Jacare admits he thought about retiring after his shoulder injury.

[Kung Fu bb]

http://forum.portaldovt.com.br/forum/index.php?/topic/184961-‘jacaré’-admite-que-pensou-em-aposentadoria-após-lesão-no-ombro/

Souza said this was the worst injury he´s ever had, even worse than when he won the 2004 bjj world against Roger Gracie in one of the most surreal moments in bjj competitions. I´m sure many of you guys remember, in that occasion, Roger broke Souza's arm but he continued the fight until the end.

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Souza is a warrior, I hope he comes back healthy and puts on some more great fights for us.

War Souza.

 

[Harmonica]

Quite frankly, it was a rather silly dilemma on his part.

We all know that the right time to retire is when the Sherdog forum dwellers tell you it's time.

 

[HelloJapan]

War Jacare! Always a fan. I hope he comes back healthy, and mixes up his game more, take downs, grappling, etc.

 

[Megatronlee]

Hope he comes back

 

[Blayt7hh]

He’s nearing the end and getting up their in age. Too bad, I really wanted him to win the belt

 

[SeattleFightFan]

He’s nearing the end and getting up their in age. Too bad, I really wanted him to win the belt

he was always a few breaks away. his close fight with Luke. then all those years fighting nobodies, often because an opponent bailed late. and then Romero - even after the beatdown he got in round 1 he almost eked out the next two for the win (as undeserving as that would have been, heh).

such a thin line.

of course, even if he had beaten Romero it was too late; by that time Whittaker had come into his own.

at his age, i doubt his comeback will amount to much. but he's been a fun fighter to watch for over a decade. too bad there were so few top 5 fights. so far as i can tell, not his choice.

 

[Ozze]

Jacaré: "Thank God I have a strong name in jiu-jitsu and wherever I start a gym the likelihood of me having enough students is good. In the future my dream is to be a jiu-jitsu teacher. This is my dream. Not MMA. MMA is not my thing. I like MMA, but what I love is jiu-jitsu."

Don't think we'll be seeing much more of Jacaré.

 

[MMAart]

He should "retire," take some times off to get on tainted creatine to heal his injury, and then unretire to compete again.

 

[Dozer .]

UFC should’ve paid Moose instead of past prime Jacare