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Karo Parisyan "The Heat"

born August 28, 1982 in Yerevan, Armenia is an Armenian-American mixed martial arts fighter. His fighting style is primarily Judo but has been modified to fight without the use of a Judogi.

His current professional MMA record is 17-4-0 with 9 of his wins coming by way of submission. Karo is currently fighting out of North Hollywood, California, and he is ranked as the 5th best welterweight fighter in the world by MMAweekly.com.

Early years

Karo's family migrated to America when Karo was six years old. Karo can remember his early life in Armenia before settling in California, where he has lived for the past fourteen years.

At age nine, Parisyan commenced judo lessons with fellow Armenian Gokor Chivichyan. "I was a rough kid. I used to beat up on my sisters. My father said 'your sisters don't have your strength. I'll take you somewhere where you can take your anger out on other people.' So that was pretty much how I got into martial arts," says Parisyan.

Hayastan Grappling System

For more than thirteen years, Parisyan developed under the Hayastan Grappling System, a style blended by Gokor Chivichyan and "Judo" Gene LeBell, which includes adapted elements of Judo, Sambo, catch wrestling, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, and Muay Thai. Karo continued to train at the Hayastan Academy under Gokor and Gene until late 2005.

Judo

Karo is considered by many to be the first UFC fighter to have successfully adapted his judo style to the Octagon. He has six Junior National belts to his credit, and competed in Olympic Judo trials for the 2004 games in Athens.

UFC / MMA

Parisyan made his UFC debut on September 23, 2003, beating Dave Strasser with a Kimura lock. His current UFC record is 7-2. Since his arrival in the UFC, Parisyan has remained at or near the top of the UFC's welterweight division, with his only losses being close decisions to Georges St. Pierre and Diego Sanchez. Parisyan's latest fight was on May 26, 2007 at UFC 71 on PPV against Josh Burkman, where Parisyan won by a unanimous decision.
Karo is currently an MMA trainer at the WFA Legends gym alongside Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Bas Rutten, and Randy Couture.

His next fight will be at UFC 78 against Ryo Chonan.

Mixed Martial Arts record

25 Wins ( 9 submissions ), 4 Losses, 0 Draws, 0 No Contest

18 Wins (9 submissions), 2 Losses (1 TKO), 0 Draws, 0 No Contest.
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
11/17/2007	Win	Ryo Chonan	UFC 78: Validation	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
5/26/2007	Win	Josh Burkman	UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
12/13/2006	Win	Drew Fickett	UFC Fight Night 7	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
08/17/2006	Loss	Diego Sanchez	UFC Fight Night 6	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
04/15/2006	Win	Nick Thompson	UFC 59: Reality Check	Submission (Strikes)	1	4:44
06/04/2005	Win	Matt Serra	UFC 53: Heavy Hitters	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
02/05/2005	Win	Chris Lytle	UFC 51: Super Saturday	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
08/21/2004	Win	Nick Diaz	UFC 49: Unfinished Business	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
05/21/2004	Win	Shonie Carter	WEC 10	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
01/31/2004	Loss	Georges St. Pierre	UFC 46: Supernatural	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
09/26/2003	Win	Dave Strasser	UFC 44: Undisputed	Submission (Kimura)	1	3:52
03/23/2003	Win	Fernando Vasconcelos	KOTC 22	Decision	3	5:00
02/15/2003	Win	Antonio McKee	UAGF 3	Decision	N/A	N/A
03/30/2001	Win	Darrell Smith	RSF 3	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:59
01/05/2001	Loss	Sean Sherk	RSF 2	TKO (Towel)	1	16:20
10/10/2000	Loss	Sean Sherk	RSF 1	Decision	1	18:00
10/06/2000	Loss	Sean Sherk	RSF	Decision	3	5:00
06/07/1999	Win	Guido Jennings	KK 16	Submission (Choke)	1	6:33
05/15/1999	Win	Justin Bumphus	ESF	Submission	N/A	N/A
04/05/1999	Win	Scott Davis	KK 14	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:16
04/05/1999	Win	Jason Rittgers	KK 14	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:58
02/01/1999	Win	Zach McKinney	KK 12	Submission (Strikes)	1	0:23
02/01/1999	Win	Brian Warren	KK 12	Submission (Ankle Lock)	1	0:44