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Props:MMA Weekly Quoteworthy: “I needed to give myself the best shot to win and I needed short, squatty guys who have good over hand rights and great jiu-jitsu. In Vegas, there’s no one better than Marc Laimon to know what Serra’s going to do, how he’s going to do it. [Serra] caught Karo (Parisyan), he caught (Chris) [...] Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) held a press conference on Thursday, January 28th to unveil the plan it has in store for DREAM in 2010. The inaugural event of the year, DREAM 13, will take place at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama on Monday, March 22. DREAM has confirmed the previously rumored featherweight title bout in which [...] Nearly a week has passed since Karo Parisyan pulled out of UFC 106 and subsequently received his walking papers from the organization. UFC president Dana White first announced Parisyan’s withdrawal from his main-card bout with Dustin Hazelett on the eve of the Las Vegas show. And while White said he had “no idea” the veteran welterweight fighter [...] It looks as if “Christmas” will be coming to the televised card of UFC 106 as Jacob Volkmann (9-0) and Paulo Thiago (11-1) have been bumped up a slot to replace the now defunct Karo Parisyan vs. Dustin Hazelett bout at “Ortiz vs. Griffin 2″ inside the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, [...] The hits just keep on coming. Karo Parisyan, who was slated to welcome fellow welterweight Dustin Hazelett back into the mix at UFC 106 this weekend (Nov. 21), is the latest UFC fighter to be pulled from the card. And this time, it might be a permanent loss. As UFC president Dana White reported on hisTwitterpage: “Karo Parisyan has [...] LAS VEGAS – First came the phone call from training partner and friend Jorge Gurgel. Then the reporters started calling about the same rumor. And after a quick call to UFC Vice President of Talent Relations Joe Silva, Dustin Hazelett got the official word. Opponent Karo Parisyan had pulled out of their UFC 106 main card [...] A welterweight bout between Paulo Thiago (11-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Jacob Volkmann (10-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) originally slated for Saturday’s “UFC 106: Griffin vs. Ortiz II” un-aired preliminary card today was promoted to the pay-per-view main card. The fight takes the spot vacated by Karo Parisyan vs. Dustin Hazelett, which was canceled today following Parisyan’s [...] UFC 106 main-card fighter Karo Parisyan, who was scheduled to fight fellow welterweight prospect Dustin Hazelett on Saturday, is no longer part of the card and will never fight again in the organization, according to UFC president Dana White. White posted a scathing message about the veteran fighter on his Twitter account this afternoon. Fans can learn [...] “I love Dustin, but I don’t feel threatened by him at all. I want to show people that I’m just as dangerous as he is on the ground. People keep telling me how good and how tricky he is, but I’ve been known to do some pretty tricky things before that are ten-times better than [...] Just two days out from his Nov. 18 title defense against the dangerous Jose “Junior” Aldo, WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Thomas Brown will join us tonight at 9 p.m. ET on MMAmania.com’s exclusive presentation of Pro MMA Radio. The champ will discuss his preparations for the WEC 44 main event, his scouting report on Aldo and [...] |
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