Am I the only one who bothered looking the OP up and noticing he was in full artifact armor trying to do HM Ifrit?

YES, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO STUNBOT IFRIT IF YOUR HP IS LOW.

It's really silly to have the 4.4k HP Paladin main tank Ifrit when the other Paladin has 5k, or 5.2k, or whatever. So yes, being in crap gear makes you the designated stunbot.

If you want to main tank Ifrit and not be asked to stunbot, be the better geared Paladin in the fight (assuming the MT is another Paladin, which happens to me all the time).

Run CM, run Prae, and get your green gear from AK. THEN bother with Ifrit.