Trainer: Brazilian commission to review Rousimar Palhares stoppage

The submission from Rousimar Palhares that brought a series of hard taps and a scream from UFC welterweight Mike Pierce is under review.

Pierce’s trainer, Phil Claud, who is in Brazil with the fighter for tonight’s UFC Fight Night 29 event, told MMAjunkie.com via text that the Brazilian MMA commission, Comissao Atletica Brasileira de MMA (CABMMA), is going to look at whether Palhares held on to the submission hold too long. (Watch the Palhares vs. Pierce finish.)

“It’s 100 percent lack of professionalism on [Palhares'] part,” Claud wrote.

Referee Keith Peterson moved to separate Palhares (15-5 MMA, 8-4 UFC) after Pierce (17-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC) began tapping to an inverted heel-hook, which Palhares had cinched even before the two hit the mat. Palhares, however, held on to the hold for several seconds after Pierce’s tap in the FOX Sports 1-televised bout.

The official time of the stoppage came at the 31-second mark of the first round.

Three years ago, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board suspended Palhares for 90 days when it was determined he held a heel hook too long against Tomasz Drwal.

Although heel hooks can cause severe damage to the knee, Claud said Pierce’s ankle is the joint that was primarily affected by the hold.

“I think he’s OK, but we’re going to get an MRI,” Claud wrote.

And as for a potential rematch?

“We want to fight that motherf—er again!!” he wrote.

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(Pictured: Mike Pierce)