If Rousimar Palhares cranks a kneebar after his opponent taps out and nobody’s there to see it, does it still produce outrage?
Well, the jury is still out. You see, Rousimar Palhares fought Jon Fitch at WSOF 16 for the promotion’s welterweight championship. Just one problem: UFC on Fox 13 happened last night during pretty much the same time slot. The event, featuring the likes of Junior Dos Santos, Alistair Overeem and Nate Diaz, had enough star power to completely eclipse poor WSOF.
So nobody watched WSOF 16 (which, as Anderson Silva would say, is normal), meaning nobody was around to see Palhares grab a wicked kneebar and crank it until Fitch screamed. In typical Palhares fashion, he didn’t let go once Fitch started tapping. From what we can tell, nobody’s that mad because A. A lot of people probably forgot the two fought last night and B. It’s Palhares. What else do you expect?
The submission occurred less than two minutes into the fight, proving Palhares is that dangerous or Fitch overestimated his leg lock defense that badly.
Here are WSOF 16′s full results:
Main Card
Rousimar Palhares def.. Jon Fitch via submission (kneebar) (R1, 1:30)
Lance Palmer def. Rick Glenn via submission (rear-naked choke) (R3, 3:09)
Sheymon Moraes def. Gabriel Solorio via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Josh Berkovic def. Brenson Hansen via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Lewis Gonzalez def. Justin Buchholz via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Preliminary Card
Dave Huckaba def. C.J. Leveque via TKO (punches) (R2, 1:47)
David Mitchell def. Justin Baesman via submission (rear-naked choke) (R1, 1:44)
Dominic Waters def. Martin Sano via unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
David Douglas vs. Sinjen Smith
Erick Sanchez def. Drey Mitchell via unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
Jason Powell def. Chris Avila via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Joseph Morales def. Christian Espinosa via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27 x2)