Karo Parisyan Issued Nine-Month Suspension, Bout Changed to No Contest
Karo Parisyan
The Nevada State Athletic Commission on Tuesday upheld Karo Parisyan’s positive test for banned painkillers, issuing the UFC welterweight a nine-month suspension, fining him $32,000, and changing his January victory over Dong Hyun Kim to a no contest.
Parisyan tested positive for Hydrocodone, Hydromorphone, and Oxymorphone following his split-decision win over Kim at UFC 94 on January 31st.
The ruling is the latest setback for the former contender Parisyan, who was forced out of a November matchup with Yoshiyuki Yoshida at the last minute due to a severe back injury. “The Heat” claimed to have informed the commission prior to the drug test that he had used the painkillers, which were prescribed to treat lingering pain from the back injury, but the NSAC disputed his claims, voting unanimously to uphold the test and issue Parisyan a nine-month suspension.
Parisyan nearly failed to be cleared for the contest due to a prescription taken for anxiety and panic attacks, causing the UFC to have a replacement on hand should he be forced out of the fight. However, “The Heat” was ultimately permitted to compete, earning a close decision victory.
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so the Stun gun remains undefeated
Still undefeated and didn’t looked impressive against Matt Brown or Karo.
I disagree about the Karo one. I think that he beat Karo no questions. I do agree about the matt brown decision. He one but looked like a disabled kid try to get a piggy back ride.
What a huge mistake he made. Even though he’s a young guy, fighters still live and die in their own mind. With that said, I don’t see Karo reaching near the top ever again. I’m not a fan of his, but it’s still a shame.
What?panic attacks…what would he be taking,paxil,zolof?why wouldn’t they let him fight on axiety meds.I’m not a parisyan fan but if he did mention before the fight than thats bs that they upheld the suspesion.
He said he didn’t take the anxiety meds, and he did get to fight. As far as him “mentioning before the fight” the article says the he claims to have mentioned it before the drug test, which I believe was actually post fight. There is a disclosure form they fill out pre-fight that says “Have you taken any prescription medication in the last 15 days?” he wrote “No” and now his defense is “I forgot.” -FAIL
Also, I wonder how many guys actually get away with taking roids and painkillers, because from some of the names that get busted, you have to think they probably know people that get away it and figure they can do the same.
Actually Timmeehhhh said (in 2003) that he heard about Josh Barnett getting busted… so that some how prompted him to believe that he should try steroids and see if he could get away with it… he didn’t.
Yes i misread.I thought he asked commission if he could take pain killers,but it was after the fact.My bad.He deserves everything he gets.
hyun kim remains undeafeted ya!…he may have looked bad against matt brown but i still think he beat karo by a very tiny sliver
Oh me too, Karo did not win that fight. Neither one looked top notch. Karo’s cardio has been garbage his last 2 fights and with 9 months suspended, will only get worse. IMO, he’ll never be back in talks for title contention.
Other guys like James Irvin and Hermes Franca didn’t get the same punishment that Karo just received.
irvin got exactly the same suspension that karo just did what are you talking about http://mmafrenzy.com/8546/james-irvin-eligible-to-return-in-april-considering-drop-to-middleweight/
Ok, i guess i was wrong. No big thing
Franca got suspended for a year and fined. Also, Franca’s incident happened in a different state, so different rules apply.
and it was for steroids not painkillers
well its high time they started handing out real penalities…
too bad for karo to be the example, but it had to be someone and he knew what he was doing…
maybe the rest of the fighters will wake up and realise this isnt pride and you cant cheat to win
So Karo suspended for 9 months is more penalty than Shammy Shammy suspended for a year? Or are you referring to the fine?
no matter what these guys will find a way to get an edge on their opponent.
II agree that it’s time they make fighters pay real penalties for taking illegal drugs. The harsher the penalty,the better message being sent to fighters.
Prescription painkillers, when used under a doctor’s supervision, are not “illegal drugs”. Their use may be against the commission’s rules, but they aren’t “illegal”.
That’s what i meant, i know they are not illegal, i meant it in the fact that the fighters are not allowed to use them before they fight. But thanks for pointing that out for me
depends on who is prescribing them…
You make a valid point though, yet it is illegal under WADA just not punishable by law for a valid prescription.
Maybe this is just me but anyone else find the irony in the fact that the picture is of Karo in a banned Affliction shirt…
That is hilarious!
Yeah, that is kinda funny.
hope does good when he gets back.
Karo is very talented, he fine and suspension is what it is, I find no reason to dispute what has been handed down by the Commision…. He can personally dispute this if he chooses to but he is unlikely to get anything overturned..
