{"id":371130,"date":"2020-12-15T09:27:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T17:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=371130"},"modified":"2020-12-15T09:27:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T17:27:50","slug":"jacare-souza-issues-statement-after-ko-loss-to-kevin-holland-i-will-be-back-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jacare-souza-issues-statement-after-ko-loss-to-kevin-holland-i-will-be-back-stronger\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacare Souza issues statement after KO loss to Kevin Holland: “I will be back stronger”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brazilian MMA legend Jacare Souza has released a statement after finding himself on the receiving end of a highlight-reel knockout last weekend.<\/p>\n

Jacare, the former Strikeforce middleweight champion, returned to the cage on the main card of UFC 256 last Saturday in Las Vegas. While he was originally expected to fight Marvin Vettori on the card, a series of COVID-19-related shakeups resulted in his being matched up with Kevin Holland<\/a> at the last minute.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Jacare and his fans, this short-notice scrap ended in disaster, as he was knocked out by a series of bottom-position punches from Holland.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Jacare took to Instagram to issue a statement on this tough setback.<\/p>\n

See what he had to say below:<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Ronaldo \u201cJacare\u0301\u201d 🐊 Souza (@ronaldojacare)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n