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Video: Watch 'dirty' submission that may get Rousimar Palhares stripped of WSOF title, suspended from MMA

If you know Rousimar Palhares, then you probably know the story by now.

Two years ago "Toquinho" put Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight Mike Pierce in a viciously tight heel hook for a submission victory, but failed to let go when Pierce tapped, even with referee Keith Peterson trying to pull him off.

That stunt earned Palhares his dismissal from the ZUFFA-owned fight promotion and the right to ply his trade anywhere else, assuming promoters were willing to take a risk on Palhares, who had already been fined and suspended for his submission shenanigans before.