UFC: Hey Karo Parisyan, If You Can't Beat Georges St. Pierre, Join Him

Well, it looks like the very outspoken and outrageous Karo Parisyan is looking at a new tactic to use in his much hoped for rise to the top, and possibly for the championship of the welterweight division in the UFC. 

He was very critical of the loss he experienced to Thiago Alves his last time in the octagon.

Apparently he felt he suffered more damage at the hands of Matt Serra in their fight than he did during his match with Alves, claiming that while he endured the punishment laid upon him by Serra and continued to fight, that fight was allowed to go on to a decision, while the more recent fight with Alves was stopped prematurely.

He made light of Alves' skills and stated that he would be more than eager to go at it with him again.

Comparing himself to Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva, both former light heavyweight title holders in the past, and considered as already being legends of MMA, in pointing to the similar number of losses they have had and from which they have recovered.

Stating further that "some personal issues and lack of motivation due to situations in his life" had kept him from adequately training for his Alves fight, he now has figured out a new plan to regain his place in the world WW rankings (which he feels should be No. 5 on the list).

So readers (please stay seated for safety's sake), he is going to go train with Georges St. Pierre at Greg Jackson's camp in Albuquerque, N.M.!

Greg Jackson became the "go to guy" for Georges and several Canadian fighters who also train with Georges at Tri-Star in Montreal, after he lost his WW belt to Matt Serra April 7, 2007.

Training and game planning for his fights with Jackson (who Georges considers a genius) certainly get a great deal of the credit for turning Georges' fighting life around; although he made other changes which have helped him as well.

Now Karo believes that with going to guru Jackson's camp and actually training with Georges, who is undoubtedly an asset to all of his training partners, and then seeing how Georges fares against his current title threat Jon Fitch, will be the answer to putting Karo back on the fast track and short list to the WW contenders' list.

Another advantage is that people outside of Karo's followers, of course, have been plaguing him with accusations of trying to dodge a fight with Fitch.  He finds this laughable and would "welcome a fight with Fitch" after UFC 87 on August 9th. 

Alongside all the obvious advantages ahead of him if he does join Jackson's camp is the fact that Georges has openly professed many times that he "will never fight with any of his friends or training partners, or stand in their way if they are trying for a title."

Hmmm!  This may not be so crazy after all.  Good luck with that, Karo.