No disrespect intended to Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, a superlative mixed martial artist who has conducted himself properly and done everything asked of him.
But Luke Rockhold simply has a better case at the next UFC middleweight title shot after the Chris Weidman-Vitor Belfort fight on May 23.
Sure, part of this has to do with the appeal of projecting forward to the tantalizing potential of a matchup between Weidman and Rockhold at Madison Square Garden. The cocky Californian vs. the undefeated hometown boy as the headliner to the UFC's Big Apple debut seems almost too good to be true.