.3% acc · 1.06/15 · norm 0.95
753.8% def · norm 64.3%
Takedowns stopped
1041.7% def · norm 64.3%
7:1118.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
9:4613.8% of cage time · norm 17.2%
15:055:44 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control
29:486:17 per 15 · norm 2:28
10.38/15 · 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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