Karo Parisyan
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Karo Parisyan Կարո Փարիզյան |
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| Born | Karapet Parisyan August 28, 1982 Yerevan, Armenia |
| Native name | Կարո Փարիզյան |
| Other names | The Heat |
| Nationality | Armenian American |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) |
| Division | Welterweight (170 lb) |
| Reach | 75.5 in (192 cm) |
| Style | Judo, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu |
| Fighting out of | North Hollywood, California, United States |
| Team | Team Hayastan |
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Black belt in Judo Black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu |
| Years active | 1999–present (MMA) |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 36 |
| Wins | 24 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 12 |
| By decision | 10 |
| Losses | 11 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 4 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Notable relatives | Manvel Gamburyan, cousin |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Karapet "Karo" Parisyan (Armenian: Կարապետ Փարիզյան; born August 28, 1982) is an Armenian-American mixed martial artist, who last competed in Bellator's Welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 1999, Parisyan is a former WEC Welterweight Champion and has also competed for the UFC.
Parisyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. His family migrated to America when he was six years old. Parisyan started training in judo when he was nine years old under fellow Armenian Gokor Chivichyan. 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 Parisyan to take out his anger. In a book he published, however, Parisyan wrote that his father introduced him to judo to cure his laziness. By age ten, Parisyan was training his Judo under both Chivichyan and Gene LeBell.
For more than thirteen years, 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 and Freestyle wrestling. Parisyan continued to train at the Hayastan Academy under Gokor and Gene until late 2005. In early 2012, Karo mentioned in an interview that he has returned to the Hayastan Academy.
Parisyan has six Junior National belts to his credit and competed in the Olympic Judo trials ahead of the 2004 games in Athens. He wrote that going to the Olympics was his dream and that mixed martial arts was only an outlet for his boredom. During the trials, he received a call from UFC management and was invited to compete. He accepted because he needed money. But after the fight against Dave Strasser, his ribs needed recovery and he decided to give up on the trials.
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