Josh Barnett, Karo Parisyan Pick Up Wins at Impact FC in Australia
by Kid Nate on Jul 10, 2010 10:02 AM EDT
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Josh Barnett and Karo Parisyan, two MMA fighters who have struggled with U.S. athletic commissions took a step toward reviving their careers today by picking up wins in the fledgling Impact FC promotion's debut event in Brisbane, Australia.
InfiniteMMA has the complete results.
Barnett beat Brazilian heavyweight Geronimo "Mondragon" Dos Santos, a fighter who had built up a little bit of hype by beating UFC vet Assuerio Silva last October, although he'd gone 3-3 since that fight -- before losing to Barnett. Barnett won via TKO from the mounted position at 2:45 of the first round.
Parisyan struggled with Ben Mortimer before getting a rear naked choke in the second round. After the fight, Karo said he'd never been hit as hard before.
Other well known fighters on the card picked up wins as well, including Sokoudjou who beat Joaquim Ferreira (the owner of the only win over UFC heavyweight title contender Junior Dos Santos) in the first round. Jeff Monson took a decision over Bira Lima and Brian Ebersole beat Carlos Newton via decision.
Sherdog was on the scene:
Barnett got a takedown to full mount within 10 seconds of the opening bell, and it looked like the bout wouldn't even see 30 seconds. Though "Mondragon" made it back to his feet, Barnett finished another takedown, again straight into full mount, and exploited the Belem native's nascent ground skills by posturing up and pounding away.
Dos Santos turned away from Barnett, who hammered right hands into the Brazilian's earhole. After a salvo of clean rights, referee "Big" John McCarthy stopped in to halt the bout at 2:35 of the first frame. Dos Santos complained to McCarthy that the bout was stopped too early. As Dos Santos reached his feet in protest, the hulking Brazilian was rubber-legged, zig-zagging across the cage.
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For the better part of two rounds, Parisyan's oft-praised judo dominated proceedings, as he notched four throws that landed him firmly in side control. Parisyan looked to have victory secured twice in the first round, as he spun for far-side armbars from side mount, but Mortimer escaped both, and even landed some sharp right hands on Parisyan's face.In Parisyan's fourth trip to side control in the second round, Parisyan threatened with a kimura that forced a scramble. In said scramble, Parisyan rode Moritimer from the side and locked up a Caol Uno-style rear-naked choke. After securing the choke, Parisyan then sunk his hooks and coaxed the tap at 4:18 of the second round.
Sherdog also reported that Parisyan's fight opened the show rather than being the co-headliner as advertised because the Armenian-born fighter requested to fight early. Parisyan has struggled with panic attacks and pulled out of his last two scheduled UFC bouts at the last minute.
More on next week's Impact FC Sydney card in the full entry.
More BE coverage of Impact FC: The Uprising Brisbane
Next week Impact FC will be back with an event in Sydney that will be broadcast. BE hopes to be able to cover that event as it happens.
Here's that card:
Ken Shamrock VS Pedro Rizzo
Paul Daley VS Daniel Acacio
Bob Sapp VS Soa Palelei
Paulo Filho VS Denis Kang
Murilo "Ninja" Rua VS Jeremy May
Murilo Bustamante VS Jesse Taylor
Peter Graham VS Jim Yorke
Glover Teixeira VS Marko Peselj
Richie "Vas" Vaculik VS Glenn Taylor-Smith
Shane Nix VS Manuel Rodriguez
I'm excited to see an attempt to run a mid-tier MMA promotion in Australia although Impact's strategy of signing high profile (and high cost) international veterans rather than building Australian fighters is a dubious path to success.
It's interesting that they seem to be providing work for virtually all of the exiles of American MMA -- in addition to Barnett and Parisyan, they're giving work to Paul Daley, Ken Shamrock, and Paulo Filho -- all fighters who are verboten in the States for one reason or another. Even referee "Big" John McCarthy made an appearance.
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let the hate begin
I’m probably the only one still holding out hope for Barnett and Karo and Filho and Daley to return to the big time.
