Palhares takes another leg, within the rules
At Fight Nights Global 70 on Friday, Palhares kept within the rules, and pulled off an exciting win vs. Alexei Ivanov, via heel hook.
Professional MMA fighters are no more required to apply a submission carefully, giving the opponent a chance to tap, than they are applying a punch carefully. You can try to knock someone out. And you can try to break the joint. However, once there is a tap, you have to stop.
Rousimar Palhares has never had a problem applying submissions explosively. Unfortunately, he has a history of continuing to apply a hold after the tap. However, at Fight Nights Global 70 on Friday, Palhares kept within the rules, and pulled off an exciting win vs. Alexei Ivanov, via heel hook, in just 37 seconds.
The event was held at FSK sports center in Ulan-Ude, Russia.
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With this win, Palhares now has 16 submissions among his 19 wins, with 10 of them coming via heel hooks. At age 37, even with the rules controversies, Palhares has established himself as one of the great leg lock artists in the sport’s history.
