UFC president Dana White has just Tweeted that welterweight Karo Parisyan will be pulling out of his fight just moments before showtime … again. An irritated White stated that the Armenian will never again see the inside of an Octagon.“Karo Parisyan has [expletive] over the UFC, the fans and his opponent again!!! He will not be fighting saturday or ever again in the UFC!!,” White Tweeted. “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 was slated to take on Dustin Hazelett at UFC 106 this weekend inside the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. White later stated that Hazelett will be awarded his entire purse + win bonus, so today’s news wasn’t too bad for the submission specialist.
Following his UFC 94 “win” over Dong Hyun Kim, the Nevada State Commission suspended Parisyan for nine months, fined him a total of $32,000, and overturned his split decision W to a No Decision after it was revealed that he had three banned pain killers in his system.
Parisyan also ran into trouble at UFC 88 back in September 2008 when he was a last-minute scratch against Yoshiyuki Yoshida because of a back injury. Shortly after, the Armenian went public regarding issues with panic attacks.
Parisyan is once again pointing fingers as to why he can’t participate in Saturday’s event inside the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, however his word doesn’t carry as much weight as it used to.
“There’s a lot of problems going on. They won’t re-license me unless I (expletive) pay them,” Parisyan told MMAWeekly.com. “I had to pay the $32,000 fine in order to fight. I never paid because I never had the money. I don’t know if I’ll be able to come back.”
Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer refutes the Armenian’s explanation as to why he won’t be on the pay-per-view broadcast.
The exact reason why Parisyan exited stage-left remains unknown, however if you were to read between the lines, the writing is all over the wall.
“Everything is over bro. I’m just going to go home. Everything is (expletive) up. I’ve got to think about what I’m going to do for my career,” Parisyan added. “I’ve got to think about what I want to do as far as fighting goes.”
Here is a recap on this Saturday’s fight schedule:
Preliminary Bouts:
Brock Larson and Brian Foster
Jason Dent vs. George Sotiropoulos
Fabricio Camoes vs. Caol Uno
Spike TV (9PM ET/6PM PT)
Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt
Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders
Main Bouts:
Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann
Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah
Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson
Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
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