The co-headliners of the card -- which takes place Thursday at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, Canada -- also came in on-point, as Pride Fighting Championships veteran Marcus Aurelio (170.6) will meet Nova Scotian Matt MacGrath (170.2).
Parisyan (Pictured; file photo) will compete for the first time since his November ouster from the UFC. The embattled judoka was first released by the promotion in November 2009, when, upon his return from a nine-month suspension for banned painkillers, Parisyan withdrew from a scheduled bout with Dustin Hazelett the day prior.
After submitting Australian Ben Mortimer under the Impact FC banner in July 2010, Parisyan found his way back inside the Octagon. However, after a first-round technical knockout loss to Dennis Hallman, “The Heat” was once more banished by the UFC. The 28-year-old Parisyan has competed only four times in the past three years, going 1-2 with one no-contest.
Ford, 29, has won six of his last seven outings and enters his bout with Parisyan riding back-to-back wins. The former Maximum Fighting Championships standout has gone 3-1 in the last 12 months, falling only to current MFC welterweight champ Douglas Lima while topping UFC vets Pete Spratt and Tom Speer. The Edmonton, Alberta, native holds a mark of 14-3 and has gone the distance only twice in his four-year career.
Thursday, May 19
John Labatt Centre
London, Ontario, Canada
Ryan
Ford (169.4) vs. Karo
Parisyan (171)
Marcus
Aurelio (170.6) vs. Matt
MacGrath (170.2)
Daniel
Langbeen (145.4) vs. Lyndon
Whitlock (145.6)
Brent
Franczuz (136) vs. David
Harris (135.6)
Derek
Boyle (155.6) vs. Jason Saggo
(155.6)
Theo
Toney (156) vs. Alan Wilson (155.2)
James
Haourt (146) vs. Chuck Mady
(142)