Karo Parisyan Welcomed Back to UFC, Offered Dennis Hallman at UFC 123

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Less than a year after Dana White tweeted that Karo Parisyan would never fight again in the UFC, "The Heat" has been welcomed back to the organization and offered a fight against Dennis Hallman at UFC 123 in Auburn Hills, Mich.

MMA Fighting confirmed the news with two sources close to the situation, as well as Parisyan himself Thursday afternoon.

Both Parisyan and Hallman have yet to sign the bout agreements, which have been issued to both fighters, but both fighters have verbally agreed to the welterweight bout.

Parisyan (19-5-0, 1 NC) only competed once outside the organization since he was unceremoniously fired two days before UFC 106 last November when he pulled out of a fight against Dustin Hazelett. He submitted Ben Mortimer at Impact FC 1 in July.

Parisyan told MMA Fighting he "worked hard" over the past few months to get back in the good graces of White and the UFC, until he was finally offered another shot. He said he agreed to a new three-fight deal with the organization.

The 28-year-old has experienced a rough two-year stretch. He first pulled out of a UFC 88 bout against Yoshiyuki Yoshida due to what he described then as a "last-minute back injury."

Shortly thereafter, he publicly discussed dealing with frequent panic attacks, which he said were affecting his training and also affected his performance in a loss to Thiago Alves at UFN 13.

The Armenian fighter briefly enjoyed a successful return to the Octagon when defeated Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 94, but that result was overturned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission when he was suspended for nine months due to testing positive for the painkillers oxymorphone and hydromorphone. As a result, his win was then changed to a no-contest.

Since returning to the UFC, Hallman (42-13-2, 1 NC) is 1-1. He most recently defeated Ben Saunders via unanimous decision at UFC 117 in August.

UFC 123, headlined by Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Lyoto Machida, takes place Nov. 20, and will mark the UFC's first event in Michigan since 1996.

http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/09/02/karo-parisyan-welcomed-back-to-ufc-offered-dennis-hallman-at-uf/

This is a shock to me, hope he can string some wins together and get back on track.

You have to be shitting me? After all the shit Dana said about Karo? I hope Karo withdraws from the fight just to make Dana feel dumb.

that would be epic, so does this kinda open the doors for other guys that left on a bad note... say guys like Daley and so on

Another example of "there is what Dana say and there is what Dana do"

...it's definetly not impossible we see Daley back if he goes on 4-5 fight win streak.

thats what I was thinking

OUSOONERSOU wrote:

You have to be shitting me? After all the shit Dana said about Karo? I hope Karo withdraws from the fight just to make Dana feel dumb.

sooners you act surprised that dana went back on his word. lol you should know better than most that dana does not hold his word. How long before daley comes back or dana has another freak show?

The division is getting boring. Karo was well liked. Makes sense.

sokolkevin wrote:

OUSOONERSOU wrote:

You have to be shitting me? After all the shit Dana said about Karo? I hope Karo withdraws from the fight just to make Dana feel dumb.

sooners you act surprised that dana went back on his word. lol you should know better than most that dana does not hold his word. How long before daley comes back or dana has another freak show?

I hope Karo pulls out on the way to the weigh ins and while Dana is standing up there Daley comes out of no where with a sucker punch on Dana while JT Money kicks out the windows to his limo.

How would Karo backing out hurt Dana at all? What would that do other than ruin his career forever?

another fact showing that Danas a loud mouthed a hole who goes back on his word

Dana would twitter some shit talk about it, go on to sell millions more PPV's. Karo would end up losing to up and comers in smaller shows.

There is hope for Semtex after he crushes Nick.

Let us remember gentleman, that Dana has a boss too. If he, Lorenzo, and Joe Silva are having a meeting and Silva says something like "God, I wish Karo stilled fight for us because of..." Then Lorenzo might overrule DW and sign him.

Its been known for a pretty long time Karo was coming back. He said months ago he talked to Dana and just had to get a fight or 2 in smaller promotions under his belt and then he was coming back

I'm guessing this was Joe Silva and Lorenzo, not Dana, that pulled this move.

OUSOONERSOU wrote:

sokolkevin wrote:

OUSOONERSOU wrote:

You have to be shitting me? After all the shit Dana said about Karo? I hope Karo withdraws from the fight just to make Dana feel dumb.

sooners you act surprised that dana went back on his word. lol you should know better than most that dana does not hold his word. How long before daley comes back or dana has another freak show?

I hope Karo pulls out on the way to the weigh ins and while Dana is standing up there Daley comes out of no where with a sucker punch on Dana while JT Money kicks out the windows to his limo.

haha funny shit man.