Georges St-Pierre vs. Karo Parisyan

UFC 20-2-0 vs. 8-4-0 (1 NC)
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Georges St-Pierre

VS

Karo Parisyan

20-2-0
UFC record
8-4-0 (1 NC)
Welterweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
45
AgeΔ 2 yrs
43
5'11"
HeightΔ 1"
5'10"
76"
ReachΔ 4"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
105.1
Layoff (months)Δ 83.5 mo
188.6
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LNCLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Karo Parisyan hunts takedowns — 5.27 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Georges St-Pierre hunts takedowns — 3.94 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.27 Welterweight norm.
Georges St-Pierre owns the mat — in control 47% of cage time, vs a 18% Welterweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Georges St-Pierre

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 202
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 2.01 · 20 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 28 documented bouts

In the UFC: 17-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +5.0 wins over .500

Karo Parisyan

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 106
Tier 3 — regional circuit 146

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.68 · 10 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 37 documented bouts

In the UFC: 6-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.3 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13133.83/min · norm 3.17
Sig. strikes landed
3752.49/min · norm 3.17
4961.45/min · norm 3.06
Sig. strikes absorbed
3302.19/min · norm 3.06
53.2%norm 44.9%
Striking accuracy
41.5%norm 44.9%
73.1%norm 55.25%
Striking defense
58.3%norm 55.25%
90.39/15 · norm 0.38
Knockdowns
00.00/15 · norm 0.38

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

Georges St-Pierre

Distance 68.4% (norm 81.2%) · Clinch 5.1% (norm 9.4%) · Ground 26.6% (norm 8.1%)

Karo Parisyan

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

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

Georges St-Pierre

Head 74.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.8% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 8.4%)

Karo Parisyan

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone St-Pierre L/AAccWelterweight med Parisyan L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 755 / 1689 44.7% 38.6% 159 / 478 33.3% 38.6%
In the clinch 97 / 125 77.6% 67.8% 71 / 137 51.8% 67.8%
On the ground 461 / 656 70.3% 67.2% 145 / 289 50.2% 67.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 850 / 1847 46.0% 37.2% 324 / 845 38.3% 37.2%
To the body 245 / 341 71.8% 70.7% 23 / 27 85.2% 70.7%
To the legs 218 / 282 77.3% 82.9% 28 / 32 87.5% 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 St-Pierre L/AOpp accWelterweight med vs Parisyan L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 351 / 1613 21.8% 39.0% 142 / 500 28.4% 39.0%
In the clinch 93 / 141 66.0% 68.9% 88 / 139 63.3% 68.9%
On the ground 52 / 88 59.1% 68.0% 100 / 153 65.4% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 289 / 1504 19.2% 35.6% 182 / 612 29.7% 35.6%
To the body 114 / 182 62.6% 69.6% 97 / 115 84.3% 69.6%
To the legs 93 / 156 59.6% 82.1% 51 / 65 78.5% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
9073.8% acc · 3.94/15 · norm 1.27
Takedowns landed
5359.6% acc · 5.27/15 · norm 1.27
4685.2% def · norm 63.9%
Takedowns stopped
2559.5% def · norm 63.9%
162:0247.3% of cage time · norm 18.5%
Control time
59:0939.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
19:180:50 per 15 · norm 3:15
Time under control
32:403:14 per 15 · norm 3:15
241.05/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
100.99/15 · norm 0.45

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

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