‘Jacare’ Souza’s manager criticizes Vitor Belfort for picking opponents, offers to replace him in interim title bout your sports feeder

Vitor Belfort was offered an interim title bout with Lyoto Machida when Chris Weidman pulled out from UFC 184 with a rib injury, but “The Phenom” turned down the fight. Fellow middleweight contender Ronaldo Souza is willing to step up and replace him against anyone if that’s what the UFC wants.

Souza is undefeated in the UFC with four wins in a row, capped off by a third-round submission over Gegard Mousasi. Jacare’s manager Gilbert Faria believes that an interim title has to be created after another injury from the middleweight champion, and Belfort should not choose who he wants to fight.

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‘Jacare’ Souza’s manager criticizes Vitor Belfort for picking opponents, offers to replace him in interim title bout

Lyoto Machida interested in "Jacare" Souza fight, predicts knockout win over C.B. Dollaway

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Lyoto Machida faces C.B. Dollaway Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night 58 in Barueri, Brazil, and he’s targets the top of the division next. In an exclusive interview, the former UFC light heavyweight champion broke down his match-up with Dollaway, how he expects to win on Dec. 20, why he called out Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and much more.

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Lyoto Machida interested in "Jacare" Souza fight, predicts knockout win over C.B. Dollaway

RFA"s Khalil Rountree desires to show Anderson Silva right

In a current press conference in Brazil, former UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva said that three of his teammates could win the belt that was his for seven years, however among the names found many by surprise.

Saying that Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Lyoto Machida could win the UFC gold is not shocking. Setting Khalil Rountree among them is.

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RFA"s Khalil Rountree desires to show Anderson Silva right

Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza undergoes successful surgery

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza’s second elbow surgery of the year was a success.

According to his manager Gilberto Faria, Souza underwent successful two-hour surgery on Tuesday, performed by Dr. Rickson de Moraes and Dr. Bruno Lobo Brandao (pictured) at Hospital São Lucas in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza undergoes successful surgery

"Jacare" Souza forced to undergo second elbow surgery of the year

This year has been a breakout one for Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza. It will also see him undergo two elbow surgeries in the span of seven months.

According to Souza’s manager, Gilberto Faria, Souza was diagnosed with ulnar neuropathy, a numbness in his right elbow caused by the entrapment of the ulnar nerve, resulting in numbness and tingling into the fourth and fifth fingers.

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"Jacare" Souza forced to undergo second elbow surgery of the year

"Jacare" Souza"s strategies have not changed despite Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort postponement

Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort will not occur on Dec. 6 after all, but that will not alter Ronaldo Souza’s strategies.

“Jacare”, who scored his fourth straight triumph below the UFC banner using a third-round entry over Gegard Mousasi in September, will still work to be the ‘plan B’ in case something occurs to Belfort before his title fight against Weidman in February.

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"Jacare" Souza"s strategies have not changed despite Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort postponement

"Jacare" Souza anticipated "more demanding fight" against Gegard Mousasi

Ronaldo Souza controlled Gegard Mousasi to win his fourth fight in the Octagon at UFC Fight Night 50 in Connecticut, and he was not expecting to end Mousasi.

“I was waiting to get a five-round fight,” Souza told MMAFighting.com. “I was prepared to get a tougher fight. I had been training to get a tougher fight. I desired to submit him, obviously, but I was not expecting to submit him. I used to be expecting a tougher fight. He’s got an enormous name, a great record, and he was coming off a huge win over Mark Munoz, and so I respected him a lot.”

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"Jacare" Souza anticipated "more demanding fight" against Gegard Mousasi

UFC wins ratings battle on Friday night, but Bellator comes close in head-to-head period

Based on preliminary numbers, it’s hard to come to a conclusion as to what it meant for Bellator and UFC to go head-to-head on Friday night, past that it doesn’t appear either hurt the other significantly, and that each product looks to have more of its own audience as opposed to an audience that switched back-and-forth.

Overall, the UFC show from Ledyard, Conn., headlined by Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza’s win over Gegard Mousasi, did 911,000 viewers on average between when the main card started at 10 p.m. and the conclusion of the main event. That number was well ahead of what UFC had done the previous two Saturday nights with a Benson Henderson vs. Rafael dos Anjos led UFC Fight Night (689,000) and the UFC 177 prelims (an unusually low 436,000). Even with the competition, it was well ahead of what they average on either Saturdays or Wednesdays. It was also a show with more familiar names — like Alistair Overeem, Ben Rothwell, Matt Mitrione and Joe Lauzon – than most Fight Nights, so it should have done better than average.

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UFC wins ratings battle on Friday night, but Bellator comes close in head-to-head period