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Rousimar Palhares released by the UFC

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#1 ·
http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/...after-lengthy-ankle-lock-win-over-mike-pierce
The UFC apparently won't wait for word from Brazil's MMA commission before making a decision on Rousimar Palhares.

UFC President Dana White on Thursday told ESPN that the welterweight has been released from the promotion and won't fight for the company again following his submission win over Mike Pierce on Wednesday night.

At UFC Fight Night 29, which took place at Jose Correa Arena in Barueri, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Palhares (15-5 MMA, 8-4 UFC) caught Mike Pierce (17-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC) by the leg right away in the first round. Pierce escaped initially, but Palhares stayed after his leg – his specialty.

And on his second try, he wrapped up an ankle lock. As Pierce started to tap, referee Keith Peterson dived in to get the Brazilian to release the hold. But even as Pierce continued tapping – eventually on Peterson's back – Palhares appeared to hold the leg longer still.

(Watch the Palhares vs. Pierce finish.)

After the card was over, UFC officials said they were not going to award Palhares with what would have been a $50,000 "Submission of the Night" bonus based on the Comissao Atletica Brasileira de MMA (CABMMA) looking into whether or not Palahares was "unsportsmanlike" in his finish.

It was not the first time Palhares has been in the situation. Three years ago, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board suspended Palhares for 90 days when it was determined he held a heel hook too long against Tomasz Drwal.

But it appears that it may be the last time he does it in the UFC. Palhares had dropped to welterweight for the first time after a two-fight skid at middleweight, and after testing positive for elevated testosterone levels in a loss to Hector Lombard this past December.

His UFC debut came at UFC 84 in May 2008, which he won "Submission of the Night" with an armbar. All told, Palhares has eight leg submissions in his career.

But now he will be going after his next one for another promotion.

For more on UFC Fight Night 29, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
Book Askren/Palhares now Bellator
 
#3 ·
It seems harsh, you'd think he'd at least get a warning about not letting it happen again.

But then again...

Maybe he has already been warned about it?

Edit: Just seen Booms vid... interesting Dana also said Paul Daley will never fight in the UFC again too.
 
#5 ·
Good. Stupid bastard doesn't deserve another chance to injure someone and I hope no one else picks him up either. What promotion would want a guy so stupid that he can't let go of a submission?

He can take his dumb ass back out into the fields to make a living or carry shingles up a ladder for the rest of his life.
 
#7 ·
That's bullshit.

I watched the fights this morning and I didn't think that Pallhares had any malicious intent to injury Pierce.

He held it MAYBE 2 seconds after Pierce tapped? True it might be long enough to do some damage, but that guys adrenaline is pumping like crazy.

We see guys get tagged in the liver and drop like flies, it doesn't mean they're out. Sometimes guys shout out in pain so I have the feeling he just wanted to be sure buddy tapped and everyone saw it.

Bah.
 
#9 ·
It isn't the fact that Palhares held the sub too long this time. It is the fact that he has done this MANY times already and has already been punished for it in the past. The guy never learns and continues to do potentially permanent damage to other fighters because of his actions.

Palhares does more damage to the UFC then he does good so honestly I don't have an issue with this.
 
#10 ·
Wow...a lot of mixed reviews. Personally I'd say the $50k is enough and donate that to Mike Pierce maybe even.

But it's too bad. What should have been a great victory for him turns out to be his last fight. UFC has too much to lose so they decided to cut em.

Get a win, should be SOTN, but he gets cut instead.
 
#12 ·
******* dana white, doesn't know how to make a good decision if it smacked him in the face. Jesus let's just turn this into ***** without strikes or submissions while we are at it.
 
#14 ·
Very good decision by the UFC in my opinion, this isn't the first time and obviously Palhares does'nt get it.

If Palhares would of went on to damage another fighter permanently because of this stupidity the UFC would look incredibly bad for keeping this can around. No reason to hold onto him any longer.
 
#18 ·
Again, many people have had average finishes but since they were the only one to get that of it's type on the card they win it by default. Also Mike Pierce should be cut too since he lost this fight in 31 seconds so no way he deserves to stay just because he was the victim of grappling domination.
 
#20 ·
I wonder if those who say Palhares should be cut, are the same ones saying oblique kicks and elbows on the bottom should be banned.

Newer mma fans would not have lasted long watching the early days of ufc.

:laugh:

More sad to see Palhares cut, than Okami or Fitch.

Wonder what the reasoning behind it was.
 
#53 ·
I wonder if those who say Palhares should be cut, are the same ones saying oblique kicks and elbows on the bottom should be banned.
I'm a little late to this thread but I wanted to respond to this. This is an apples to oranges comparison, a better comparison would be after the fight is over do you still throw punches/kicks? The best example would be Rampage vs Wandy, many of us felt that Rampage should have been fined/punished for the additional cheap shots after the ref was pulling him off.
 
#82 ·
The way I saw it he did not notice the ref at all.
I'm not saying that the UFC was wrong to cut him. He has done this in the past and rightfully been warned. But I am pretty convinced that he is not trying to injure his opponents. He just doesn't seem to be as mentally sharp as most other guys in the cage (nicest way I can think of to call him dumb), and it all happens too fast for him to act responsibly.
A part of me feel bad for Palhares, but I feel worse for his opponent's knees. That move is just too dangerous to be done by a guy who isn't capable of releasing IMMEDIATELY after getting the tap.

EDIT: Video on previous page makes it clear to me that he did not notice the ref.
 
#25 ·
Apparently to stupid dana it is, no soccer kicks and no knees on the ground and now no blame on the refs and giving the phantom tappers an even better chance of escaping
 
#133 ·
I wonder if anyone will pick him up. If this was just a one-time thing like Daley, sure, other promotions would jump on him. But this guy is just sadistic. I don't think I've ever seen one of his fights were he didn't crank it after the tap.

I think other promotions would do well to blacklist him, to make sure another fool doesn't get something like this in his head. And fortunately, he's not a great of a loss to MMA, though he's probably the best leglocker in game. That's a little disappointing.
 
#28 ·
This is Bullshit , ******* pathetic , Any eccuse the get to cut a guy , they immidiatly take it , so they could bring new guys that so they can pay them less... ******* stupid ..
Fireing someone for beeing to good at his job .... ******* Dana its a hypocritical puppet , he always whines about guys not bringing it , this guy always brought it ffs...
 
#29 ·
Paul harris was been handed a ban by one of the commisions while in the UFC for doing this before, so it's not like he didn't know is it. It may not have been long but don't forget it's not like he's not applying pressure. He's top level at this stuff.

Also, don't forget Babalu got cut by the UFC and banned for not letting go of a sub as well, so the precedent was set back then.

Paul Harris now joins Babalu and Paul Daley on the banned forever list.
 
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