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Palhares easily wins WSOF bout, but questions still linger

That's all it takes. Rousimar Palhares does not get the benefit of the doubt, even for a split second. He's the victim of the doubt and he will be for as long

Jeff Wagenheim

Palhares easily wins WSOF bout, but questions still linger
Palhares easily wins WSOF bout, but questions still linger /
Rousimar Palhares was released from his UFC contract after ignoring a tapout last year.
Rousimar Palhares was released from his UFC contract after ignoring a tapout last year :: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images

That's all it takes. Rousimar Palhares does not get the benefit of the doubt, even for a split second. He's the victim of the doubt and he will be for as long as he fights.

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Jeff Wagenheim
JEFF WAGENHEIM

Paradoxically, Jeff Wagenheim considers himself a pacifist (except when driving in traffic) but nonetheless writes about mixed martial arts, the world's most combative sport (other than driving in traffic). As a veteran of three decades in magazines and newspapers, he's a bit grayer than most who attend UFC fights, even along press row. (A fan watching an MMA media panel show recently referred to him as "that crazy hippie uncle," to which Jeff responds, "Groovy, man!") Wagenheim also has tackled pro football for SI.com, and writes about sports and the arts for The Boston Globe. When he's not on the road chasing the UFC, Jeff spends Sunday afternoons spinning Sleepy LaBeef and Boozoo Chavis records for a popular (but not pop) radio show in western Massachusetts.

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