This could be a decent enough fight, but if the UFC put it together
solely to match Josh
Parisian against an actual Parisian, they really should've
committed to putting it on the September 3rd card. At any rate,
Parisian's UFC career to date has been a letdown given the long
road he took to get here; he was seemingly a lock to get a contract
after scoring a 2018 win on the Contender Series via a spinning
backfist, but was instead shunted to a season of The Ultimate
Fighter that he did not win. Parisian's a large heavyweight with
some impressive creativity at times, as that spinning backfist
showed, but he hasn't been able to translate that into much
success; Parisian's UFC fights have mostly devolved into him
attempting to pressure and smother his opponent, which only earned
him a narrow win over Roque
Martinez thus far - and getting out-wrestled by Don'Tale
Mayes in December was a worryingly poor look. He'll face
Frenchman Alan
Baudot, who's still looking for his first UFC win in this, his
fourth try. Baudot can crack a bit, so he's had some promising
moments in his fights, but without scoring the knockout he's been
unable to turn that into much of anything, as he's not particularly
comfortable anywhere else. Baudot could put Parisian out, but the
likelier bet seems to be that Parisian can turn this into a sloppy
affair where he can lean on Baudot and control the fight if things
ever get too out of hand; the pick is Parisian via decision.
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