Ido Pariente (Hebrew: עידו פריינטה; born August 31, 1978) is an Israeli mixed martial arts fighter and trainer.
The Jerusalem Post described him and his brother Roy as "pretty much the biggest names in Israel's young MMA scene.
[5] The Jerusalem Post described him and his brother as "pretty much the biggest names in Israel's young MMA scene.
[18] In October 2007, Pariente defeated Romanian Gica Apostu to retain the Desert Combat title, winning Desert Combat V. He fought at 85 kg, for Team Franko, coached by Yitzhak Franko.
[5][19] Pariente was a lightweight participant in 2008 on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs.
[2][20][21][22] Escudero started the fight quickly, scoring with shots to Pariente's body, and then slowed the pace down.
[23] Escudero kicked his way free, scored a takedown of his own, worked onto Pariente's back, and finished with a modified rear-naked choke.
[23][24] Pariente said later that TUF 8 had been his dream for a long time, and the loss was very hard on him mentally.
[2] On November 9, 2010, he fought Josh Hewlett of San Francisco, a former wrestler and football player, in Israel FC: Genesis.
The MMA event was held in front of a boisterous crowd of 6,500 people at Nokia Arena in the Tel Aviv neighborhood of Yad Eliahu on pay-per-view available worldwide, and was slated to be the largest MMA event ever in Israel.