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Jacare Believes He Deserves a Title Shot After UFC 230

November 4, 2018 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris

Following his win at UFC 230, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza spoke at the post-fight press conference about his victory and what’s next for him (via MMAjunkie). Jacare defeated Chris Weidman by knockout in the third round for the co-main event. The fight was awarded Fight of the Night honors. Below are some highlights from Jacare speaking at the post-fight press conference.

Souza on wanting a title shot: “One hundred percent title shot. I deserve that chance. … I’ve been close before, but I now believe this chance is in front of me.”

Souza on wanting to face the winner of Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum: “I want to get the winner and crush him. I never lose a rematch.”

Souza on the finish to his fight with Weidman: “I knew that, when my hand connected, the fight would be over. I was feeling, in the third round, that he didn’t have as much power as in the first. So when my hand connected, it was the end.”

His thoughts on the referee’s handling of the stoppage: “I was very upset. I saw it was over. My hand landed there, and he fell very badly. I didn’t need to give those two extra blows. I warned the referee, but unfortunately I had to hit (Weidman) for the referee to stop the fight. I don’t say anything (to the ref). I’m in there to fight, I can’t talk to the referee. But I did a gesture, like, ‘He’s done. He can’t fight anymore.’”

His thoughts on Israel Adesanya after his win at UFC 230: “That guy is impressive. He’s very impressive. He has chances of fighting for the belt. But I’ve done that, too, and I’ve done it better than him. So he’ll need to fight other, tougher guys. I did it better than him, twice, already.”

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Ronaldo Souza, UFC 230, Jeffrey Harris