Karo Parisyan Withdraws From UFC 106 Bout With Dustin Hazelett, Will Not Fight Again in the UFC
Karo Parisyan has withdrawn from his UFC 106 welterweight matchup with Dustin Hazelett just two days before Saturday’s pay-per-view event in Las Vegas and will “not be fighting again in the UFC,” UFC President Dana White announced today on Twitter.
“Karo Parisyan has f***** over the UFC, the fans and his opponent again. He will not be fighting Saturday or ever again in the UFC,” wrote White. “Pulled out of the fight the day before weigh-ins again with a laundry list of excuses. Let the press ask Karo why. Let him explain.“
Parisyan (18-5), a longtime contender at 170-pounds, was to return to the UFC after serving a nine-month suspension for testing positive for banned painkillers after a January win over Dong Hyun Kim that has since been changed to a no contest. Prior to suffering a second-round knockout to Thiago Alves last April, “The Heat” had won three-straight and eight of his last nine, with his only career losses coming to notables Sean Sherk (twice), Georges St-Pierre, Diego Sanchez, and Alves.
Hazelett (12-4) is coming off back-to-back submission victories over Josh Burkman and Tamdan McCrory, which improved his UFC record to 5-2, but hasn’t fought in over a year after an injury sidelined him from a scheduled March return.
Due to Parisyan’s last-minute withdrawal, Hazelett will not be in action at Saturday’s event and will instead be scheduled to fight on another upcoming card, though the UFC will still pay him his full salary and win bonus.
“Dustin will be paid his full purse to show and win. It’s not his fault,” wrote White.
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He’s probably on with Strikeforce as we speak.
I hope for their sake Strikeforce doesn’t gamble on this guy.
Everybody who talks crap about Dana [myself included] has to give it up to him for paying Hazelett. That’s just awesome.
He paid Nover and his opponent when Nover had a seizure in the locker room, show and win.
Are you effing kidding me? What a horrible/ tasteless move by Karo. I feel bad for McLovin.
hey do you know who your talking about???
Got to love that joke. I really don’t mind Karo leaving the guy always comes in out of shape like he’s had to many beers. He also hasn’t showed signs of improvement as of his last few fights just the same old Karo.
Haha, hilarious!
A certain Sum41 song comes to mind, concerning Karo Parisyan at this point in time.
Walking Disaster?
hmmm im gonna say either in too deep or over my head
A.N.I.C.
Although I’m sure Parisyan will resurface with Strikeforce, Scott Coker has to be wondering at this point what sort of employee he’ll be getting, when you consider how Parisyan disrespected Dana White, the UFC, and the fanbase…
Well, he’ll be getting one very similar to one he already has… Nick Diaz.
Except that Diaz always shows up to fight. He may not make weight, but he’ll show up.
How does skipping out on your wiz quiz the week before an event, and therefore missing out on a title fight constitute “always shows up to fight?”
Im wondering what fight takes its place on the main card. I guess they could just have the 4 and whatever unaired fights are good just put them in. Or just put Larson and Foster in the slot.
Wow! I don’t know what to say, unless it’s a real emergency i don’t know why he would pull something like this, wow! Too bad i guess.
I’ve never and never will be a Karo fan but i feel sorry for the dude because he just burned his bridges with the UFC and will for sure regret this decision later.
“Do you know who I am?”
Yeah I do, d-bag, you’re the guy that Dana White just sh!t-canned on Twitter…
This is a bit bitter-sweet i realy wanted mclovin to take him out rather than him just leave..i never really like karo as person he was a decent fighter which imo never evolved…feel bad for mclovin because he wuld hav trained his ass of for this coz karo had a name behind him in the ufc and a win of him wuld have defintley got him up the rankings..too bad
Really, is it too much to ask for you to stick with one name? If you change names again, you’re done. -Justin H
hazelett vs fitch make it happen
for 107 i shoulve added
That would be a good match. I would love to see it but I wouldn’t know who to cheer for
The sad thing about all this is he had to pull out two days before the event and now there is no time to find a replacement. Was really looking forward to seeing Dustin in action. To pull out is one thing, to pull out the day before weigh ins…damn
At least Dustin gets paid show and win.
he was probaly to busy getting high on pills to train F**k him if he dont want to fight in the ufc that is his loss go to strike force and fight for them until they go out of business then where r u gonna fight the
What a sad sack. Hopefully strikeforce tells him to f off too.
about time. karo sucks anyways. too full of himself. plus he gets so scared before the fights he quits… hope i never have to watch him fight again..
Karo “do you know who i am” ” parysian has shown what phil collins said best, and that is his “true colors”.
