Shortly after the ban, Palhares was stripped of his welterweight championship title even though he denied the eye gouging accusations. WSOF President Ray Sefo announcement on Tuesday’s The MMA Hour. He said:
“I think he needs to speak to somebody and they’ll be able to tell us exactly what the issue is. When you talk to the guy outside of the [cage], he seems like a very polite, very nice guy. When he’s in there, something triggers and I don’t know what that is. I think the sad part of this is the guy is a great fighter. When Jake Shields is tapping nine times and the referee is tapping you six, seven times and literally pulling you off, that’s where people are gonna get hurt. We’re in a sport. We’re not in a war where we have to eliminate people.”
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