Palhares believes suspension unfair
Rousimar Palhares: (through his interpreter and manager Alex Davis) “I had no intention to hurt Tomasz. I never have; I…
Rousimar Palhares: (through his interpreter and manager Alex Davis)
“I had no intention to hurt Tomasz. I never have; I am not like that.”
“Unfortunately, there have been cases in the past where guys have tapped and then said they hadn’t tapped. This happened in a match in the UFC between my trainer, Murilo Bustamante, and Matt Lindland. Our attitude is to hold the position until the ref interrupts to avoid this happening to us again.”
“I did not think the suspension was fair. I did not have any intent of hurting Drwal. It was in the heat of battle, and I wanted to make sure I did not lose the position. I was just waiting for the ref to interrupt the match.”
Palhares’ manager, Alex Davis, a former top grappler himself:
“Rousimar is a humble, simple guy. There’s not an ounce of maliciousness in him. That was the first minute of the fight, the adrenaline was high, he got the position, and wanted to make sure he finished. Maybe he held on a tad longer than he needed to, but, like I said, that’s an intense moment. This is MMA – the most intense form of fighting on the planet, and the other guy wants to punch your face in. I think the referee was just a little too far away.”
“Rousimar is freakish strong, and he had that position locked in. To make Rousimar into a dirty fighter over this is totally unfair; he is not. Rousimar will be back subbing guys shortly.”
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Drwal’s X-rays show no fractures, MRI results Monday
Despite enduring a much-discussed heel hook at UFC 111 that had him writhing on the ground in obvious agony, UFC middleweight Tomasz Drwal received a bit of good news today.
MMAjunkie.com has learned that initial X-rays revealed no fractures in Drwal’s knee or leg.
Drwal and his camp are hoping the injury is just a bad sprain of the knee.
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Fans have detected a record of spectacular submissions by Palhares, that appear to be held longer than needed
At 3;00 min mark:
At 5:15 mark
At 4:30 mark, reportedly ended with a broken leg
