Depending on who you talk to, middleweight Rousimar Palhares was either
cheated out of UFC 111’s “Submission of the Night” for his textbook
heel-hook victory over Tomasz Drwal or should be thankful that he still
has a job after cranking the move for what seemed like far too long.
But Palhares, who apologized in the cage immediately after the
fight-ending submission, told MMAjunkie.com that he
never enters a fight with the intention of injuring a foe.
Instead, his Brazilian Top Team camp teaches to hold on to the move
until instructed by the referee to let go – perhaps an understandable position if
you consider the long history of the camp in the UFC.