Anderson Silva responds to ‘Jacare’ Souza’s recent comments

UFC President Dana White recently suggested that the winner of Anderson Silva and Israel Adesanya’s UFC 234 middleweight fight will get the next crack at the middleweight belt. Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza, who has been chasing a UFC title shot since he arrived in the UFC in 2013, was not happy to hear this.

Speaking to the Brazilian website PVT last week, Jacare shared his belief that neither Silva nor Adesanya deserves a title shot.

Now Anderson Silva has responded.

He says he was surprised to hear his fellow Brazilian snubbing him — especially after all the help he’s given him.

“‘Jacare,’ when he come to train to my team in Brazil, I just opened the door of my gym and I helped a lot and supported a lot,” Silva said at a Monday press conference at his new Spider Kick gym (via MMA Fighting). “I’m very surprised that ‘Jacare’ was talking about that situation, especially because he respects me. I tried to help ‘Jacare’ many times. I fight with Dana and Ed Soares one time when ‘Jacare’ came close to fighting for the belt.”

Anderson Silva reminded Jacare that this development is no fault of his own. He says this was the decision of UFC President Dana White.