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by Kid Nate on Jul 10, 2010 10:13 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I would love to see Daley back in the UFC, even Karo too. The other two not so much.
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by The Omaplatapus on Jul 10, 2010 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Filho
despite all his problems has still only lost one MMA fight in his career and that was while he was having a nervous breakdown. I’d love to see the man get his head together and make another run.
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After everything?
How about he shows up for a fight or two first?
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by Blackout612 on Jul 10, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah there is that
but like I said, IF he gets himself back together I’d like to see him make another run.
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I just feel like that’s such a big if right now. His equity is at an all time low. It’s a total shame what’s become of him, because he was once one of my favorite fighters. I can’t even imagine a scenario in which he gets invited to a big promotion from where we stand presently.
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by Blackout612 on Jul 10, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
if he goes on a long string of making his fights and winning
he could be back. but it’ll take quite a bit of doing on his part. no showing so many fights is just fatal.
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Not great wins, but wins nonetheless. Mondragon got way overhyped by Sherdog as a legit prospect, and he fell off the map. He’s just way too beefed up, gasses way too quickly. I’m more interested in the next event than this one at this point.
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by Leland Roling on Jul 10, 2010 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Rumor is that Daley signed with Bellator
That’s not a bad place to fall to when dropped by the UFC
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by Matthew Roth on Jul 10, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
I won’t go so far as to say these guys can’t repair their images, but as of right now, Daley is the only guy I feel can work his way back into the US in short order. Barnett has the Affliction debacle and his unwillingness to meet with the CSAC looming large, Karo just got turned down by Strikeforce and Filho has been a booking nightmare over the last year. Daley did something stupid and will need to stay away for a time to prove that he can behave himself. Barnett will be welcomed back to Strikeforce out of necessity at some point, I imagine, once he faces the music and tensions ease. But Filho is a lost cause, in my mind, and Karo is still behaving strangely despite claims that he’s not doing drugs anymore (which we’ve heard time and time again).
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by Blackout612 on Jul 10, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Everyone knows Daley would still be with the UFC if it wasnt for the Nashville Brawl.
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by The Omaplatapus on Jul 10, 2010 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
It didn’t require a brawl to cut Babalu. Why would it require one for Daley to get cut for sucker-punching someone after the bell?
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by Scott C. Broussard on Jul 10, 2010 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
because Babalu did something alot more dangerous, yes a sucker punch is dangerous but not compared to holding a choke. IMO.
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by The Omaplatapus on Jul 10, 2010 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Babalu's real sin
was being highly paid and losing a tune up fight against Jason Lambert. Then he ran his mouth about holding the choke, but BJ Penn and others have done the same thing. Babalu got hosed.
And we as fans lost the chance to see him rematch Shogun, fight Little Nog, fight Tito, fight Couture, etc etc etc.
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Holding a choke is relatively benign. Once Heath began flopping, Babalu let go. After being choked out cold, it’s possible to be walking again within a minute (though Heath wasn’t from the beating he took). A sucker punch hurts much worse than one you’re expecting. The fight was over, the ref had broken them up, and he still attacked Kos – legally, he could’ve been prosecuted for assault (that would have been overkill, but it’s possible).
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by Scott C. Broussard on Jul 10, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Though in practical terms Daley’s punch didn’t do any damage, Babalu would have had to hold that choke for waaaaay longer for it to be considered “dangerous”. What Babalu did was reprehensible because he broke the cardinal rule: obey the referee at all times. Daley’s was more potentially dangerous because he could have seriously hurt Kos had that single punch landed even a little more cleanly. But the reason they’re both cut is because they didn’t stop fighting once the fight was over, and on that level, they’re exactly the same.
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I wouldn't say he still would be, but he still could be in the UFC
Because Dana was bragging about how the brawl would never happen in the UFC then the event right after Dailey fucks up. Not saying he couldn’t have been cut without it, but it made it impossible for the Dana to keep him and not look stupid.
