UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson
Karo Parisyan vs. Josh Burkman
Saturday May 26, 2007
Parisyan -300
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Karo Parisyan has probably the most skill in the Welterweight division. The problem with Karo is that he has been an elite martial arts competitor since the age of 9 and he has been mowing down people in judo competitions for years without any effort. His talent has related to mixed martial arts where he has also dominated opponents with his amazing judo flips and submission skills.

Now that Karo has moved in the upper echelon of welterweight fighters he has not trained as hard as he could have he has show some lack luster matches, in opponents he should have beat. When Karo has now realized that he can not rely on his talent alone so he has started training with run by no other than UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture, Josh Barnett and Team Quest.

If Karo is in the Team Quest camp I feel sorry for Josh Burkman because come Saturday night Karo will be in shape. Josh Burkman is a game fighter and he has a punchers chance but that’s about it. Burkman is an all round ok fighter but is way out of his league in submissions. Parisyan should manhandle Burkman with judo throws and submissions.

Bottom Line: Karo Parisyan has rededicated himself to the game of mixed martial arts and this MMA match up will prove to the UFC that he is a real threat to the UFC welterweight title.

The Heat overwhelms Burkman for a first round kimura from the guard

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