Karo Parisyan Out of UFC 88
by Kid Nate on Sep 5, 2008 2:53 PM EDT
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A last-minute back injury has forced welterweight contender Karo Parisyan to withdraw from his UFC 88 bout with Yoshiyuki Yoshida. Saturday’s UFC 88 card (pay-per-view 10pm ET / 7pm PT) will continue with nine bouts
Fightlinker is already howling:
You always give fighters the benefit of the doubt, but with all that talk of Karo’s serious anxiety disorder over the past few weeks, am I being callous to suggest that we’re not getting the entire story here?
If Karo isn't really injured, this could be all she wrote for one of my all-time favorite fighters.
UPDATE: Luke has pointed out to me that speculating that the reasons for Karo pulling out of the fight without any evidence that it's NOT a back injury is irresponsible and the reason Dana hates blogs. He's right and I feel pretty guilty, especially since Karo is absolutely one of my favorite fighters.
Sherdog is reporting that they've confirmed that it IS a back injury:
Randy Couture, one of Parisyan’s primary training partners, said the fighter “put his back out” some time between Thursday evening and Friday morning and was having difficulty walking.
On the other hand, Steve Cofield is adding to the speculation that there's more to it than that, based on his recent interview with Karo, Cofield says he's "not surprised" that Karo pulled out of the fight.
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Bummer
One of the few wars I was looking forward too on this card.
I’d rather see Tavares/Pellegrino.
by idefinecagefighter on Sep 5, 2008 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't need to watch
Lambert underperform on yet another show…
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by Brent Brookhouse on Sep 5, 2008 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Well that just sucks. Hopefully they can get Yoshida on one of the upcoming cards.
Thiago Silva just pulled out of his fight with Machida too.
http://sherdog.com/news/news/injured-silva-withdraws-from-ufc-89-14296
This is unreal. I was really looking forward to these two fights in particular.
by Flying Gogoplata on Sep 5, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Flip sides of a coin
Down side- I really, really, really wanted to see this fight. Yoshida got hosed big time.
Up side- Now Kurt Pellegrino vs Thiago Tavares can be moved to the televised card. Maybe even Jason Lambert vs Jason MacDonald too.
Sucks for Yoshida, but the UFC will probably give him a paycheck even if they can’t find him a replacement fight, and he’ll be back on the November card maybe.
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by Michaelthebox on Sep 5, 2008 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I find it hard to believe
that the UFC wouldn’t be giving Yoshida a dime for this time, seeing as he’s already traveled and such (I assume).
I understand they paid Jardine at least his show pay when one of his fights fell through, so I’m assuming thats common practice especially for the less tenured fighters who really need the paychecks.
by Michaelthebox on Sep 5, 2008 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Back when Karo wouldn’t train for fights he didn’t get injured. Perhaps he should go back to that training regiment.
BUUUUUUUURRRRRNNNNNNNNN!
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They may give him Kevin Burns.
"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007
I have the live feed on for the weigh-ins, which start at 4 EST. Rogan came on during the mic check and said to one of the producers or whoever that Karo is “all fucked up”.
Shucks!
Couldnt have happened to a nicer guy. He is a jerk, and a boring fighter to watch. I wanted him to fight to see him get some teeth kicked out.
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"Life's tough, tougher if you're stupid."
"On the streets" and such
was a fairly hilarious, if utterly humiliating rant by Karo.
There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.
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