{"id":150031,"date":"2015-06-17T11:27:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T18:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=150031"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:51:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:51:52","slug":"jacare-souza-give-me-belfort-i-will-fight-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jacare-souza-give-me-belfort-i-will-fight-him\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Jacare&#8217; Souza: &#8216;Give Me Belfort, I Will Fight Him&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jacare-WINS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-138824\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jacare-WINS.png\" alt=\"Jacare WINS\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jacare-WINS.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jacare-WINS-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jacare-WINS-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jacare-WINS-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think (Rockhold) fought tougher fighters, I don&#8217;t know why people say that. He fought Tim Boetsch, who has more holes in his game than Swiss cheese. He fought Costa Phillipou, who can&#8217;t stop a takedown &#8212; but his merits for beating him standing. I fought Okami, who is tougher than them. I fought Mousasi, who is as tough as Lyoto &#8212; and he did a great job. And he fought Belfort, and I don&#8217;t even need to comment on that. Give me a tough opponent and I will beat him up. I won&#8217;t wait for anyone. I was not born to wait, I was born to become champion. I could fight [Vitor Belfort], yes. If he accepts, I can fight him.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UFC middleweight &#8216;Jacare&#8217; Souza told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2015\/6\/17\/8773017\/jacare-souza-won-t-wait-for-title-shot-open-to-fight-with-vitor?_ga=1.26491199.325909861.1413922928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a> that he doesn&#8217;t understand why Luke Rockhold ended up getting the title shot over him. He also said he doesn&#8217;t want to wait around, and would accept a fight with Vitor Belfort in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see that fight?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chad Mendes Strips, Gets VanZant Flustered During Important Interview &#8212; WATCH!<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4288504234001\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;I don&#8217;t think (Rockhold) fought tougher fighters, I don&#8217;t know why people say that. He fought Tim Boetsch, who has more holes in his game than Swiss cheese. He fought Costa Phillipou, who can&#8217;t stop a takedown &#8212; but his merits for beating him standing. I fought Okami, who is tougher than them. 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