LAS VEGAS -- This time may have been one time too many for Rousimar Palhares. The reigning World Series of Fighting welterweight champion defended his belt Saturday night against Jake Shields with a brilliant third-round kimura at WSOF 22, but yet again found himself in hot water due to a series of eye gouges and a failure release his fight-winning submission in a timely manner.
When Palhares was signed to WSOF, he was done so on a zero-tolerance policy due to his notorious past. WSOF vice president Ali Abdel-Aziz told MMAFighting.com post-fight that he will need to re-watch tape of the controversies, but if he sees something that broke that policy, the punishments will be severe.