WSOF 22 Post Fight Statistics: Rousimar Palhares is now tied for most submission wins in WSOF history

WSOF 22 took place on Saturday night in Las Vegas and the main card on NBCSN was headlined by Rousimar Palhares retaining the WSOF welterweight title with a submission victory over Jake Shields.

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Steve Bauzen/World Series of Fighting

The co-main event was also a title fight as Marlon Moraes retained the WSOF bantamweight title with a submission victory over Sheymon Moraes in the third round.

TheMMAReport.com has put together post fight statistics from the fight card and are available below.

  • Palhares is now tied with Steve Carl for the most submissions in WSOF history.
  • This is the 3rd victory in WSOF for Palhares and he is tied for 2nd most in WSOF welterweight division history.
  • This is the first time that Shields has been submitted in a MMA fight.
  • Marlon Moraes joins Jessica Aguilar, Justin Gaethje, and Palhares as the only champions in WSOF history to make two successful title defenses.
  • Moraes has the most wins in WSOF history (8).
  • Clifford Starks scored a decision win over Mike Kyle and he has won four in a row since exiting the UFC in 2013.
  • Abubakar Nurmagomedov won his WSOF debut with a decision over Jorge Moreno and this marks the first time he has gone the distance in his career.
  • Islam Mamedov is now 2-0 following his 1st Round TKO win over Jimmy Spizuzza and both of his WSOF wins have come in the final 20 seconds of the opening round.
  • Jake Heun submitted Davin Clark in the featured prelim bout and he is now tied for most wins in WSOF light heavyweight division history.