Karo Parisyan's family migrated to America when he was six years old.
39 Facts About Karo Parisyan
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Karo Parisyan started training in judo when he was nine years old under fellow Armenian Gokor Chivichyan.
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Karo Parisyan stated that his father began taking him to judo lessons because he beat up on his sisters and judo would be an effective outlet for Karo Parisyan to take out his anger.
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For more than thirteen years, Karo Parisyan developed under the Hayastan Grappling System, a style developed by Gokor Chivichyan and Gene LeBell, which blends elements of Judo, Sambo, Catch wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling and Freestyle wrestling.
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Karo Parisyan continued to train at the Hayastan Academy under Gokor and Gene until late 2005.
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In early 2012, Karo Parisyan mentioned in an interview that he has returned to the Hayastan Academy.
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Karo Parisyan has six Junior National belts to his credit and competed in the Olympic Judo trials ahead of the 2004 games in Athens.
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Karo Parisyan wrote that going to the Olympics was his dream and that mixed martial arts was only an outlet for his boredom.
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Karo Parisyan lost his first fight to Sean Sherk by a controversial decision.
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Karo Parisyan made his UFC debut on September 23,2003, beating Dave Strasser by kimura.
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Karo Parisyan became the first fighter to go the distance with St-Pierre.
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Karo Parisyan then went on to win the WEC welterweight title, defeating Shonie Carter.
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Karo Parisyan then returned to the UFC, where he won consecutive decision victories over Nick Diaz, Chris Lytle and Matt Serra.
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Karo Parisyan's next fight was to take place at UFC 56: Full Force, where he would challenge UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes.
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Karo Parisyan next fought Nick Thompson at UFC 59 and won via submission in the first round.
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Karo Parisyan then fought Diego Sanchez at UFC Fight Night 6.
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Karo Parisyan lost via TKO to Thiago Alves at UFC Fight Night 13 in the second round.
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Alves showed good resistance against Karo Parisyan's grappling offense and finished Karo Parisyan with a knee from the clinch, followed by strikes.
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Karo Parisyan was scheduled to fight Yoshiyuki Yoshida at UFC 88: Breakthrough, but a back injury forced him to drop out of the fight right before the weigh-ins.
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Karo Parisyan entered into talks with Strikeforce, looking to continue his mixed martial arts career in the USA, but it proved unsuccessful.
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Karo Parisyan's return fight took place on July 10,2010 for Impact FC 1.
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Karo Parisyan was initially scheduled to face Luis Dutra Jr.
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On September 2,2010, it was announced that Karo Parisyan would be returning to the UFC.
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Karo Parisyan fought highly touted Canadian prospect Ryan Ford on May 19,2011 in the MMA Live 1 show in London, Ontario, Canada.
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Karo Parisyan was able to neutralize Ford's strength and power by applying his takedowns, as it seemed that the first and second rounds were in favor of Parisyan, but was caught in the third round by a vicious knee to the head which resulted in a cut over Karo's left eye that would end the fight via TKO due to a doctor's stoppage.
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Karo Parisyan was expected to fight Dave Menne on March 31,2012, but Menne was forced out of the bout with an injury.
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Karo Parisyan was scheduled to fight Shamar Bailey in the main event of ShoFIGHT 20 in Springfield, Missouri for the vacant welterweight title on June 16,2012.
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Karo Parisyan said after the fight that he tapped due to the pressure on his cheekbone and he wasn't being choked.
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Karo Parisyan was expected to fight David Bielkheden in Malmo, Sweden on October 6,2012 but pulled out of the fight due to personal reasons and was replaced by Marcus Davis.
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God willing, fighting will be back in my life at some point, but for now I need to only focus on Karo Parisyan getting back to Karo Parisyan.
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Karo Parisyan defeated Tiger Bonds via first round armbar on September 29,2012 at a Gladiator Challenge event.
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Karo Parisyan then fought on October 28,2012 against Edward Darby and won via first round armbar.
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Karo Parisyan was expected to face Fight Master competitor Cristiano Souza at Bellator 106, but pulled out due to injury.
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Karo Parisyan faced Ron Keslar on April 11,2014 at Bellator 116.
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Karo Parisyan won the fight via knockout in the second round, marking the first KO victory of his MMA career.
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Karo Parisyan faced Bellator newcomer and former sparring partner Phil Baroni on July 25,2014 at Bellator 122.
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Karo Parisyan won the fight by TKO in the first round.
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Karo Parisyan was expected to face Marius Zaromskis at Bellator 127 on October 3,2014.
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Karo Parisyan lost the fight via TKO in the first round.