UFC President Dana White said that Silva could earn a middleweight title shot with a win at the event, which is something that Ronaldo ?Jacare? Souza isn?t very happy about.
?Before I joined MMA, I was already famous for Brazilian jiu-jitsu,? Jacare said to Porto Do Vale Tudo. ?In my time, I fought the state championship and that?s how I would get my spot at the world tournament. If I didn?t win, there was no world championship. Nobody cut ahead of me. Now, just because someone has a name and everything. The truth is that Anderson is coming back from a doping scandal, he?s unranked.?
Souza sits at #3 in the UFC Middleweight Division rankings, while Silva hasn?t won a fight in almost two years.
If there is one thing that Souza knows right now,it is that he deserves a shot at the UFC Middleweight Title.
?After some sh-t like that, where some guy jumps over the cage, hits people or messes up. It?s like, I?ll start doping,? Jacare said. ?I?m going to stir up some sh-t, I?ll call everyone names and that might get me a title shot, Here?s what I think, though. My principles are not negotiable. I deserve it, I deserve it. I don?t care if they?ll give it to me or not, I won?t change, this is who I am.?
Jacare may sit at #3 in the UFC Middleweight Division rankings, but he also lost to both UFC Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum, who are headlining UFC 234 this February.