Souza is 10 years younger. With an age gap of 10 years or more, the younger fighter wins 70% of UFC fights (353 of 508 fights).
Parsons’s first UFC fight in 40 months. A fighter coming back after 2 years or more away, against an opponent active within the year, wins 39% of the time (83 of 213 fights).
Souza has 10 inches more reach. A reach advantage of 7 inches or more wins 60% of UFC fights (223 of 375 fights).
Counted from every UFC fight on record before this bout. These are history, not our model’s read.
The facts, side by side — Jonny Parsons vs Jose Souza.


| UFC 1-0 | UFC record | UFC 1-0 |
| 9-3 | Pro record | 9-1 |
| The Sluggernaut | Nickname | — |
| 5' 9" | Height | 6' 3" |
| 69" | Reach | 79" |
| Orthodox | Stance | Orthodox |
| 35 | Age | 24 |
| 170 lbs. | Weight | 170 lbs. |
| United States | Nationality | United States |
| Las Vegas, Nevada | Hometown (per Sherdog) | San Diego, California |
| Syndicate MMA | Camp | Alliance Training Center |
Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.
Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.
Jonny Parsons1 UFC fights · 63 landed
Limited sampleJose Souza1 UFC fights · 72 landed
Limited sampleSignificant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.
The level change — how often it lands, how often it is stopped. Career UFC rates, straight off the tape.
Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.27 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.
Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.
Jonny Parsons (left) vs Jose Souza (right) — career striking & grappling rates.
Who these two are — reported newsroom prose where we have it, our own data-built profile where we don’t. Each is labelled.
5' 9" orthodox technical striker campaigning at Welterweight. 1 UFC win — 1 KO/TKO.
6' 3" orthodox all-rounder campaigning at Welterweight. 1 UFC win — 1 decision.