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I don't think Barnett HAS to do anything with the CSAC
he wasn’t required to appeal the decision and since he wasn’t licensed when he failed the test all they did was refuse to license him. So he should be able to apply for a new license in a month or so and if he passes the requisite tests, he’ll be golden.
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But wasn't he appealing?
Last I heard he no-showed a fourth hearing to appeal. It can’t help him get licensed when he does that shit to the athletic commission.
I’m personally torn about whether I want to see him fight for Strikeforce or not. I love him as a fighter, but the Affliction situation is easy to begrudge him for.
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by Blackout612 on Jul 10, 2010 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions
he was appealing
but no showing hearings just means he loses his appeal. shouldn’t hurt him for the new license. that’s just my understanding any how.
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Athletic commissions (particularly California’s) seem to operate arbitrarily at times. That’s the major reason in my thinking that it could cause him some trouble. I remember people thinking that he was seriously blowing it by rubbing them the wrong way. At least he doesn’t owe the AC a shit ton of money like Karo. That’s another thing standing in his way..
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It can though. Because he still has to go to them to get a new license. I don’t remember the commission ever saying that he had to wait a year to reapply. I’ve only heard his camp say that.
it’s like the same thing as with margarito in boxing. There’s a difference between losing your license, having your license suspended, and being told not to apply.
Anyone else excited about seeing Murilo Bustamante back? I feel like I’m the only one who’s genuinely pump up about seeing our great chest hair/BJJ maestro friend back for one more fight.
His BJJ skills are so slick, and he’s got underrated hands. Bustamante’s destruction of Matt Lindland when Lindland was undefeated remains one of the great ass kickings in MMA history. He just owned Lindland in the most beautiful way possible. If he had been a bit more lucky about some controversial decisions, I would think that he would be getting a lot more love for being a truly great fighter.
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you are correct
He also should have stuck with the UFC instead of jumping to PRIDE. But it was a glorious moment for the BTT when Bustamante owned Lindland and took the UFC title.
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Broadcast
Does that mean it will be on HD Net?
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the only time we hide fight results is when the fight will be broadcast in the states in very short order — within a few hours.
this card won’t be broadcast at all anywhere and they’ll show a few fights on next week’s broadcast so….sorry.
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I’m actually thinking he may have meant the full results.
"I have trained to fight an army. There is no way one man can stop me if many cannot." -Georges St. Pierre
Well...
I suppose they’re mostly on there.
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Sounds like Karo handled himself fairly well(didn’t see it). I hope he can get his act together and make it back to the UFC.
according to Jordan breen’s tweets he was pacing like a madman the day before and he had them move his fight from the co-main slot to the first fight because of anxiety. He still has problems, maybe a win will help calm him down, but it seems like he has a long way to go.
That's what I'm hoping...
Now that he’s got a win under the belt he can calm down a bit maybe. But I agree, he still has a ways to go before he can try and get back into the UFC. I do think though that barring any more anxiety problems, he has a shorter path to getting back into Zuffa than Daley or Filho.
I dunno
Dana said at the time that Karo would never fight for the UFC again.
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He did...
I’m just assuming some good performances could get White to change his mind. He’s not as unstable as Filho IMO, and didn’t attack anyone after the bell, so that’s why I’m thinking he’s got a better chance than Filho or Daley at possibly getting in Dana’s good graces again. But it’s really me just having my fingers crossed that if he can rack up some wins under his belt and show Dana he’s changed(if he actually does so), Dana might change his mind and pick him back up again, if for no other reason than not to let Strikeforce have him. Admittedly though, Karo’s probably so way off the radar as far as the UFC’s concerned that he’d have to rack up some notable wins, preferably stoppages, to get their attention again.
Is there anyway to watch all the fights or they didnt even both taping them all.
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I’m just happy that he got back in the cage and apparently put on a good performance and his first finishi and a bit. I’m a big Karo fan but even I know he’s a longway from getting himself back on track. Hopefully though this is the first step in him getting his stuff together and even if he doesn’t fight for the UFC there are other promotions that could use a legit top 5/10 WW in their promotion.
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