Karo Parisyan admits to being frustrated at recent doctors stoppage loss, aims to face Sakuraba at upcoming DREAM show

Former UFC welterweight title contender, Karo Parisyan has been speaking of his frustrations at losing to Ryan Ford recently via doctor’s stoppage in the third and final round, and in particular the way the rookie celebrated the win, as well as saying he’d love to face a certain Japanese legend before the year is out.
Speaking via MMAWeekly.com, Parisyan said:

“Anytime you lose a fight because of a stoppage, not a referee stoppage, but from a doctor’s stoppage, it’s always misfortunate and it’s always bad. Why I was really upset and frustrated was that they didn’t really try to stop my cut, they didn’t pick the correct procedures to stop the cut, stop the bleeding, and let’s get out there and fight.

“They didn’t even let the cut man in, they let the doctor in right off the bat.  (The doctor) put his thumb on my forehead for like 30 seconds and he goes, ‘the blood won’t stop, maybe I got to stop the fight.’  Still, if I cut my finger, I put 30 seconds of pressure on it, and it wouldn’t stop my fight, the cut or the bleeding.  Why wouldn’t you actually take the time to work on the cut, when I’m winning this fight?”

“I saw some clips and I saw his dumbass celebrating on the cage like he was kicking my ass and it got me really pissed.  Man, it drove me nuts.  I know deep down inside I won the fight. It was an unfortunate mishap, but you got to let the fighters continue.”

Parisyan then spoke about the future, admitting his main aim now is to face Japanese legend, Kazushi Sakuraba next inside the DREAM ring.

“I don’t like the drama.  I’m sick of the drama because it follows you.  Whatever you say people take it any way they can, they talk about it you know?  I let go of my past. A lot of the stupid stuff that happened I let go of it.

“I need people to try and look forward with what I’m trying to do right now.  Let them go based off of how he was in his last fight, ‘oh he was bad, okay good, let’s see him in his next fight,’ because God willing I could fight Sakuraba at the 24^th of September in Dream.  So, I got a lot of stuff ahead of me.”

Parisyan will be back in action next month when he takes on Jordan Smith on the Amazon Forrest Combat fight card in Manaus, Brazil. He was cut once again from the UFC roster after coming up short against Dennis Hallman last November, losing via first round TKO.