UFC welterweight Karo Parisyan was kind enough to discuss what he thinks his weaknesses are in the fight game in a recent interview with FightTicker.com. Apparently, the man is just too good for his own good, if you will, but is thankfully looking to change his ways:
“My worst enemy has always been that I’ve been too talented to train, and now it’s catching up with me. I gotta start training or those guys will start catching up with me.”
Sure, that sounds dead on Karo. The problem is you’re too talented to train. That’s probably why Dana White called you his welterweight gatekeeper. Man, I sure hope those guys like Alves, Pierre, Fitch or Koshcheck don’t catch up to you any time soon, then you would really look foolish.
Parisyan also seems to be thinking quite a bit about a rematch with Alves, though he can’t really think about it:
“…Eventually I’ll fight Thiago on paper. In the rematch its going to be disturbing what I’m going to do to Thiago Alves. I promise to you, and I promise to everyone else it will be disturbing what I do to Thiago Alves. But its like I’ve never been stopped like that in a fight, never been robbed like that in a fight. At this point right now, I just have to think about my future fight. I can’t think about the fight with Alves, I can’t (think) that I wasn’t there mentally, that I was burnt out.
All this shit was going on inside my head, but I can’t think about any of that stuff. Thiago, he won on paper, he beat me, he beat Matt Hughes, he deserves it. He took the fight very serious and the best man won that day. But at this point I want to make an example of Yoshida and everyone else who’s going to stand in front of me until I can get my title shot and get my title.”
Any MMA fan can tell you that Karo Parisyan has legitimate and tested skills, absurd comments aside. But in my opinion the guy will always hit (or get hit by) a glass ceiling when it comes to breaking into that top 2 or 3 spot in the rankings. Parisyan has faced many solid opponents in his nine year career but has always come up short against the higher echelon of competition (enter St. Pierre, Sherk, Sanchez, Alves). I can see Karo remaining a top 10 or even top 5 contender for a good while, but I think he would have gotten his shot at the title by now if he really had it in him. Then again, at only 25 years old, “The Heat” has a good chunk of time to prove me wrong.
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i used to love this guy, then he started talking. not that i dislike trash talkin in general, i like the diazes, but the guy’s talkin alot for what he’s accomplished. the most disturbing part is that his trash talk is lame, not funny, and hard to listen to. he should train in shit talkin with rampage for a while if he wants people to like him.
Why do I get the fearful feeling Karo is losing his marbles and perhaps a terrorist? He was never like this before. His career has been kicked in the ass every time he gets close to contention and I see how that is frustrating. Once he shuts his mouth and wins 2-3 straight, I’ll reconsider being a fan again.
HA HA HE SUCKS A$$… I CANT STAND THE GUY… ON THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER SEASON 3 WITH TITO AND KEN… LISTENING TO ROSS AND BISPING IS HILARIOUS… THE WAY THE TRASH TALK… BUT ON THE OTHER HAND YOU HAVE TITO AND KEN THAT ABSOLUTLY CAN’T TRASH TALK IF THERE LIFE DEPENDED ON… LIKE WHEN KEN CALLED TITO A MONKEY HA HA HA
Karo has to the dumbest mma fighter. He is always running his mouth and never backs it up. What an F ing idiot. He will his own downfall and that’s sad.
i’m ready to see diaz vs karo. either one, but hopefully nick cuz nate might be a little on the light side for karo. but either way, the prefight would be awesome to watch.
Karo is an idiot. He is only now finding out that he has been “too talented to train”. it takes losing to GSP, Sherk, Diego Sanchez, and Thiago Alves to finally wake up and say “heh, maybe I should train hard?” what a joke.
Look at Karo. He’s a very skilled grappler, but his boxing is only sub-par. He has really good conditioning for being such a softy, but I agree with this article, Karo will never bring it all together. He thinks too much of himslef. He doesn’t see room to imrpove, he just thinks spending a little more time in the gym will make what he has now perfected and then he’ll be golden. He needs to dramatically improve his standup and his strength. In that division especially you can’t give an edge to your opponent in anything, guys like Koscheck, Fitch and GSP will tear you up if you do.
I think Karo is young enough to stay around a long time, but he may not stay in the UFC for very long, I say he fights out his contract and moves elsewhere so he can be a champ.
If you don’t like Karo, you are crazy. He is still too talented to train! “DO YOU KNOW WHO HE IS”
Brandon,
You’re very right. It’s nice how Karo goes about his days thinking of himself as a legend. Too talented to train??? HAHAmoron HAHAprick HAHAfalfel! What pile of shit. I thought about it more and this guy is beyond arogant and egotistical. A terible combination and personality flaw that leads to ignorance. Better watch what we say because we don’t know what Karo is “capabale of on the streets.”
