Video: Rousimar Palhares got blasted by Michal Materla at KSW 36

It was a bad night for some familiar names at this past weekend’s KSW 36 event.

The popular Polish promotion held Saturday’s card at CRS Hall in Zielona Gora, and in the headliner, UFC vet and former WSOF champ Rousimar Palhares suffered a decisive knockout loss.

Facing Polish middleweight standout Michal Materla (24-5), Palhares (18-8), who’s been fighting overseas since both the UFC and WSOF released him following controversial submission finishes, ate a stiff second-round uppercut. Check it out (via Twitter):

Palhares, who also suffered a knockout loss to Emil Weber Meek in May at Venator FC 3, has now suffered back-to-back losses since a WSOF title reign that ended in 2015. After Palhares tapped out Jake Shields and held the submission even after the referee’s intervention, WSOF officials stripped him of the belt and indefinitely suspended him from the promotion. The UFC also cut ties with the 36-year-old Brazilian fighter in 2013 due to a pair of similar infractions.

Palhares, though, wasn’t the only familiar name to lose at KSW 36. Former PRIDE and UFC light heavyweight Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou(17-15) suffered a first-round TKO loss to Tomasz Narkun (13-2) (via Twitter):

Additionally, former UFC women’s bantamweight Sheila Gaff (9-7) suffered a first-round knockout loss to Ariane Lipski (8-3) (via Twitter):