Friday evening, former top ranked UFC middleweight Rousimar Palhares stepped into the cage in Poland to square off with Michal Materla.
Palhares, who was looking to bounce back from his KO loss to Emil Weber Meek back in May for the Venator welterweight championship, faced a tough test in fellow submission specialist Michal Materla, who was going into the fight with a 24-5 professional record that most recently saw him TKO Antoni Chmielewski back in May.
When the two stepped into the cage in Poland, Materla left the world stunned as he knocked Palhares out cold in the second round.
Palhares has faced quite a bit of criticism the last several years. After returning from a 9 month suspension in 2013, Palhares controversially submitted Mike Pierce, and held onto the submission after his opponent tapped out.
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