Parisyan can't catch a break

UFC welterweight Karo Parisyan is suspended for nine months. Nine months, for violating the Nevada State Athletic Commissions banned substance policy. He tested positive for three banned pain killers. Let me say that again, Nine months for pain killers. Ken Shamrock tests positive for Steroids and gets a year, Karo, a chronic victim of panic attacks, tests positive for pain killers and gets almost a month. Time for acrimums, NSAC WTF?

His last fight was also taken from a win to a no contest. To me that is fine, if someone is on something and it is considered during the fight to be an advantage then by all means the fight should be a no contest.

According to Sherdog.com Karo Parysian was given two pills by a "friend" before the UFC 94 fight against Dong Hyun Kim. The friend said that these were his perscription painkiller that he had been taking since 2005 after an injury to his hamstring. The pills odviously were not the same. “I trust the guy,” Parisyan said. “He’s a friend of mine. He’s got a chronic disease. He gave me the pills and told me they were the same exact thing. That’s why I took them.”

This whole store is still a little strange to me, but if anything Parisyan had bad judgment and that was his undoing. I feel for Karo, his pleading to the NSAC seemed genuine. “This is my only form of income,” Parisyan said. “If I don’t fight, I’m nothing. I’m very, very sorry. It was completely unintentional. This is embarrassing for me.”

Karo is trying to get his life back on track after dismal fights stemmed from an onset case of anxiouty and panic attacks. He seems like he can't catch a break and things could get worse for this 26 year old before they get better. I sincerely hope he takes some time off and rehabs physically, but especially mentally. He is a contender in the welterweight division in the UFC, but it may be the right time to go elsewhere. He would be a huge asset to Strikeforce or Dream, especially Strikeforce who is trying to compete at some level with the UFC. Hell why not Affliction for that matter.