Ultimate Fighting Championship
matchmakers love a potential
slugfest.
Chase
Sherman will lock horns with
Josh
Parisian in a
UFC Fight Night 214 heavyweight showcase on Saturday at the UFC
Apex in Las Vegas. It carries little divisional relevance—if
any—but figures to remain highly entertaining for however long it
lasts. Sherman has lost four of his past five bouts and carries a
4-9 record across 13 appearances in the UFC. He last fought at UFC
on ESPN 39, where he brought down
Jared
Vanderaa with punches in the third round of their July 9
encounter. Parisian, meanwhile, has compiled a 2-2 mark through
four Octagon assignments. He last competed on June 25, when he took
care of
Alan Baudot
with punches in the second round of their UFC on ESPN 38
pairing.
As Sherman and Parisian move ever closer to their forthcoming
battle, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to
this point:
32: Years of age for Sherman, who was born on Nov. 6, 1989 in
D’Iberville, Mississippi.
15: Sherman wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for
94% of his career total. His list of UFC victims: Vanderaa,
Isaac
Villanueva and
Rashad
Coulter. Sherman holds one other win by decision (6%), having
outpointed former
M-1 Global
champion
Damian
Grabowski across three rounds at UFC on Fox 25 in 2017.
3: Sub-minute finishes on the Sherman resume. He wiped out
Chris
Jensen with punches in 11 seconds at Atlas Fights “Battle on
Mobile Bay” on April 12, 2014, stopped
Jack May due to
a leg injury in 56 seconds at Titan Fighting Championship 38 on
April 30, 2016 and wrecked
Rashaun
Jackson with punches in 59 seconds at Island Fights 56 on May
9, 2019.
4: UFC appearances in which Sherman has landed at least 100
significant strikes. He set a personal high-water mark by
connecting with 137 of them against Vanderaa.
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157: Combined victories between the 10 opponents—
Alexander
Romanov,
Jake
Collier,
Parker
Porter,
Andrei
Arlovski,
Augusto
Sakai,
Justin
Willis,
Shamil
Abdurakhimov,
Walt Harris,
Justin
Ledet and
Alex
Nicholson—who have beaten Sherman. They boast a cumulative .679
winning percentage at 157-74-1.
33: Years of age for Parisian, who was born on June 28, 1989 in
Martinsburg, West Virginia.
2: Parisian victories by submission, accounting for 13% of his
career total (15). His methods of choice: one triangle choke and
one keylock. Parisian owns 11 other victories by knockout or
technical knockout (74%) and two more by decision (13%).
91: Seconds needed for Parisian to cut down
Greg
Rebello with a spinning backfist during Season 2 of
Dana White’s Contender Series on June 26, 2018. More than four
years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.
13: Organizations for which Parisian has suited up as a mixed
martial artist. He has gone 3-1 in Total Warrior Combat, 2-2 in the
UFC, 2-0 in DWCS, 1-0 in the
Legacy Fighting Alliance, 1-0 in Warrior Xtreme Cagefighting,
1-0 in Ares Fighting Championship, 1-0 in Carlos Llinas
International Productions, 1-0 in Smuggler’s Run, 1-0 in Native
American Takeover, 1-0 in Caged Power, 1-0 in Dual Combat Sports,
0-1 in
King of
the Cage and 0-1 in Lights Out Championship.
.660: Cumulative winning percentage between the five
opponents—Porter,
Don’Tale
Mayes,
Brett
Martin,
Tony Lopez
and
Ryan
Pokryfky who have defeated Parisian. They sport a combined
record of 101-52.