{"id":196426,"date":"2016-06-11T17:42:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T00:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=196426"},"modified":"2016-06-11T17:42:58","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T00:42:58","slug":"jacare-souza-believes-hes-next-in-line-for-a-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ronaldo-jacare-souza\/jacare-souza-believes-hes-next-in-line-for-a-title-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacare Souza believes he&#8217;s next in line for a title shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/chris-weidman-opens-up-on-injury-that-forced-him-out-of-ufc-199\/\">Chris Weidman withdrew<\/a> from his UFC 199 scrap with Luke Rockhold with just two weeks to go until fight night, many believed Jacare Souza would step-in on short notice to fight Rockhold.  Unfortunately for Souza, he was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ronaldo-jacare-souza\/jacare-souza-to-undergo-surgery-thursday\/\">forced to undergo surgery<\/a> for a torn meniscus, and was unable to take the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bisping ultimately stepped in on short notice to fight Rockhold, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-michael-bisping-vs-luke-rockhold-highlights\/\">the rest is history.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, with Chris Weidman <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/chris-weidman-taunts-bum-michael-bisping\/\">calling out Bisping for a fight at UFC 205<\/a> in New York, and Luke Rockhold campaigning for a rematch with Bisping, Jacare Souza believes that it&#8217;s his time for a title shot.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/6\/11\/11904048\/jacare-souza-knows-he-should-be-in-line-next-for-title-shot?_ga=1.122334664.2105079035.1465399157\" target=\"_blank\">MMAFighting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m not afraid at all, I think I deserve the title shot.  Even if they give me somebody else to fight before the title shot, I might take it and spank someone. But I know I have the right to be the next one.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Souza also revealed that he will be ready to return to the Octagon around November, right around the time the UFC plans to hold their inaugural event in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Chris Weidman withdrew from his UFC 199 scrap with Luke Rockhold with just two weeks to go until fight night, many believed Jacare Souza would step-in on short notice to fight Rockhold. Unfortunately for Souza, he was forced to undergo surgery for a torn meniscus, and was unable to take the fight. 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