Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza finished Yushin Okami in impressive fashion in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 28. However Souza may have paid a high price for less than three minutes of work in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Souza dropped Okami with a strong right hand, and then delivered several more strikes to Okami once he hit the ground. Souza’s assault forced the referee to wave off the fight at the 2:47 mark of the first round. Following the referee’s intervention, Souza stood, took a few limping steps, looked down at his right leg and elected to forego his trademark alligator crawl.
After the fight Souza said, through a translator, “When I kicked him, I saw that I hurt him a bit so I kicked him more. It’s hurt, and because it’s hurt unfortunately I couldn’t do my ‘jacare’ walk for the crowd.”
We don’t know the extent of the injury to Souza’s leg, but we do know that it could keep him out of action for a prolonged time. Souza and the rest of the fighters that competed on the September 4 fight card have received their medical suspensions from the Brazilian Athletic Commission (CABMMA):
Glover Teixeira: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
Ryan Bader: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact
Ronaldo Souza: suspended 180 days or until cleared by doctor, needs x-ray on right foot
Yushin Okami: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact
Joseph Benavidez: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
Jussier Da Silva: suspended 180 days or until cleared by doctor, needs x-ray on right foot
Piotr Hallmann: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
Francisco Trinaldo: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
Rafael Natal: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
Tor Troeng: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
Ali Bagautinov: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
Marcos Vinicius: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact
Edimilson Souza: suspended 180 days or until cleared by doctor, needs surgery on right hand
Felipe Arantes: suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact
Lucas Martins: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
Ramiro Hernandez: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact
Elias Silverio: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
Joao Zeferino: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
Ivan Jorge: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
Keith Wisniewski: suspended 14 days with seven days no contact
Sean Spencer: suspended 21 days with 14 days no contact
Yuri Villefort: suspended 21 days with 14 days no contact
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