MatchWiz

Josh Parisian

16-8-0 · MatchWiz rating 1472

Age37Height6'4"Reach79"StanceOrthodoxDivisionHeavyweightCampScorpion Fighting SystemCountryUSA

Rating trend

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Our Elo-style rating after each UFC fight — 1500 is average; champions live around 1700+ (full leaderboard). This is the backbone of our win probabilities.

Career rates

Where he stands

Josh Parisian is 4-5 across 9 fights on our tape. He's on a 3-fight losing run. Our rating has him at 1472 — it moves with every result and weights who he beat, so a win over a ranked opponent counts for far more than one over a debutant. A record on its own says very little in this sport — two fighters at 12-3 can have faced completely different opposition, which is exactly the gap the rating is built to close.

He ends fights

75% of Josh's wins have come inside the distance. That's a real trait and a volatile one: a finisher's floor is lower than his highlight reel suggests, because the same aggression that ends fights early loses them early. He absorbs 4.9 significant strikes a minute, which is the number to watch — a high finish rate paired with heavy absorption is a career that tends to be short and loud.

Age matters more here than in most sports

Josh is 37. MMA decline tends to arrive suddenly rather than gradually — durability goes before output does, so a fighter can look sharp on the stats right up until he doesn't. The model factors age in, and it's one of the places we'd trust the number least on any individual fight.

How the model reads him

Josh's number is a matchup output — rating against rating, then style against style, plus age and layoff — graded on the fight board like every other call. Our tape covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on, and one punch can settle a fight the better fighter was winning.

The full method is on the fight board, and every published call is graded on the report card.

Josh Parisian — FAQ

What is Josh Parisian's record?

4-5 across 9 fights on our tape, which covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 to the present. Our rating has him at 1472 — it weights who he beat, not just how often he won.

What kind of fighter is Josh Parisian?

He lands 4.6 significant strikes a minute and absorbs 4.9, with 1 takedowns per 15 minutes and 46% takedown defense. Those rates decide where his fights happen, which decides most of the rest.

Fight history

DateOpponentResultEventΔ rating
Mar 9, 2024Robelis DespaigneL · KO/TKO R1UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2-19
Aug 12, 2023Martin BudayL · Submission R1UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Dos Anjos-13
Feb 19, 2023Jamal PoguesL · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield-14
Jun 26, 2022Alan BaudotW · KO/TKO R2UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot+16
Dec 18, 2021Don'Tale MayesL · KO/TKO R3UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus-45
Jun 19, 2021Roque MartinezW · Decision - Split R3UFC Fight Night: The Korean Zombie vs. Ige+21
Nov 29, 2020Parker PorterL · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark-42
Aug 19, 2020Chad JohnsonW · KO/TKO R1Dana White's Contender Series: Season 4, Week 3+35
Jun 27, 2018Greg RebelloW · KO/TKO R1Dana White's Contender Series: Season 2, Week 3+34

Record is career MMA (including pre-UFC fights); the history and rating cover UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on. Back to the fight board →