Last week Rousimar Palhares finally exhausted his reserve of plausible deniability when he gouged the eyes and over-cranked the shoulder of Jake Shields at World Series of Fighting 22.
The stunts cost Palhares his WSOF welterweight title and a suspension from both the promotion and the Nevada State Athletic Commission. A NSAC hearing on Palhares' future is scheduled for September.
It was just the latest in a very, very long line of incidents with Palhares, mainly involving holding submission after an opponent has tapped out and the referee has intervened.
The whole thing got us to thinking.