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Neil Melanson: ‘Karo is suffering right now’
Neil Melanson: ‘Karo is suffering right now’
FiveOuncesofPain.com had the opportunity to speak with Neil Melanson, a longtime friend and training partner to Karo “The Heat” Parisyan along with being the head Jiu-Jitsu instructor at Xtreme Couture, on the heels of Dana White’s recent announcement that the welterweight ...
PARISYAN OUT OF UFC 106, FUTURE UNCERTAIN
PARISYAN OUT OF UFC 106, FUTURE UNCERTAIN
mmaweekly.com — - PARISYAN OUT OF UFC 106, FUTURE UNCERTAIN Thursday, November 19, 2009 - by Jeff Cain -... MMAWeekly.com (reporting by Steven Marrocco) KaroParisyan002UFC53.jpg Karo “The Heat” Parisyan is out of UFC 106 after failing to acquire a license in Nevada, ... (more) PARISYAN OUT OF UFC 106, FUTURE UNCERTAIN
Dana White talks Karo Parisyan Banned from UFC (video)
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Dana White on Karo, Gina Carano, Shane McMahon & More
sherdog.com — UFC President Dana White and Cain Velasquez met with UFC Fight Club members Friday in Las Vegas... and discussed a variety of topics. White said the following: • Karo Parisyan has been “unforgivably” unprofessional and needs to get his life ... (more) Dana White on Karo, Gina Carano, Shane McMahon & More
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Parisyan "has an addiction to pain medicine"
Fighters Only - News — ... some problems with an addiction to pain medicine according to his friend and former training partner Neil Melanson, who studied under Parisyan at Gokor s gym in Las Vegas before branching out on his own as a teacher. Then when he started having these anxiety problems, it didn t seem like the anxiety pills were helping him. The only thing that was helping him was the pain medication that he had been taking for his injuries. That s when he just started down that slope, Melanson told Five Ounces of Pain . It s just one of those situations where you have two guys that sit down ...

Painkiller Dependency Spurred Karo Parisyan's Latest Fight Withdrawal
CagePotato.com — (Melanson and Parisyan, before it all fell apart. Props: elitefts.com) In a new interview with Five Ounces of Pain, Karo Parisyan's longtime friend and training partner Neil Melanson confirmed that Parisyan's latest last-minute fight-cancellation was directly related to the painkiller addiction that has haunted him for years. After Melanson got permission from Karo to go public with the story, he laid it all out: ...

UFC - Lesnar Vows to Return in 6 Months & Karo Parisyan Update
AngryMarks.com - 00. Latest News — ... and get ready to start crying because the champion will be back soon. None of this is confirmed by Dana White or UFC of course, and one wonders how soon Lesnar can start training after having surgery to fix a hole in his intestine not to mention still being down with mono. Six months would be SOMEWHAT miraculous, but then again, this is Brock Lesnar we're talking about. Anyway the latest word on Karo 'The Snore' Parisyan is courtesy of his training partner Neil Melanson, who told Five Oz. of Pain that Parisyan dropped out of his UFC 106 on Saturday because he's addicted to ...

Ivan's Blog — ... First of all, 48 hours before the show even took place, Karo Parisyan withdrew from his fight against Dustin Hazelett because (according to one of Parisyan's own coaches in an interview on Five Ounces of Pain) Parisyan has a serious problem with painkiller addiction and he did not want to fight with painkillers in his body and subsequently test positive for painkillers. This left Hazelett, who has spent the last couple months of his life preparing for the fight, without an opponent, and it left any fans who bought tickets to see Parisyan vs. Hazelett out of luck. ...

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