{"id":209646,"date":"2016-11-08T10:54:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T18:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=209646"},"modified":"2016-11-08T10:54:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T18:54:05","slug":"ronaldo-jacare-souza-tells-champ-michael-bisping-stop-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/ronaldo-jacare-souza-tells-champ-michael-bisping-stop-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza Tells Champ Michael Bisping to “Stop Running”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not long ago, top middleweight contender Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza was expected to take on Luke Rockhold<\/a> in the main event of the UFC’s November 26 return to Melbourne, Australia. When Rockhold was forced out of the bout with an injury<\/a>, however, Jacare was left without a dance partner.<\/p>\n

Though this injury was certainly an unfortunate twist, it also left Jacare in the perfect position to call out UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping. Unfortunately for the Brazilian contender, however, Bisping shut down these callouts, explaining that he was still recovering from injuries sustained in his razor close October title defense against Dan Henderson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These claims from Bisping, of course, were a stark contradiction of his callouts of welterweight greats Georges St-Pierre<\/a> and Nick Diaz<\/a>, which occured just days earlier.<\/p>\n

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Evidently aware of the need to explain his conflicting willingness to fight fight GSP or Diaz and reluctance to fight Jacare, Bisping attempted to clear the air<\/a> on a recent episode of UFC Tonight.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you all know, I fought Dan Henderson very recently,” the champ explained on the show. “I\u2019ve got a busted orbital, I\u2019m getting injections in my knee. Now I know what everyone at home is going to say: \u2018Didn\u2019t you call out GSP a couple weeks ago?\u2019 Yes, I did, but really, think about this, that was a massive payday, roughly $3-4 million I would have earned from that fight. Against Jacare, I\u2019m going to get around about a quarter. I\u2019m assuming they\u2019re saying that I\u2019m ducking Jacare. I\u2019ve never ducked anybody in my life. Next week, Yoel (Romero) and (Chris) Weidman are fighting. Whoever wins, either that guy, or Jacare, will be my next fight, make no mistake. But I\u2019m not doing it in a few weeks.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently, however, this explanation didn’t cut it for Jacare. In a recent post to his official Instagram account, the Brazilian contender challenged Bisping to “stop running,” and accept him as the next middleweight title challenger.<\/p>\n

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Pare de correr de mim @mikebisping , essa \u00e9 a hora de voc\u00ea lutar com o verdadeiro desafiante porque o campe\u00e3o de verdade luta com o desafiante de verdade . Eu sou o pr\u00f3ximo e voc\u00ea vai ter que lutar comigo . @ufc @danawhite @canalcombate @ufcbrasil @reebokbrasil @reebok @graciemag_br @graciemagazine @lucianoandrade_123 @sportv<\/a><\/p>\n

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