The best and worst from UFC Fight Night 150: Jacare vs. Hermansson

#2 Worst: Jacare loses out in style

After last night it seems that Jacare Souza is unlikely to get a title shot any time soon

Okay, so nobody could ever complain about the quality of the main event fight between Jacare Souza and Jack Hermansson; it was fantastic from start to finish, and will probably be up there with 2019’s best 5-rounders when all is said and done. Unfortunately though, the fact that Jacare came out on the wrong end of the result means that he’s probably out of title contention now – maybe even for good.

Normally that wouldn’t be too noteworthy, but all the reports coming into this event suggested that Jacare – who was initially pegged to face Yoel Romero in a likely title eliminator before the Cuban’s injury – was only cajoled into taking the fight with Hermansson due to the UFC offering him a supposedly guaranteed title shot with a victory.

On one hand, it’s a good thing that the UFC can influence their fighters in that way – we wouldn’t want MMA turning into boxing with fighters ducking and dodging up-and-comers to preserve their reputations – but this was a pretty bad slice of luck for the Brazilian veteran, who will probably never earn the UFC title shot he’s craved for so long now.