Karo is getting Howard Hughes scary…
Dietrich,
It’s going to be disturbing what Karo does against Alves. This guy is f-ing nuts. He popped off randomly at Diaz and now he assumes he gets another fight with Alves….LUNATIC!
Lets not forget also that Karo ASKED for Thiago. He was offered a #1 contenders spot against Fitch and turned it down because he wanted a sure thing against Alves. He felt he had already earned his title shot and they just wanted him to fight again to keep him fresh so he hand picked Thiago Alves as a sure thing, then got caught. And to say he was cheated is so ignorant. He got dropped by a knee and his face hit the mat before the rest of his body did. He was out and a punch woke him back up.
i cant stand karo i loved it when he got knockout his last fight
he is only 25 so i know he doesnt have a 9 year mma carrer maybe judo. i cant believe he was too good to train he has losses he is not that good he is talented but so are the ufc champs now what is the difference they train their aces off to be top dog not skate by
this guy makes me sick i say him and nate diaz meet at a catch weight any takers on that fight
if that were to happen id love to see them both decapitate each other haha dana white make it happen karo vs nate in a death match with axes and katanas
it cracks me up he still thinks hes the best after all this
Karo could never fight diaz at a catch weight. He is too talented (not disciplined enough) to get down to the 163 or 4 it would be fought at. He is always fat, always stupid, hopefully we will stop listening to him and he will just go away. As fat as he is at 170, he should be able to suck down to 155 and be a real force. He’ll never win at 170. he sticks his nose in too deep and gets hit too hard.
joel b- karo had his first mma fight in ’99, i wouldn’t b.s. ya.
What a clown! Too good to train… He is not even top 5 in his own weight class, let alone all of MMA.
hate karo hate both diazes
I love Karo, I hope he goes crazy and wins the belt.
Too talented to train ?????? Too stupid to be taken seriously more like.
KOuch
‘Perhaps a terrorist’ ………. I like that, that’s funny, ha ha. He does have that al-qaeda look about him and has definately been brainwashed by his own bullsh*t.
there is alot of fighters i really do not like and karo parisyan definitly tops the list…he thinks he is a lot better than he really is but ive always said his judo skills will only get him so far!
Hey I love Karo! Karo is the only UFC fighter I look at in the octagon and think “I look much better with my shirt off”. Which makes me think i too could one day be the #1 contender for the belt.
But in all seriousness, Karo doesn’t have a ripped body by any means. Which makes me think he should do what sherk did and cut weight to 155 where he might be a bigger fighter. Cause lets face it guys like Thiago and GSP are just to strong for him.
Karo ducked a no1 contender fight with Fitch at ufc 82 to fight a so called “easier” Thiago Alves for a shot at the winner of GSP v Fitch.
Now he’s back to square one
Is Karo only 25? Thought he was much older than that? Ridiculous comments aside, that’s young enough to still take your game to another level.
He needs to lose his ego and get in with a camp that can get him in top condition and improve his striking. Will he do that? Tough to say, but I’d like to see him get a title shot just for the sake of closure.
Do you know who he is? Do you know what he could do to you? HAHA What a joke, he deserves a good beatin.
i’m with dirty dan… hate karo.. hate the diazs. if karo was so tight he would be champ. nuff said.
Karo,
Dirka…..aderka derk. Allah jihad dirka. dirkjin mohom dir zoobi kata kad…..Take that tough guy!
the bottom line is young people say stupid ass sh1t all the time and i hope for us fans he grows up cuz 25 aint that old even though he looks 40 hes not.
i hope he makes the turn around like leben or koscheck for the fact that he does have gorrilla strength and he comes to fight unlike some other turds.i dont like him but as a fan i like guys who bring it and aint mental midgits,plus his throws are a blast to watch.
him vs nate is not a good fight for nate and thats why theres wieght classes.nate is young and i hope he gos a diff route then his bro.nick was a savage and then trying to be a gangsta and smoke weed ment more then being a great fighter but hes also pretty young.for the sport of mma and us fans i hope all 3 of these guys figure it out and soon so mma can grow quicker and better and we get the best fights possible.
Maybe we can have Karo and “The Nightmare” team up against the Diaz brothers in the octagon. All four trash talk horribly. Then we can have some others do run-ns…..wait that’s the WWE…..skip that…..I used to have respect for “The Heat”. Ugh Karo, are you getting senile in your “old” age?!?!?!?!??!
lol
Karo has fallen off the wagon that’s for sure…I think it’s all that Armenian bravado. Manny should take him down a notch or two! haha Go Manvel!