16 Facts About Ido Pariente

Ido Pariente is an Israeli mixed martial arts fighter and trainer.

Ido Pariente was born in Tel Aviv, Israel on August 31,1978.

Ido Pariente fought karate from the age of 7 until he was 17.

Ido Pariente is a BJJ second-degree black belt, and as of 2010 he had been fighting professionally for over 10 years.

In 1999, Ido Pariente went to the United States to train and fight for two years.

Ido Pariente is reputed to have good Muay Thai skills.

Ido Pariente was the Victory Fighting Championship Lightweight Champion in 2001, Pankration World Champion in 2003, European BJJ champion brown belt in 2007, and Desert Combat Lightweight titleholder in 2007.

Ido Pariente had accepted the fight before realizing that Shields fought at the higher welterweight weight, but when he questioned the arrangement he was told, "It's this fight or no fight".

Ido Pariente dominated early, getting the mount position following a quick takedown, and when Pariente gave up his back Shields defeated Pariente at 2:06 of the first round on a submission tapout by rear naked choke.

Ido Pariente was a lightweight participant in 2008 on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir, but was eliminated in season 8 by Efrain Escudero, The Ultimate Fighter lightweight winner of the season.

Ido Pariente got a trip takedown using a clinch, and followed with shots to Escudero's body.

Ido Pariente said later that TUF 8 had been his dream for a long time, and the loss was very hard on him mentally.

Ido Pariente won the lightweight bout at 2:54 of the first round by submission.

Ido Pariente's career continued through a Cage Warriors event in 2012.

Ido Pariente returned to fight in the Abu Dhabi Combat Club Israel Open Championship in Tel Aviv in April 2014, winning the Male Super Fight 1 category.

Since retiring from fighting, Ido Pariente has run the Ido Pariente Academy, an MMA training school affiliated with Patrick Bittan located in Raanana.