Post by The Sandmen on Feb 4, 2013 21:11:03 GMT -5
Kazushi Sakuraba is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
Rousimar Palhares is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
And there you go! I would put my money on Kazushi Sakuraba today.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Kazushi Sakuraba paws at Toquinho .
Toquinho swings ineffectively.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to bring the fight to the ground
Toquinho goes down.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to finish with a leg lock!
Toquinho is able to break the lock.
Poorly executed technique. Rousimar Palhares looks to counter!
Toquinho throws his legs up in a triangle attempt!
Kazushi Sakuraba realizes the danger and stands up to avoid the attack.
Kazushi Sakuraba is on his feet again.
Sakuraba is standing while Toquinho is on the ground on his back
Kazushi Sakuraba decides to jump inside Toquinho 's guard.
Toquinho didn't see that coming. Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho now.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho
Toquinho throws his legs up in a triangle attempt!
Kazushi Sakuraba realizes the danger and stands up to avoid the attack.
Sakuraba is trying to counter now!
Sakuraba opts to jump inside Toquinho 's guard.
Toquinho didn't see that coming. Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho now.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho
Sakuraba is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Sakuraba tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Toquinho
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass Rousimar Palhares 's guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba looks to mount Rousimar Palhares ...
Kazushi Sakuraba slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Crippling lock!
That Armbar looks tight...
Toquinho breaks the lock showing some skills...
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Rousimar Palhares
Rousimar Palhares tries to roll to his side and trap Kazushi Sakuraba in his guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Rousimar Palhares
Toquinho tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Toquinho
Toquinho measures the resilience of Sakuraba's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Sakuraba's side.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Toquinho
Toquinho switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
Sakuraba struggles and his head turns red from the choke, but he manages to slip his head of the lock!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Toquinho
Sakuraba works on the ground with his fingers over Toquinho 's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Josh Rosenthal didn't see that!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Toquinho
Rousimar Palhares launches a few punches to Sakuraba's cheek from the guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Sakuraba tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to free his leg...
Kazushi Sakuraba uses some of his skill by jumping out of Toquinho 's guard. He moves quickly to full mount!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba is cooling the fight on the ground
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Sakuraba drills Rousimar Palhares 's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Not a desiderable position that Toquinho is in now. Kazushi Sakuraba is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Kazushi Sakuraba is cooling the fight on the ground
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a kimura
Toquinho breaks the lock.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba isolates Rousimar Palhares 's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
Rousimar Palhares is able to relieve the pressure on his neck and slip out of the hold.
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Honda Center (Anaheim, CA) are cheering for the fighters.
Toquinho is holding Kazushi Sakuraba's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Kazushi Sakuraba shows great balance while pushing away Rousimar Palhares
Sakuraba tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Sakuraba jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
The fighters are clinching.
Toquinho launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Sakuraba struggles and protects himself.
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Brutal knees to Toquinho 's face, followed by knees to the body from Kazushi Sakuraba!
Bang! Toquinho can take many more shots like that!
Toquinho doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Kazushi Sakuraba embrace and tries to move away...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Toquinho forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Toquinho tries to take Kazushi Sakuraba down... Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Rousimar Palhares launches a few punches...
Kazushi Sakuraba dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Toquinho misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Sakuraba tries to take Rousimar Palhares down... Toquinho stumbles backwards and Kazushi Sakuraba launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Toquinho 's jaw!
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba takes a break to breathe while holding Rousimar Palhares .
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba moves forward looking for some grappling action
Sakuraba has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Toquinho tries to break the clinch... Kazushi Sakuraba launches a great knee when he finds a narrow space!
Awesome impact! Toquinho stumbles backwards and Kazushi Sakuraba shoots an incredible takedown!
Hard blow to Toquinho 's mid-section, he seems hurt
Sakuraba wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Sakuraba moves forward and holds Toquinho
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
This round is clearly for Kazushi Sakuraba.
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Round 2
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Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Rousimar Palhares
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Toquinho launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Sakuraba struggles and protects himself.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba gets double underhooks and looks for the takedown...
Sakuraba blocks Rousimar Palhares 's knee and hits a perfectly executed knee tap! Nice move.
The clock says 0:40 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Toquinho
Sakuraba tries to escape from the closed guard
Sakuraba succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho
Stand up! This is what Sakuraba's cornermen are shouting. Rousimar Palhares is a submission master and he can finish the fight if you mess with him on the ground.
Toquinho tries to close his guard around Sakuraba
He is not able to do it
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho
Rousimar Palhares sits up and gets an arm around Sakuraba's neck!
Sakuraba pushes Rousimar Palhares back to the ground.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho
Rousimar Palhares throws up a triangle attempt!
Kazushi Sakuraba postures up and breaks the triangle.
