UFC 142: Rousimar Palhares vs. Mike Massenzio [Preview]
After a new win over Dan Miller during UFC 134, that was also in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rousimar Palhares appears to have righted his career. After a Sep 2010 detriment to Nate Marquardt, Palhares went from UFC middleweight contender to “man on a outside,” portion as a intensity gatekeeper to younger challengers. He’d already been punished in a past by UFC for a damage he’d caused to Tomasz Drwal during UFC 111, where he refused to recover a heel offshoot after a arbitrate had jumped in to stop a fight. Despite Palhares’ explain that he never felt Drwal’s tap, he was slapped with a 90-day cessation and put him on a Zuffa “naughty list.”
As a former NAGA World Champion, Mike Massenzio, will be some-more than prepared for anything that Palhares offers on a mat, that is good, since he offers a ton. Palhares could travel divided with a prong tonight. You never know. The thing is, Massenzio has shown a ton of heart in a past, stepping in for Igor Pokrajac opposite Krzysztof Soszynski in Jun on usually 3 days notice during a weight he routinely doesn’t quarrel at. He mislaid a quarrel around decision, though fans of a UFC saw a opposite side of a warrior even as he fought upwards of 20 pounds out of his “fighting weight.”
How else can we see it? This will be a conflict of wills on their feet. Can Massenzio puts Palhares down? Will Palhares contention a male that, on paper, appears to be his equal on a mat? If it comes down to a distinguished battle, it’s a toss up, though one would have to consider that Massenzio’s endless wrestling extraction would make a difference. Massenzio has lots of submissions on US-based informal shows, though Palhares has a identical series of pro-level submissions…but in a UFC.
That’s gotta count for something.
Pick: Rousimar Palhares around 1st Round Submission
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