Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza is the wild card in a suddenly wild UFC middleweight division.
That is, he would be with a win over Jack Hermansson Saturday at UFC on ESPN 8. Their bout was the highlight of the card, which went down from Sunrise, Florida.
Souza has some of the best jiu-jitsu on the planet, and the rest of his game isn't far behind. But for all his success in MMA and beyond, Jacare is on the outside looking in at 185 pounds. New interim champ and overall MMA sensation Israel Adesanya is widely expected to face lineal champ Robert Whittaker fairly soon for the undisputed strap.