Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:47 pm EST

Jeremy Horn gave us a clue of what might happen during the pre-fight interview when he said he could potentially suffer a broken arm at the hands of his opponent Rousimar Palhares (pictured on the bottom). Horn didn't get a limb snapped but he fought with too much respect against the Brazilian submission master. "Toquinho" took Horn down at will and pounded him from full-guard, half-guard, side control and often had "Gumby's" back. Horn, who amazingly has 49 career submission victories, is a very good jiu-jitsu practitioner but he looked tentative on the bottom. It allowed Palhares to sweep the scorecards for a unanimous decision victory.
Palhares' nickname means "The Tree Stump" in Portuguese. He's definitely packs some power in that 5-foot-7 fire-hydrant build. He lifted Horn way off the floor to score a huge slam at the start of second round and tossed Horn onto his head with a beautiful suplex to open the third. Horn did show that he's one tough customer going the distance. He actually had Palhares in some trouble around the 2:30 mark of the second when he got to a mount position and worked for an arm-triangle choke. Palhares showed composure and freed himself. It was the only dangerous moment in the fight for the Brazilian.
Palhares (18-2, 2-1 UFC) said after the fight that he broke his right hand in the first round. He's obviously strong and a great grappler but it's unclear if he did enough here to separate himself from UFC's trio of middleweight jiu-jitsu aces that includes himself, Demian Maia and Ricardo Almeida. He's also a unique character. Palhares could be seen weeping during his walkdown to the cage.
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i think rogan got it wrong, pretty sure palhares allowed horn to go for his arm in that choke since he already had the mount, knowing he'd have to shift his weight to finish it. he was waiting for horn to go for side mount or drop his hips a little more so he could sweep but horn was smart. i gave horn round 2 due to the fact that he had palhares mounted and came closer to a submission than anyone else had.......but that's all he got.
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I thought I read the following?
"It allowed Palhares to sweep the scorecards for a unanimous decision victory."
Wouldn't that say who won?
Fight was as stated to much respect, sometimes it's better to just go for it and lose than always wonder what if.
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and all you guys harping about the "unanimous decision victory" quote just shut up because when the article was first posted it didn't say who won.......later, when you guys read it the author had edited his own handiwork. it happens all the time, a few of the headlines have changed several times since the fights. chill.......
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