Rousimar Palhares

Rousimar Palhares
Data
Fight name	Toquinho
size	170 cm
Weight	78 kg
nationality	Brazilian
Date of birth	February 20, 1980
Fight out	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
place of birth	Dores do Indaiá , Minas Gerais , Brazil
team	Brazilian top team
Fighting style	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & Luta Livre
MMA statistics
Victories	19th
task	16
Points	3
Defeats	9
Knockout	6th
Points	3
draw	1

Rousimar Palhares (born February 20, 1980 in Dores do Indaiá , Minas Gerais ) is a Brazilian MMA fighter and submission wrestler . He is best known for his leg locks (leg levers), but also notorious for not letting go of task grips even after knocking off the opponent, which caused some controversy. He is also known by his nickname "Toquinho", which means "tree stump" in Portuguese . Palhares competed mainly in the middleweight and welterweight classes and holds black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Luta Livre .

Career

Palhares, who grew up in poor conditions in rural Brazil, completed his first MMA fight in 2004. In 2008 he was signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship , the largest MMA organization in the world, and won his debut fight at UFC 84 against Ivan Salaverry by an armbar. In September 2008 he lost to superstar Dan Henderson at UFC 88 on points. In March 2010, during the fight against Tomasz Drwal, the first controversy about Palhares arose when he did not immediately let go of a heel hook even after the referee intervened and was then suspended for 90 days.

On his return in September 2010, he suffered his first premature knockout defeat against Nate Marquardt . After the fight, Palhares assumed Marquardt to have rubbed himself with a lubricant in order to more easily escape the submissions. After the ring doctor and the present commission examined this and found nothing, Marquardt was finally awarded the victory. After the fight, Palhares apologized for the false allegations.

After three wins in a row, he received two more heavy knockout defeats against Alan Belcher and Hector Lombard , whereupon Palhares switched from middleweight to welterweight. There he won his first fight against Mike Pierce in October 2013 with a heel hook after only 31 seconds, but was then dismissed by the UFC because he again did not solve the submission in time and thus seriously injured the opponent.

Palhares continued his career at the World Series of Fighting , where he won the welterweight championship in the first fight against Steve Carl , again by a heel hook. In August 2015, however, Palhares was also fired from the WSOF because he held a surrender hold longer than allowed for the third time, this time a Kimura against Jake Shields . On May 22, 2016, Palhares surprisingly lost at Venator FC III against Emil Weber Meek after only 45 seconds by knockout.

In 2011 the notorious grappler also competed in the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships , where he immediately won the silver medal in the class up to 88 kilograms.

MMA statistics

Result	Professional record	opponent	date	event	method	round	time
defeat	0-1	Leandro “Batata” Silva	May 10, 2004	BFC - Banni Fight Combat 2	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	1-1	Bruno Bastos	April 29, 2006	FF - Floripa Fight 2	Point decision (shared)	3	5:00
victory	2-1	Renan Moraes	May 20, 2006	GFC 1- Gold Fighters Championship	Task (armbar)	1
defeat	2-2	Arthur Cesar "Gogo" Jacintho	June 21, 2006	RMMAC - Rio MMA Challenge 2	Point decision (majority decision)	3	5:00
victory	3-2	Claudio "Popeye" Mattos	November 25, 2006	SS - Samurai Storm 12	Task (heel hook)	1	0:15
victory	4-2	Helio Dipp Jr.	March 10, 2007	FF - Floripa Fight 3	Task (rear-naked choke)	1	1:40
victory	5-2	Flavio Luiz Moura	August 4, 2007	Fury FC 4 - High Voltage	Task (ankle lock)	1	1:21
victory	6-2	Fabio "Negao" Nascimento	December 6, 2007	Fury FC 5 - Final Conflict	Task (heel hook)	1	2:45
victory	7-2	Daniel Acacio	December 6, 2007	Fury FC 5 - Final Conflict	Task (heel hook)	1	1:22
victory	8-2	Ivan Salaverry	May 24, 2008	UFC 84 - I'll want	Task (armbar)	1	2:36
defeat	8-3	Dan "Hendo" Henderson	September 6, 2008	UFC 88 - Breakthrough	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	9-3	Jeremy "Gumby" Horn	January 17, 2009	UFC 93 - Frankin vs. Henderson	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	10-3	Lucio "Spartan" Linhares	December 12, 2009	UFC 107 - Penn vs. Sanchez	Task (heel hook)	2	3:21
victory	11-3	Tomasz "Gorilla" Drawl	March 27, 2010	UFC 101 - St. Pierre vs. Hardy	Task (heel hook)	1	0:45
defeat	11-4	"The Great" Nate Marquardt	September 15, 2010	UFC Fight Night 22 - Marquardt vs. Palhares	TKO (blows)	1	3:28
victory	12-4	David Branch	March 3, 2011	UFC Live 3 - Sanchez vs. Kampmann	Task (heel hook)	2	1:44
victory	13-4	Dan Miller	August 27, 2011	UFC 134 - Silva vs. Okami	Point decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
victory	14-4	Mike Massenzio	January 14, 2012	UFC 142 - Aldo vs. Mendes	Task (heel hook)	1	1:03
defeat	14-5	"The Talent" Alan Belcher	May 5, 2012	UFC on Fox 3 - Diaz vs. Miller	TKO (punches and elbows)	1	4:18
defeat	14-6	Hector "Lightning" Lombard	December 15, 2012	UFC on FX 6 - Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson	KO (blows)	1	3:38
victory	15-6	Mike Pierce	October 9, 2013	UFC Fight Night 29 - Maia vs. Shields	Task (heel hook)	1	0:31
victory	16-6	Steve Carl	April 29, 2014	WSOF 9 - Carl vs. Palhares	Task (Inverted Heel Hook)	1	1:09
victory	17-6	Jon Fitch	December 13, 2014	WSOF 16 - Palhares vs. Fitch	Task (kneebar)	1	1:30
victory	18-6	Jake Shields	August 1, 2015	WSOF 22 - Palhares vs. Shields	Task (Kimura)	3	2:02
defeat	18-7	Emil "Valhalla" Meek	May 21, 2016	Venator FC 3 - Palhares vs. Meek	KO (punches & elbows)	1	0:45
defeat	18-8	Michal "Magic" Materla	October 1, 2016	KSW 36 - Materla vs. Palhares	KO (blows)	2	1:27
victory	19-8	Alexei Ivanov	7th July 2017	FNG - Fight Nights Global 70	Task (heel hook)	1	0:37
No contest	19-8-1	Shamil Amirov	4th September 2017	FNG - Fight Nights Global 73	Draw (change of decision by the organizer) 1	3	5:00
defeat	19-9-1	Aliaskhab Khizriev	March 30, 2018	FNG - Fight Nights Global 85	KO (blows)	1	0:58

1) Amirov won the fight by a controversial split decision. Following an objection from the Palhares team, the decision was changed to a draw on September 11, 2017

Web links

• Rousimar Palhares in the database of Sherdog (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ espn.co.uk: Controversy overshadows bizarre Marquardt victory
2. ↑ mmafighting.com: Rousimar Palhares vs. Shamil Amirov result overturned to draw by Russian MMA federation