Rousimar ”Toquinho” Palhares lyckades under helgen få in ytterligare ett benlås, då han besegrade Jon Fitch vid WSOF 16. Det dröjde inte lång tid innan Palhares fick ta emot kritik för att ha hållit i benlåset för länge, men själv tycker Palhares att han agerade helt korrekt.
Detta hade Rousimar att säga, via ”MMAFighting”:
I still have to deal with those critics, but I don’t understand why people try to humiliate me like that. I just go inside the cage to try to be the best I can be. I don’t hold submissions. You can see fighters punching opponents two or three times after they are already knocked out. For an example, see for how long Ronda Rousey holds her armbars. I don’t think she’s wrong.
In this sport, you won’t survive if you don’t lock the position really tight. I believe I did what I should have done to win. I didn’t do anything wrong. They are just trying to humiliate me because I submit people, or for other reasons I don’t know.
I feel they wait for me to do something and then they go after me, but in reality nobody wants me to win. They prefer to criticize me instead of applaud me because they feel better this way. They are nothing. They live by other’s images, and they try to put me at their levels with that. I can’t stand it.
Palhares blev tidigare sparkad från UFC efter att ha hållit i ett benlås för länge, då han besegrade Mike Pierce vid ”UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields”. Efter det har Rousimar radat upp ytterligare två benlåssegrar, båda i WSOF.
