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Next weekend, in the main event of UFC 221 in Perth, Australia, former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champ Luke Rockhold will battle Yoel Romero for the UFC interim middleweight title. Originally, Rockhold was expected to battle undisputed champion Robert Whittaker<\/a> on the card, but he still stands to win UFC gold all the same. Long-time middleweight contender<\/a> Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza doesn’t feel this is right.<\/p>\n

\u201dThey are always complicating things for me,\u201d Souza told MMAFighting<\/a> of the title situation at middleweight. \u201c[Luke] Rockhold just beat\u00a0<\/span>David Branch, who came from another promotion, and is fighting for the belt. The criteria is different with me, I always have to fight one more time. I honestly think that I have to fight one more, but why only me? Rockhold just beat Branch, man, and is fighting for an interim belt? Do you get what I\u2019m saying?\u201d<\/p>\n

Given that the winner of Rockhold and Romero’s interim title fight is likely to fight Whittaker next, Jacare understands he might have to wait before he’s given a shot at gold. In that event, he’s prepared to fight former champion Chris Weidman in the meantime.<\/p>\n

\u201dIt\u2019s a fight that makes sense,\u201d Souza explained. \u201cI never turned down a fight, especially a good fight like this. It would be a huge pleasure to fight him. This is the fight that makes sense now. I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s healthy because he just has hand surgery. What I know is that I\u2019m super healthy. I\u2019ll give my body a few days to rest, celebrate my anniversary a lot more, and then I\u2019ll be back to training.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weidman, of course, seems to be open to this idea:<\/p>\n

\u201cI can see myself potentially jumping in there for a title shot against maybe the winner of the fight coming up, depending on Whittaker\u2019s health,\u201d Weidman recently told MMAFighting<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019d get a rematch with Rockhold which has been a long time coming. We were supposed to have that rematch right away and my surgery held that up. Or Yoel Romero. Both those fights would be great. If not that, you got \u2018Jacare\u2019 who just came off a great win. I don\u2019t mind that fight, either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who do you think wins a fight between Jacare and Chris Weidman?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 1\/31\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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