Chael Sonnen Says Jacare Souza Should Be Removed From The Rankings

– Chael Sonnen recently appeared on The MMA Hour, and stated that Jacare Souza should be removed from the rankings for refusing to step in and fight champion Luke Rockhold at UFC 199. Souza quickly defeated Vitor Belfort at UFC 198, but suffered a knee injury. Here is what Sonnen had to say…

“I don’t like it. Man, I don’t like it. Everybody says they want these opportunities. [Souza] is great. I would never make believe that he’s not. But the bottom line is, the word is ‘yes.’ If you want an opportunity in America, when one comes, you need to know one word and that is ‘yes.’ The difference between Michael Bisping and everybody else is one word: ‘yes.’ When the opportunity came, that’s what he said. ‘Jacare’ is hurt? Look, fine, I’m sure he is hurt after that long, drawn-out war he just had with Vitor. You think Michael Bisping isn’t hurt? Of course he’s hurt. Whether he advertising it or not, he goes in and fights men everyday. There’s no way to not be hurt. Who gives a damn if you’re hurt, man? You’re either a tough guy or you aren’t…

If you come forward and you go, ‘I can’t even make the walk, I’m not even tough enough to make the walk,’ fair enough, but you’re now out of the conversation. They should take you out of the rankings. You can’t hold the No. 3 spot in the world when you’re openly telling everybody, ‘man, I’m not even tough enough to walk out there and try.’ Fair enough. People get hurt, I get it. But you’re now not that guy. If you were a true tough guy, you shut your mouth and you make the freaking walk, and it’s as simple as that. The chips fall where the chips fall. But Michael Bisping, for nothing else, is a tough guy and he said yes.”