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Jacare Souza Volunteers to Be Backup In Case Bisping vs. Henderson Gets Scratched

July 18, 2016 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Jacare Souza is pre-emptively putting his name in the hat to be an injury replacement should the UFC need one for the upcoming Michael Bisping vs. Dan Henderson fight. Souza’a manager told MMAjunkie that Souza is training and could be ready to step in should the expected fight — which has yet to be officially announced — gets scratched.

“Dana [White already knows it,” Faria told the site. “If a replacement is needed for Manchester, or the fans get to turn it around, ‘Jacare’ vs Bisping would be a massacre.”

He continued, “We are seeing a lot of fans putting pressure on Dana and on Bisping, and ‘Jacare’ might still get the shot at Bisping. The only thing that really bothers us was Bisping be able to ask for a fight against ‘Hendo’ and get his wishes fulfilled. We understand that Bisping is rolling with 10 good years of services for the company, but Dan Henderson still sits at number 13 in the ranking, lost 6 out 9 fights, his recent victory was against Hector Lombard that just came from a loss at welterweight division, so it doesn’t weight that much for a title shot.”