Sakuraba tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Sakuraba moves on the ground
Kazushi Sakuraba moves to side mount
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Rousimar Palhares attempts to trap Kazushi Sakuraba in his guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba keeps control and remains in side mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Sakuraba shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a kimura
Toquinho struggles to free himself
Sakuraba is locking that kimura...
Toquinho breaks the lock.
The clock says 1:40 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba isolates Rousimar Palhares 's left arm looking for an armbar...
Rousimar Palhares manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! Kazushi Sakuraba lost his dominant position.
Sakuraba clumsily fails here and it's time for Rousimar Palhares to fight back!
Rousimar Palhares launches a few punches to Sakuraba's cheek from the guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Josh Rosenthal stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Honda Center (Anaheim, CA) are cheering for the fighters.
Rousimar Palhares attempts a sweep single...
Rousimar Palhares catches Kazushi Sakuraba's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Toquinho .
Rousimar Palhares is in closed guard over Sakuraba
Toquinho is in closed guard... Sakuraba tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Rousimar Palhares !
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Rousimar Palhares
Sakuraba goes for an armbar!
Rousimar Palhares breaks the lock and pushes away Kazushi Sakuraba, who rolls over his back and gets to standing position.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Kazushi Sakuraba. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Honda Center (Anaheim, CA) are cheering for the fighters.
Toquinho throws a low kick
Kazushi Sakuraba blocks.
Sakuraba is trying to counter now!
A bad move from Rousimar Palhares
allows Sakuraba to land a solid head kick.
There is a small laceration on Rousimar Palhares 's Nose
Sakuraba decides to launch some tentative punches
Toquinho launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Sakuraba with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
Toquinho 's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Sakuraba decides to launch some tentative punches
Kazushi Sakuraba takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Toquinho 's Nose is beginning to swell
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a high kick!
Toquinho was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough! The fight is over! Toquinho was not intelligently defending himself!
Toquinho 's Left cheek is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Rousimar Palhares 's Left cheek
Winner is Kazushi Sakuraba by TKO (High kick) at 3:09 Round 2
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 4/5 (80%)
Kicks 2/2 (100%)
Clinch strikes 6/8 (75%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 1/1 (100%)
Submissions 7/7 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 263 s
Statistics: Rousimar Palhares
Punches 1/7 (14%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/11 (0%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 2/8 (25%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 275 s
Less than impressive performance from Palhares. He might need an aggression tweak, by the looks of it.
Rousimar Palhares is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
And there you go! I would put my money on Kazushi Sakuraba today.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Kazushi Sakuraba paws at Toquinho .
Toquinho swings ineffectively.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to bring the fight to the ground
Toquinho goes down.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to finish with a leg lock!
Toquinho is able to break the lock.
Poorly executed technique. Rousimar Palhares looks to counter!
Toquinho throws his legs up in a triangle attempt!
Kazushi Sakuraba realizes the danger and stands up to avoid the attack.
Kazushi Sakuraba is on his feet again.
Sakuraba is standing while Toquinho is on the ground on his back
Kazushi Sakuraba decides to jump inside Toquinho 's guard.
Toquinho didn't see that coming. Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho now.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho
Toquinho throws his legs up in a triangle attempt!
Kazushi Sakuraba realizes the danger and stands up to avoid the attack.
Sakuraba is trying to counter now!
Sakuraba opts to jump inside Toquinho 's guard.
Toquinho didn't see that coming. Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho now.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho
Sakuraba is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Sakuraba tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Toquinho
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass Rousimar Palhares 's guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba looks to mount Rousimar Palhares ...
Kazushi Sakuraba slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Crippling lock!
That Armbar looks tight...
Toquinho breaks the lock showing some skills...
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Rousimar Palhares
Rousimar Palhares tries to roll to his side and trap Kazushi Sakuraba in his guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Rousimar Palhares
Toquinho tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Toquinho
Toquinho measures the resilience of Sakuraba's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Sakuraba's side.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Toquinho
Toquinho switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
Sakuraba struggles and his head turns red from the choke, but he manages to slip his head of the lock!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Toquinho
Sakuraba works on the ground with his fingers over Toquinho 's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Josh Rosenthal didn't see that!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Toquinho
Rousimar Palhares launches a few punches to Sakuraba's cheek from the guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Sakuraba tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to free his leg...
Kazushi Sakuraba uses some of his skill by jumping out of Toquinho 's guard. He moves quickly to full mount!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba is cooling the fight on the ground
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Sakuraba drills Rousimar Palhares 's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Not a desiderable position that Toquinho is in now. Kazushi Sakuraba is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Kazushi Sakuraba is cooling the fight on the ground
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a kimura
Toquinho breaks the lock.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba isolates Rousimar Palhares 's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
Rousimar Palhares is able to relieve the pressure on his neck and slip out of the hold.
