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‘Jacare’ Souza almost retired following loss to Robert Whittaker

Friday 01.12.2018 5:02pm ET  |  View Full Article

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    Ronaldo Souza is returning to action nine months after a tough loss to future UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker, but he was close to not coming back at all.

    “Jacare” was forced to go under the knife to fix a pectoral rupture last April, an injury that was bothering him for quite some time. He chose to fight both Tim Boetsch and Robert Whittaker despite the injury, and it went well a...

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