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Jacare Souza "ready to annihilate" Gegard Mousasi, says he's "going to be the champion"
Jul 31, 2014 - 12:30:11 PM Jacare Souza "ready to annihilate" Gegard Mousasi, says he's "going to be the champion"

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"Fighting him again it's like just another fight. I'm ready to annihilate my opponent and have another victory in the UFC. I'm going to stop Mousasi. I've come to be undefeated in the UFC to lose for nobody. People have to keep believing in me because I'm going to be the champion of this division. But first I have to beat Mousasi to ask for something and after this fight I'll ask for a title shot."

-Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza talks to Combate.com about his rematch with Gegard Mousasi in September and his goals after that fight (translated by Fernando Arbex at BloodyElbow.com).

Penick's Analysis: Souza's been on a hell of a run in the UFC, and though he's lost to Mousasi in the past, this is a completely clean slate for this fight. They're in a different spot in their careers entirely than they were in their first meeting, and Souza especially has established himself as an elite fighter. Mousasi is great as well, and a second win over Souza would catapult him up, too, but this is a chance for Jacare to move into a title fight that's seemed inevitable since he came to the UFC.