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Honda Center (Anaheim, CA) are cheering for the fighters.
Toquinho is holding Kazushi Sakuraba's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Kazushi Sakuraba shows great balance while pushing away Rousimar Palhares
Sakuraba tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Sakuraba jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
The fighters are clinching.
Toquinho launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Sakuraba struggles and protects himself.
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Brutal knees to Toquinho 's face, followed by knees to the body from Kazushi Sakuraba!
Bang! Toquinho can take many more shots like that!
Toquinho doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Kazushi Sakuraba embrace and tries to move away...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Toquinho forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Toquinho tries to take Kazushi Sakuraba down... Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Rousimar Palhares launches a few punches...
Kazushi Sakuraba dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Toquinho misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Sakuraba tries to take Rousimar Palhares down... Toquinho stumbles backwards and Kazushi Sakuraba launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Toquinho 's jaw!
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba takes a break to breathe while holding Rousimar Palhares .
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba moves forward looking for some grappling action
Sakuraba has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Toquinho tries to break the clinch... Kazushi Sakuraba launches a great knee when he finds a narrow space!
Awesome impact! Toquinho stumbles backwards and Kazushi Sakuraba shoots an incredible takedown!
Hard blow to Toquinho 's mid-section, he seems hurt
Sakuraba wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Sakuraba moves forward and holds Toquinho
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
This round is clearly for Kazushi Sakuraba.
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Round 2
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Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Rousimar Palhares
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Toquinho launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Sakuraba struggles and protects himself.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba gets double underhooks and looks for the takedown...
Sakuraba blocks Rousimar Palhares 's knee and hits a perfectly executed knee tap! Nice move.
The clock says 0:40 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Toquinho
Sakuraba tries to escape from the closed guard
Sakuraba succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho
Stand up! This is what Sakuraba's cornermen are shouting. Rousimar Palhares is a submission master and he can finish the fight if you mess with him on the ground.
Toquinho tries to close his guard around Sakuraba
He is not able to do it
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho
Rousimar Palhares sits up and gets an arm around Sakuraba's neck!
Sakuraba pushes Rousimar Palhares back to the ground.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Toquinho
Rousimar Palhares throws up a triangle attempt!
Kazushi Sakuraba postures up and breaks the triangle.
Sakuraba tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Sakuraba moves on the ground
Kazushi Sakuraba moves to side mount
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Rousimar Palhares attempts to trap Kazushi Sakuraba in his guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba keeps control and remains in side mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Sakuraba shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a kimura
Toquinho struggles to free himself
Sakuraba is locking that kimura...
Toquinho breaks the lock.
The clock says 1:40 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Rousimar Palhares
Kazushi Sakuraba isolates Rousimar Palhares 's left arm looking for an armbar...
Rousimar Palhares manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! Kazushi Sakuraba lost his dominant position.
Sakuraba clumsily fails here and it's time for Rousimar Palhares to fight back!
Rousimar Palhares launches a few punches to Sakuraba's cheek from the guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Josh Rosenthal stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Honda Center (Anaheim, CA) are cheering for the fighters.
Rousimar Palhares attempts a sweep single...
Rousimar Palhares catches Kazushi Sakuraba's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Toquinho .
Rousimar Palhares is in closed guard over Sakuraba
Toquinho is in closed guard... Sakuraba tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Rousimar Palhares !
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Rousimar Palhares
Sakuraba goes for an armbar!
Rousimar Palhares breaks the lock and pushes away Kazushi Sakuraba, who rolls over his back and gets to standing position.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Kazushi Sakuraba. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Honda Center (Anaheim, CA) are cheering for the fighters.
Toquinho throws a low kick
Kazushi Sakuraba blocks.
Sakuraba is trying to counter now!
A bad move from Rousimar Palhares
allows Sakuraba to land a solid head kick.
There is a small laceration on Rousimar Palhares 's Nose
Sakuraba decides to launch some tentative punches
Toquinho launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Sakuraba with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
Toquinho 's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Sakuraba decides to launch some tentative punches
Kazushi Sakuraba takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Toquinho 's Nose is beginning to swell
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a high kick!
Toquinho was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough! The fight is over! Toquinho was not intelligently defending himself!
Toquinho 's Left cheek is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Rousimar Palhares 's Left cheek
Winner is Kazushi Sakuraba by TKO (High kick) at 3:09 Round 2
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 4/5 (80%)
Kicks 2/2 (100%)
Clinch strikes 6/8 (75%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 1/1 (100%)
Submissions 7/7 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 263 s
Statistics: Rousimar Palhares
Punches 1/7 (14%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/11 (0%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 2/8 (25%)
Submissions 5/5 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 275 s
Less than impressive performance from Palhares. He might need an aggression tweak, by the looks of it.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!