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If he loses, meanwhile, his UFC title dreams will be dashed for perhaps a final time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was hard negotiating for Jack,\u201d the Brazilian contender told <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA Junkie (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/04\/ufc-fort-lauderdale-jacare-souza-pressured-didnt-want-jack-hermansson-fight\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Junkie<\/a> recently in his native Portuguese. \u201cThat was hard. That was tough. I didn\u2019t want to accept the fight at all. It\u2019s a risk that I\u2019m taking. I\u2019m putting my career at risk; that\u2019s the truth. It made me very upset, this fight. But we talked, and this and that. Then (UFC matchmaker) Mick Maynard came in, Hunter (Campbell), (UFC president) Dana White, all those people, and I said, \u2018Either you promise me the belt and put that to paper and send it to me, or there\u2019s no deal.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Jacare felt like he was somewhat cornered into taking this fight, he says the UFC ultimately came through with a deal that worked for him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was tough because everyone put a lot of pressure on me,\u201d Souza said. \u201cThat\u2019s what upset me a lot. \u2026 Everyone was, \u2018Take the fight, take the fight.\u2019 And the UFC people calling. And I said, \u2018I don\u2019t want this fight. I don\u2019t want it. 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