Dana White: Karo Parisyan pulled out of UFC 106, not fighting Saturday

SuperWoody101

UFC 106 main-card fighter Karo Parisyan, who was scheduled to fight fellow welterweight prospect Dustin Hazelett on Saturday, is no longer part of the card and will never fight again in the organization, according to UFC president Dana White.

White posted a scathing message about the veteran fighter on his Twitter account this afternoon.

"Karo Parisyan has ****ed over the UFC, the fans and his opponent again!!!" White wrote. "He will not be fighting Saturday or ever again in the UFC!!"

In a follow-up message, White stated Parisyan "pulled out of the fight the day before weigh-ins again with a laundry list of excuses."

Parisyan (18-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) was set to return from a drug suspension (prescription painkillers) issued following his win over Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 94 in January. (The win was eventually overturned to a no-decision.) Parisyan also ran into trouble when a September 2008 UFC 88 bout with Yoshiyuki Yoshida was scratched last minute because of a back injury. About the same time, the fighter opened up about panic attacks that have plagued his career.

Hazelett (12-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC, who tore his ACL prior to a booked fight with Ben Saunders in March and hasn't fought since Nov. 15, 2008, will apparently be scratched from the card. White posted another follow-up message stating Hazelett will be paid his show and win money.

scudzilla

Why does this not surprise me, about 4/5yrs ago i thought Karo was an exceptional talent who could go all the way to the top, unfortunately his mental state has prevented that.

Odats

scudzilla wrote: »

Why does this not surprise me, about 4/5yrs ago i thought Karo was an exceptional talent who could go all the way to the top, unfortunately his mental state has prevented that.

One excuse he has made is that he couldn't afford to pay the $32k fine from his failed test against DHK and the NSAC wouldn't grant him a licence but Keith Kizer head of NSAC said that they had agreed a payment plan out of his next few fights. Chap is fcuked up in the head and a waste of talent although I feel he was way overrated and never the same since he ripped his hamstring before he was due to fight Hughes for the title.

I'd say he either knew he'd fail a drug test or wouldn't make weight.

Valmont

That card was so perfect it was too good to be true! While Parysian was an exciting fighter at times, I don't think he will be missed too much.

Mellor

SuperWoody101 wrote: »

White posted another follow-up message stating Hazelett will be paid his show and win money.

To be honest, that's a v.good gesture on whites behalf. He could of easily gotten away with not doing this.

mark.leonard

Mellor wrote: »

To be honest, that's a v.good gesture on whites behalf. He could of easily gotten away with not doing this.

I would have thought it would be in the fighters contract that they would have to be paid in the event of something like this? I am just speculating obviously but if fighting was my livelihood then I would not put my pay check at risk of an opponent not turning up or being injured.

pierrot

While Karo is a very exciting fighter, and his judo can be a joy to watch, he doesn't seem like a nice fella, his guest appearance on TUF a few years back showed him to be quite the ignorant prick.
That said, his finish on Strasser back around the UFC 40's is a personal favourite of mine.

syncsyncboot

I posted on the prediction thread that I was only doing one bet....lumping on Hazlett.

Looks like that bet is ****ed now... I knew Karo wasn't gonna win the fight...but I at least thought he'd make it into the Octagon.....

Poor fella when your mind is injured you're proper ****ed!

Lord Muck

i'm more disspointed in not see Hazelett fight than Parisyan.

dunkamania

Is anyone else disappointed by Dana's reaction. Karo has a history of serious mental health issues. These issues are as serious to Karo's well being, as the medical ailments that threatens Brock Lesnars career. Am I the only one that feels there is a bit of a double standard here.

Tones69

dunkamania wrote: »

Is anyone else disappointed by Dana's reaction. Karo has a history of serious mental health issues. These issues are as serious to Karo's well being, as the medical ailments that threatens Brock Lesnars career. Am I the only one that feels there is a bit of a double standard here.

I think its the fact he pulled the DAY before the weigh ins dude, he did an interview only the other day saying he was gonna do this and do that to Hazelett, sais hes feeling great etc etc, cant blame Dana for being pissed off!!

scudzilla

dunkamania wrote: »

Is anyone else disappointed by Dana's reaction. Karo has a history of serious mental health issues. These issues are as serious to Karo's well being, as the medical ailments that threatens Brock Lesnars career. Am I the only one that feels there is a bit of a double standard here.

I think Dana is pissed at the manner of his withdrawal, and the short notice.

As for the Mental Health Issues, that's another story, these fighters go through very rigourous physical checks, but do they actually have any Mental Checks? I mean IMO Rampage has some mental issues and is a ticking bomb.

rovert

dunkamania wrote: »

Is anyone else disappointed by Dana's reaction. Karo has a history of serious mental health issues. These issues are as serious to Karo's well being, as the medical ailments that threatens Brock Lesnars career. Am I the only one that feels there is a bit of a double standard here.

To a degree but this type of thing isn’t an isolated incident with Karo and of course Brock is WAY more valuable than Karo to UFC. Brock has been fighting with that intestinal problem for over a year according to reports while Karo has a million excuses for not making fights some legitimate and more than a few which turned out to be lies. Karo signed a contact with UFC for this fight in the knowledge that he had to pay that fine.

Devastator

Mellor wrote: »

To be honest, that's a v.good gesture on whites behalf. He could of easily gotten away with not doing this.

mark.leonard wrote: »

I would have thought it would be in the fighters contract that they would have to be paid in the event of something like this? I am just speculating obviously but if fighting was my livelihood then I would not put my pay check at risk of an opponent not turning up or being injured.

I read a report within last few days/week regarding this subject. It was talking about the recent strikeforce event(fedor/rogers) and apparently the last pre-lim fight was moved (last minute) until end of night after live show because the other fights over ran and they wanted to make sure the womens fight took place. Then come the end of the night it was scrapped altogether.
Firstly, as a fighter this must be quite hard to handle. You would know roughly what time your fight is at so you have your prep time sorted then to get told its moved a few hours later could throw things off, but to then be told its off is a disgrace.

On top of this, strikeforce didn't pay because the fight didn't take place, through no fault at all of either fighter, but the promoters fault.

The story went on to talk about a fairly recent UFC event in which again the prelims over ran and they had to make a late postponement to a prelim fight so the live card would start on time. The Ufc paid both fighters their fight money, paid both fighters a win bonus and said it was nothing to do with them, they were prepared to fight and deserved to be paid.

So fair play to the UFC, some fighters might complain about their contracts or advertising bans but on these few occassions they've taken care of their fighters and paid them.

pierrot wrote: »

his guest appearance on TUF a few years back showed him to be quite the ignorant prick.

What that his little spat with Nate Diaz? It wasn't really a guest appearance though was it? I thought he just weighed in because his cousin was 1 of the contestants. Anyways, yeah he did act the prick, fair play to Diaz he wasn't backing down

scudzilla wrote: »

I mean IMO Rampage has some mental issues and is a ticking bomb.

Maybe the whole playing BA in the upcoming film is a joke and they've decided to mix it up and have rampage play Howlin Mad Murdoch :eek::p Sure fire way to ensure nobody questions his acting ability

Mellor

mark.leonard wrote: »

I would have thought it would be in the fighters contract that they would have to be paid in the event of something like this? I am just speculating obviously but if fighting was my livelihood then I would not put my pay check at risk of an opponent not turning up or being injured.

I would imagine they get some kind of insurance in case of this happening, but it might not be the full fight amount, and it certainly doesn't include the win bonus. That's mostly what I referred to