LAS VEGAS -- Rousimar Palhares did it again. After submitting Jake Shields with a brilliant sequence in the third round of his World Series of Fighting 22 main event bout, the WSOF welterweight champion continued to crank the kimura he held on Shields, even after Shields tapped.
It isn't the first time for Palhares. The 35-year-old Brazilian has a history of similar incidents, from his 2010 suspension-drawing heel hook of Tomasz Drwal to the 2013 heel hook of Mike Pierce that cost Palhares his job in the UFC. The controversy behind Palhares became a main conversation point in the lead-up to his meeting with Shields, and Shields was livid following the bout, calling Palhares "a dirty, dirty fighter" for the late crank plus a series of eye gouges midway through the second round.