{"id":203650,"date":"2016-09-09T08:48:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T15:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=203650"},"modified":"2016-09-09T08:48:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T15:48:58","slug":"photo-rousimar-palhares-looking-nearly-unrecognizable-new-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rousimar-palhares\/photo-rousimar-palhares-looking-nearly-unrecognizable-new-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO | Rousimar Palhares looking nearly unrecognizable in new picture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former top ranked UFC middleweight Rousimar Palhares is widely believed to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/video-wsof-9-palhares-submits-carl-in-first-to-take-wsof-welterweight-strap-full-fight\/\">possess some of the best Jiu-Jitsu in MMA<\/a>.  With 15 of his 18 wins coming by way of submission, not many fighters want to go to the ground with &#8216;Toquinho&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the same submissions that leave MMA fans stunned, have also got Palhares into quite a bit of trouble.  On several occasions, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/video-rousimar-palhares-submits-mike-pierce-in-31-seconds\/\">Palhares has held onto submissions despite his opponents tapping out<\/a>.  This <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/dana-white-sasys-rousimar-palhares-banned-from-the-ufc\/\">ultimately got him kicked out of the UFC<\/a>, stripped of the WSOF title, and suspended for 2 years by the NSAC.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rousimar-palhares\/ufc-congratulates-emil-meek-on-knocking-out-rousimar-palhares\/\">Palhares is coming off a loss to Emil Weber Meek earlier this year<\/a> overseas under the Venator FC banner.  Ahead of his next fight, which is supposed to go down at 185 pounds, Palhares is looking nearly unrecognizable in a new picture of the former WSOF champ at a grappling event in his fight shorts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">No USADA? No problem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nDkU4MjxrL\">pic.twitter.com\/nDkU4MjxrL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; #Dizz \u00a9 (@TalkMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkMMA\/status\/774250575500288000\">September 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Palhares&#8217; shocking KO loss Emil Weber Meek saw his 4-fight win streak snapped.  The streak spanned from 2013-2015 and saw Palhares submit Mike Pierce, Steve Carl, and Jon Fitch with leg locks.  In addition, Palhares submitted Jiu-Jitsu ace Jake Shields with a kimura to win the WSOF title. <\/p>\n<p>Palhares was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/palhares-could-be-stripped-of-wsof-belt-for-his-actions-at-wsof-22\/\">stripped of the title and suspended for 2 years<\/a> by the NSAC following the fight for refusing to let go of the kimura after Shields tapped out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former top ranked UFC middleweight Rousimar Palhares is widely believed to possess some of the best Jiu-Jitsu in MMA. With 15 of his 18 wins coming by way of submission, not many fighters want to go to the ground with &#8216;Toquinho&#8217;. 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