IMO he’s always been a douch but i think he’s got some real psychological problems. I know a lot of people say rampage has all these issues but atleast he shows up to the fights and knocks dudes out. Karo has had anxiety attacks and panic attacks the night before the fight. It’s wierd, i just saw an interview with him saying he’s going to whoop on dustin and submit him.
THiago clearly was the beginning of the end.
i agree jazz. never been a fan of his, was really excited to see him fight a fellow judo fighter in yoshiyuki (or w/e). but noooo he got scared cause yoshi was better at judo than him. he has anxiety problems cause he gets too nervous before the storm. in order to be a successful fighter you need to remain calm at all times. think we all can agree with that here
I’ve never liked Karo, so the only bad news here is Hazelett got screwed.
T3CHN3TNIUM AND FIGS,
Yeah dudes i agree.
Dustin appears to be a focused, solid fighter with great potential. Although this situation sucks for him, i’m sure he’ll be back soon and come back strong.
McLovin didn’t get completely screwed, as Dana is paying him his show/win money, and signing him to another fight…
Jchol,
For sure. I just meant the guy trained his balls off and probably put his body in tremendous pain to train for a fight that isn’t going to happen. In that regard, he got screwed. I had a feeling he’d still get his purse though, and am glad he did.
Totally agree, and sorry if I made it sound like I was downplaying Hazelett’s misery.
I can’t imagine how much that must suck to bang out Lord knows how many straight weeks of camp, only to get a text or some sh!t like that 48 hours before the fight that your opponent has bailed…
WOW Karo just got fired on Twitter, is that a new “low”, is Karo a likeable individual? perhaps not but what issues is he having that makes him wait til 2 days before an event to withdraw? I believe he is know to have “panic attacks” and whatnot but damn it must be crazy to have them so bad that he withdrew from a UFC card.. I honestly was looking forward to seeing this bout, it was one of the saving graces for me, to watch a ground war between Karo and McLovin was going to be fun for me, unfortuanately Karo is no longer part of the card…
McLovin trained his butt off for this bout and this was his “return”, I do believe that Dana did the right thing in paying him his “show” money but super nice giving him his win bonus as well, McLovin has to be Pissed off rightnow I know I would be, now what does he do continue to train hard in hopes that Joe Silva can get him a bout asap or does he go and relax drink 3 too many beers and chill for a minute, Karo F’D the UFC again peace Karo, I don’t know who you are….
I hope he doesn’t go to StrikeForce honestly
I’m also thinking that getting fired can cause a panic attack…
The Volkmann/Thiago fight, replacing Karo/Hazelett on main card.
dont get me wrong i think karo is a piece of s@*# for doin this but i still think he n matt hughs should have fought
Why are they putting the Volkmann – Thiago fight onto the main card when Caol Uno is fighting?? The Uno fight doesn’t even make the prelims for TV
Here’s hoping for lots of quick knockouts so I get to see it in some way!
Because the last time Uno fought it was really kind of a snoozer, where Thiago at least has a recent KO, and a back and forth battle with Fitch on his record.
The word is “though” NOT “thought”….good job guys!
“Due to Parisyan’s last-minute withdrawal, Hazelett will not be in action at Saturday’s event and will instead be scheduled to fight on another upcoming card, “thought” the UFC will still pay him his full salary and win bonus”
So, there was a typo, big whoop, it’s fixed now.
“big whoop wanna fight about it?”
Little Irish Midget from Family Guy quote
Dose it matter? Really? Go back under your bridge!
I think what surprises me most about this is that he apparently didn’t say anything until this point. I can’t imagine if he would’ve approached Dana up front and told him that he was having trouble paying the fine and had concerns about it preventing him from being licensed, Dana wouldn’t have helped him out. $32k isn’t a huge amount of money for the UFC. I’m guessing there’s something to this story aside from the unpaid fine.
Didn’t Keizer say that they’d work with him on payments and let him pay some from this Saturday’s money? Seems like people were willing to work with him.
Yes, Kizer was willing to work with him. As far as the UFC paying Karo’s fine, I don’t know about that, that would take away Karo’s punishment for doping, and I doubt the UFC would do that.
I agree that the UFC wouldn’t pay his fine, but I’m pretty sure between Kizer and Dana something would have been worked out that would allow Parisyan to fight, and still make good on his fines to the NSAC.
I hope that Scott Coker, or any other MMA promoter, takes a good long hard look at this piece of work before signing him to a fight.
