Comments on: Is Parisyan Afraid to Fight Fitch?

By: THORAZINE

THORAZINE — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:43:53 +0000

KARO “DO YOU KNOW WHO THE FUCK I AM” PARISYAN

whata knucklehead’

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By: Anton K

Anton K — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:38:05 +0000

Look, I didn’t like Karo’s response either, but these ww contenders careers have been put on hold because of TUF for long enough. To hold the progression of the championship at bay because of a TV show is absolutely lame… and bad for the sport. Fighters like Karo risk a great deal by having to wait… or fight.

Karo’s playing a conservative game because the UFC has forced him to. Fighters only have a certain number of fights in them. If there is no clear goal, it forces them to be more strategic in the choices they make.

Let’s say Karo fights Fitch and wins. Is he supposed to fight again, after that, before he gets his title shot?

Same goes for Fitch – so he fights Karo and wins. It would be six months before he’d get a title shot, too.

The UFC has to stop messing up the progress of the sport for a lame tv show. It’s taking fire away from fighters who have worked very hard to be in the spot they’re in.

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By: Shawn

Shawn — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:53:55 +0000

I think the best point that someone brought up is Karo saying he’ll fight someone he’s more likely to beat. That’s cowardice from one aspect. If you truly think you’re the number one contender to the belt, you shouldn’t be scared to get in the cage with anyone and defend your status. Also from a fighter standpoint, it’s stupid to want to fight someone “you’re more likely to beat.” Karo, ever hear of a lucky punch? If he fights Fitch and loses, whether it be by decision, TKO, or submission, he’ll basically stay right at the spot where he is now and Fitch will get the title shot. If he beats Fitch, he gets the shot. On the other hand if he fights a “can” and wins, he doesn’t prove anything at all and doesn’t inch closer. If he loses to a “can” he will drop in the rankings. It doesn’t make sense.

Seriously Karo let me be your PR guy for any interview. You can pay me by giving me some judo lessons and free beer on the weekends. It’s a win-win as you’ll have an extra sparring partner AND I can make better responses drunk off my ass than you did in that interview.

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By: Dizzle

Dizzle — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:00:43 +0000

I say give him a title shot. Because I don’t see him lasting more than 3 rounds in a title shot.

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By: Arturo

Arturo — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:05:50 +0000

I’m surprised that nobody took offense with the whole “fight someone that he is more guaranteed to beat” basically he wants a can to fight. Either he fights Johnathon Guilet or he wants nobody. That is not a fighter I want to root for. I think Fitch is ahead of Karo because the build up for Fitch has been greater lately. The Diego-Fitch fight had a bigger hype and was on a bigger card than Karo-Chonan. It seems like Karo will get his shot only if he can get through Fitch, which i don’t see happening.

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By: CacophonyKid

CacophonyKid — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:04:41 +0000

Best idea I’ve heard all day!

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By: hhhhh

hhhhh — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:11:09 +0000

Let Karo fight with Manny on his shoulders!

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By: jaydog

jaydog — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:34:12 +0000

Champions wait for fights. Contenders fight until everyone demands he gets a shot.

It’s reasonable for Karo to wait and see how the Serra injury shakes out and where he fits in the aftermath. I mean, someone who has paid his dues like Karo is bound to expect a title shot (and I’m sure he’s being strung along by UFC brass). However, after a time he’s gotta admit that there is some impressive competition in line for the title. The only way to get a shot is to earn it by continuing to pay dues.

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By: Shawn

Shawn — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:07:42 +0000

Clearly dodging Fitch. The worst part about this is that he’s going to wind up fighting the guy anyway and comments like that are not going to look good in the pre-fight build up. He earned his shot a few years ago when the division wasn’t as stacked and now there are people ahead of him. Guys he’s beaten recently like Fickett, Chonan, and Burkman are all solid guys but he’s also lost to Diego who, despite being one helluva fighter, is on a two fight losing streak. Jon Fitch beat Diego. Both Fitch and Parisyan are at about the same spot right now and they need to battle it out for the belt. What makes Parisyan thinks he’s more deserving than Fitch at this point? Fitch has been clear in that he thinks the fight should happen and Karo should embrace the fact that that is where he is at right now in his career and stop kidding everyone. There can only really be one true number one contender at a time and with Hughes and GSP fighting for an interim title to see who fights the legit champ in Serra, we need to find out who that new number one contender is after these fights are over.

Publicly dodging a fight that fans are clamoring for does nothing but negative things for a fighters career. Since Karo can’t seem to figure out the right things to say he looks like he needs to hire a PR person. I’ll do it for free as long as he agrees to take the damn fight and stop trying to tell people he’s the number one contender instead of going out there and proving it.

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By: paddiosf

paddiosf — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:06:35 +0000

Karo blew his chance for the title against Diego Sanchez…They really have to fight because GSP/Hughes and then Serra fights that winner…So who’s left in that division other than Fitch and Karo…..Fitch by beating Diego would be the next in line…..

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