Bro.

Ugh.

Does the win get over turned? NC?

I blame Reggie Warren Jr.

Cause that would really give me a huge jump in the betting game. Hell, I might atcually win. :)

Damn this sucks. I don’t LIKE Karo, but he’s got undeniable talent. But I think at this point it’s clear that he’s a headcase. I don’t mean that to be derogatory, but what is going on between his ears is sabotaging what could be a great fighter. We’ve seen that so many times before; some people just aren’t built right mentally to handle the fight game at the highest level.

what exactly is he for MMA? He has never really shown anything that translates to being a dangerous MMA fighter. I have really disliked him as a person for a while because of his antics & after this it just seals it for me.

If he’s really got some sort of addiction to painkillers, is he still going to Montreal? Cause’ we got socialized health care up here, so he could probably get his fix easier. And free.

Hydrocodone is a semi-synthetic opiate derivative that is used as a prescription painkiller under brand names such as Vicodin.

Hydromorphone, another powerful prescription painkiller, is derived from morphine and is approximately three times stronger than heroin when compared on a milligram for milligram basis.

Oxymorphone is similar to Hydromorphone but is regarded as more potentially addictive; it has a following among recreational drug users for the intense high it produces, although when used for genuine pain-relief it is not so habit-forming.

and there’s no way a doctor would prescribe all three of those at once. So that means he was getting them on the side, or from multiple doctors. Furthermore, they only stay in your system for approximately 3 days, so he was taking them right up to fight time most likely. The fight to kick his possible opiod addiction will be far tougher than any MMA fight.

I’ll bring this to the table, and take it for what it’s worth. It was rumored that Karo had a replacement in Rick Story leading up to the bout with Dong Hyun Kim, leading me to believe that he was likely injured once again. Karo probably was thinking the exact same thing as I was thinking at the time of the story… “Not again.. another damn injury”.

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Karo likely had some pressure to fight on his shoulders. He had a tremendously long layoff, was suddenly gone from the title picture, or even the contention picture, had a lot of fans who wanted to see him fight, yet he can’t remain healthy.

Instead of doing the smart thing and backing out of the fight, he decided against be called a “pussy” by casual fans and whoever else could muster up the balls to insult him. He took a shitload of painkillers, went out and fought, and paid the consequences. Poor decision by Karo, and I wish he’d simply take the time to properly rehab, if that’s even possibly with the quadricep injury he has.

I’m not a Karo Parisyan fan, but I can’t help but wonder if this was exactly what went through his mind. He’d be off for so long, so far out of the spotlight, and he made the wrong decision.

Wow. What a shame.

For longtime fans of Parisyan, his trajectory has been a very bitter pill to swallow.

I hear Oxy tastes the same …

Interesting bit from MMAWeekly.com:

When contacted by MMAWeekly.com about the positive test result, a surprised Parisyan said that he revealed all medications that he has been taking on his pre-fight medical paperwork prior to UFC 94 as required. He believed that he had followed proper procedure and was not in violation of any rules.

A bit of miscommunication between Karo and the commission.

:( he’s becoming like the Dr. House of MMA, except no doctorate of medicine from JHU or crazy diagnoses.

i really hope he’s not addicted to the narcs, but it does seem that way. why didn’t he just take his ativan for his nerves?! or have a shrink prescribe another anxiety med that does induce as much drowsiness.

and in rare cases doctors will prescribe more than one narc with slightly different origins because they effect the body slightly different on how much damage it will do to other organs (i.e. some cause more kidney damage and others are rougher on the liver). this way the patient can take them alternating and do less damage to one organ system but still have the analgesia.