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According to a report by Ariel Helwani at MMAFighting.com, Karo Parisyan is currently involved in negotiations with Strikeforce and if the two sides can come to an agreement, the Armenian judoka could compete for the organization on their June 16 card in Los Angeles.
Parisyan was let go by the UFC in November amidst a firestorm of controversy. Scheduled to make his return to the Octagon at UFC 106 after serving a nine-month suspension for testing positive for a painkiller cocktail made up of hydrocodone, hydromorphone, and oxymorphone following his fight against Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 94, Karo flaked out on his fight with Dustin Hazelett two days before the event, citing his recently revealed panic disorder as the reason.
After Parisyan’s latest escapade UFC president Dana White announced via Twitter that "The Heat" would "not be fighting Saturday or ever again in the UFC!!" and that he didn’t buy Karo’s "laundry list of excuses."
The 27-year-old hasn’t looked the same as the dangerous welterweight whose only UFC losses prior to his publicized bout with anxiety were by decision to Georges St-Pierre and Diego Sanchez.
Hopefully Karo can get his head on straight and get back to form fighting for Strikeforce and we don’t see him sporting a face tattoo any time in the near future. By then, it will likely be too late.
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commentsAlso, people around here know how to use the shift key. That's a good sign.
Oh, and as for Manny Gamburyan, I didn't understand his comment, it sounded bizarre and pretty dumb when he said it, so I don't mean to stick up for that comment. I was never a fan of Manny on TUF either.
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In a perfect world, Karo will get his shit together and be a good fighter again. Will he be as good he thinks he once was? Doubtful. Was he ever as good as he thought he was? Not even close.
Anyway, get him in the gym, all training up an' shit, then drop him in the cage with Fraggle. I dunno if it'll be possible to fit two men in the cage with those giant egos taking up all the room, but give it a try.
Fraggle will destroy him, most likely. But, there's always the chance that Karo breaks Fraggle's spine. *sigh* Either way it's win-win for the fans, since nobody really gives a shit about what either of these guys do.
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I hope he fights Diaz and gets ktfo at 4:20 of the first round.
@mofo, what does facing prejudice have to do with manny saying and going to touch gloves at the start of round 1 then he spinning heel kicks the guy in the gut. that guy is a jerk.
His genocide statement is pretty awful especially coming from an armenian. You don't hear japanese fighters saying "i'm gonna nuclear bomb your ass" ... better yet "i'm gonna do hiroshima on yo ass"
(As for Armenians, lighten up brutha, they face enough prejudice as it is, you may not know about it in the US.)
Clyde - I'm a big Judo fan too - I've always wondered why Karo is the only dude in the UFC who busts out the sweet throws. So I'm a Karo fan.
Dias needs to hook him up with some o' that 4:20, get him all mellow and not strung out, and *then* those two can go at it.
And if anyone's wondering who the heck I am, I just found potato nation and fuckin' dig it so far. Seems a class above the other sites and forums. Here's the reason I joined: "like throwing a haymaker down a hallway". Awesome.
As a judo fan, I'll choose to hope for the best and for a couple of sweet uchi matas in his next fight.
As a realist... we'll see what happens.
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