[From Senate Sports]Ego often has some part to play in the fight game, but never more so than when Karo Parisyan meet Yoshiyuki Yoshida this weekend to determine the best Judo expert in the business.
For Parisyan, The UFC is his turf. With 12 fights and 9 wins inside The Octagon, Parisyan has established a reputation as the Judo man in The UFC.
Yoshida has fought and won just one fight at MMA's top table, submitting Jon Koppenhaver.
Submissions are generally not Yoshida's thing though. Six of his last nine fights have been won by knock-out, and Parisyan has to deal with a man on a nine-fight winning streak.
Parisyan is always aggressive, but he also has to overcome the first knock-out suffered in his career, delivered brutally by Thiago Alves in "The Heat's" last fight.
Welterweight obscurity threatens should Parisyan lose, while Yoshida will land in The UFC in a big way if he can beat his Judo rival.
EXPERT'S VIEW: Do not expect your typical Judo war, both fighters bring it to The Octagon and it could well be that they trade blows early doors.
PREDICTION: Parisyan
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