There was clearly a time, and this wasn't all that long ago, when Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza was the newly-minted terror within the world's middleweight division.
Going watching Souza dismantle Robbie Lawler the government financial aid 2011 and thinking to help you myself, "OK, this guy is pretty scary and Let me see him fight Anderson Silva. inch
That was still a fantasy back then, of training course. Zuffa wouldn't purchase Strikeforce until with three months after Souza submitted Lawler with regard to his fourth win inside of a row; the possibility of Souza actually facing Silva and various top UFC middleweights wouldn't be a reality until somewhat more than two years later on.
On Saturday night, Souza finally enters exactly the same division as Silva, and I can't help but feel that his best opportunity to earn some sort of favored scorecard likely disappeared out the window back when he lost his Strikeforce middleweight concept to Luke Rockhold.
That fight was the main after Lawler, and this derailed years of build up behind Jacare; instead of making his UFC debut being a top title contender, Jacare can be debuting against Chris Camozzi. Rockhold, in the meantime, is in the main event against one of the many UFC's bigger names which includes a title shot likely exactly in danger.
Souza has to feel like he could've easily held it's place in Rockhold's shoes, like Rockhold's spoils will need to have been his. And Souza can still work his within to the top, but that journey simply must start Saturday night. He aren't able to falter, or he'll be that is left behind.
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