He did get a win bonus for that fight, soo with getting fined 40% I presume that he came out 10% ahead of the entire ordeal.. With so much success early on in his life I think that he is having a difficult time with growing up and not stressing on the fact that he might not win a bout.. Panic attacks are no joke, alot of people have them (back in the day our grandparents called it having nerves) but I don’t think lieing about the meds in his body were a good place to start with the AC
Sorry for the incomplete statement I had business to tend to, and by now I forgot where I was headed with all of that if I remember well I will finalize the above rambling, cheers
its prescription painkillers guys, its not like he was on roids or epo or some crap to give him an advantage. Its not like the painkillers prevented him from getting ko’d. fact is if you get hit with a strong enough punch you will get ko’d regardless of what your on. and its not like he was on them from the hell of it, he had a back injury. I really dont see how he could get an advantage from it. I took painkillers before a football game and I felt like crap. I was lazy and didnt want to run. (I was on morphine, hydrocodiene, oxycodiene) that didnt help me at all. I would have no problem if he was on performance enhancers, but he wasnt.
Actually big chris, it’s like the discussion about pot, they provide little to no benefit in the fight itself. However, it can endanger the fighter taking the painkillers, because it can allow further more catastrophic injuries to occur. I do not agree with everyone ripping him for taking the drugs while actually being hurt, but the fight contracts require you to be able to pass multiple physicals and if you are hurt so bad that you require pain medications you are not safe to be in there. If the commission allows a guy to fight they know is injured or “impaired” in any way they become liable and the backlash can cause the sport to be banned from the area. So the suspensions are honestly punishing the fighters and also covering the collective tails of the commission. Not saying everyone that fights isn’t at least a little hurt or banged up before hand but they are able to pass the full physical beforehand.
While I have no clue about the medication that Karo was on, prescription medications can also act as masking agents. For example, Propecia. Propecia is a prescription hair-growth medication, but it also acts as a masking agent allowing an athlete to try and mask steroids in drug tests through the presence of Propecia. (For more info, google ‘Jose Theodore positive drug test’)
I wish that more sports and organizations, including the UFC, would get tough on steroids. I would love to see the UFC administer their own random drug tests to any fighter under contract including during a fighter’s ‘off season’. Athletes often use steroids in their training period and are off of them prior to their competitive event. That coupled with a long term (five year) or lifetime ban for fighters caught doping would be a great start to cleaning up the sport.
Correct me if i’m wrong but has there ever been a guy who has wasted so much raw talent in the sport of MMA, imo none.
I would argue Paulo Fihlo but Karo is a close second.
I love seeing guys who treat others like shyte fail in the end,this arrogant turd is done, i can respect a mistake but i hate deceitful liars…sorry i mean fighters who forget things like taking banned painkillers.
From an article on another site:
But future competitors who are forced to go before the commission will face even stiffer possibilities, as a motion that was made by Commissioner John Bailey — and unanimously approved — calls for a fighter’s “win bonus” to be immediately forfeited should they fail the post-fight drug screen.
A fine would then be assessed on the fighter’s show money.
“In the future, should any contestant, boxing and/or mixed martial artist, be given as a part of their compensation a bonus, and if they find themselves in front of [the commission] on a disciplinary matter involving the ingestion of a prohibited substance, that the win portion of their compensation will be immediately forfeited — if they’re found guilty — will be immediately forfeited to the state,” Bailey said in his motion. “And then we will assess punishment, monetary punishment, on the remaining guaranteed portion of their compensation.”
why don’t they make it a “NC” when the winner has taken steroids?
That’s a good question. I can see not making Sherk’s win over Franca a no contest since Franca got busted too. The only other one I can think of that happened recently is Antonio Silva, and I don’t know why they didn’t change that. One thing to point out though, both of those happened in California and not Nevada… maybe Nevada would have made it a no contest. I don’t know.
Why if they test them bofore, there isn’t anyone busted before the fight?
windmiller- takes time to test for certain levels of drugs, certain ones take longer to test for. You can do a preliminary test and that’ll tell you if they are in there then at a massive amount(taking it day of, etc.) but the full test takes longer than a day. Now why do they not test a few weeks before in addition to the weigh-in test, and then after? good question.
Test results take time. Just like Floyd Landis won the Tour de France a few years ago, then had it stripped later because he failed a test that was administered days before the conclusion of the race. Basically, they’re not getting instantaneous results. For MMA the testing leaves a lot to be desired, so far they only test on fight night, and maybe one random test at some other point in the year, while in cycling Lance Armstrong just underwent his 24th round of testing since August.
I believe it has something to do w/ the fact this(testing) is a medical issue. The NJ rules(ones that provided the basis for all MMA/ boxing rules) state that a fighter must submit to a physical exam before and after if the urinalysis before the fight reveals drugs(even at a later date) then technically the license was never acquired and so therefore the fight “never happened” due to the lack of a license, what happens after i.e. fine, suspension, outcome of the fight, is up to the Athletic commission pending a hearing. DQ’s are only for intentional fouls (correct me if I am wrong) in the ring.
granted it is kind of contradictory but that’s how it appears to me.
or a “DQ”
I have posted a video in the forums that relates to the steroids issue.
good video justin