And here I didn’t think a fighter would come along that could take the annual MMA d-bag award from Josh Barnett, but that just goes to show you I guess…
Another site is reporting that longtime Parisyan friend and newlywedded [to MMA hottie Erin
"Camel"Toughill] Neil Melanson, head jitz guy over at Xtreme Couture, has issued a brief statement saying that Parisyan pulled out of 106 because of his ongoing addiction to prescription pain killers…That’s just not necessary. -Justin H
Would that “site” happen to be 5lbsofcrap.com? Yeah, that story was debunked when they broke it, don’t waste your time there, seriously.
Actually, a friend of mine texted me with that “information”, that turned out to be from the site in question when I talked to him later.
Apparently he’s been hitting that site for awhile now, so I told him that maybe its time for him to step up from a fanboy MMA site like that to a big boy MMA site like the frenZy…
Karo is an amazing fighter the only fighter who utlizes throws every single person on this site doesn’t know the truth and onlu assming things! The deal was
He was suspended for 9 months the guy comes back and the commissions make a deal with him that “karo as soon as you fight pay the 32,000 and he said after my fight for sure!! That was the deal! Then LAST minute change ****ing the head of commission said your license is suspended you need to pay now.. WTF?? How can the guy pay at the last minute when he hasn’t been fighting for months???? After his fight he was going too.. Piece of **** white got all pissed cause he couldn’t do **** or argue his way with the commissions and was going to pay dustin out of his “OWN” pocket told karo I can’t do anything!! Karo was ready to FIGHT he waited too ****ing long.. for this bull****!! Dana had the ****ing money could of paid and karo would of paid him back after his fight plain and simple!!! screw dana for what he did that money was peanuts for him!! Basically they ****ing lied and said pay the 32,000 after the fight which was the deal which they could have said weeks before not at the last minute when the guy is ready to fight and telling him oh you can’t your license is suspended!! It’s pure bull****.. I think his going to fight for strikforce not sure though.. has all the talent and skills in the world!!
Karo is this you? SERIOUSLY??????????????
So it has NOTHING to do with painkillers.. He only took once for his torn hamstring in his preveious fight! I know for a FACT that karo would have tossed dustin like a rag doll karo has faced tougher and known opponets and has more exprience than dustin!! Karo’s overall mma resume is 26-5 and has 9 submmsions!
Most of your morons have no legit facts just retarded opinions!!Keizer lied 100% his the commsions and every idiots gonna say “he has a plan worked out for karo” BULL**** damnn the media will beleve anything it sells instead of the DAMN TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lolNo personal attacks. -Justin H
REALLY? do you know who he was BRO……………..
Karo is past it anyway!!! Manny gamburian is better now and even he’s not even in ufc.
FACTS!. Manny is also a judoka just like karo which he NEVER can implement like karo in an actual mma match!! How many times had manny shown judo tosses beautiful throws like Karo constantly???? How about 1.. Karo came along and brought his judo with him and started tossing people on their heads and has amazing fights in he’s 26-5 mma record!! He’s standup in better than mannys his grabling is better than mannys and there is no questions who has the “well known” judo back round!! karo has faced tougher opponents and has been fighting for 14 years as he’s mma proffesion!! Manny only goes for boring take downs and barely doing anything!! Karen darbinyan did alot better on his feet than manny in the whole fight!! Manny can’t stand and throw normal punches or even use normal strikings and he’s fighting style is pretty DAMNN ugly LOL.. Emerson knocked him to sleep and saw alot of open opprtunities!!
How long did manny survive in the UFC?? He had 2 win’s and 2 losses and got dropped cause of his losing stricks!! I sensed that as a BIG fanatic of the sport that manny wasn’t going to last in the UFC like his causin!!! Just like the diaz brothers!! And if it wasn’t for karo parisyan when he got manny on the show, manny wouldn’t even be fighting right now!! Plain and simple..
But Karo parisyan is a 7 year of veteran in the UFC and has left alot of memorable fights behind for the fans and he is already the WEC champ for 170.. GSP KARO ROGER HUERTA!!!!! FTW..
You should stick to one name. -Justin H
I go by jay or jay the freak fanatic is that a problem??
Yes. Pick one name, and stick to it. It’s not that hard.
good that hazelett gets paid.
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of course!
it’s getting paid to prepare – for min 3 months of his life.
would you like to work 1/4 year for free?
think about it
What are you talking about? That doesn’t even make sense.
just saying that paying the fighter in hazeletts situation should be the rule.
If it’s not written into the contract between the fighter and UFC, no one has to do anything. It’s called simple contract law.
Strikeforce canceled a bout from the Fedor card (for no real reason) and didn’t pay the guys the win money until Monday, after there was massive outcry on MMA sites over the crookedness of not doing that.
law.
yes,
totally,
it should be the law like in other gigs.
folks gotta eat.