Roan with uncertain future in Ultimate

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Roan with uncertain future in Ultimate Sunday 28th of September 2008 04:44 PM

By Eduardo Ferreira

Photo Josh Hedges

After being submitted by Kevin Burns at UFC 85, Roan ‘Jucão’ Carneiro knew that his fight against Ryo Chonan at UFC 85 would be the most important of his career inside the octagon, but the split decision loss left Roan with an uncertain future in UFC. “I did five fights, I have two victories, two losses and one robbery. I had a four fight contract and did two, let’s see how it’ll be now, I don’t know if they’ll call me for these two fights or just end my contract. I’ll let this in Alex Davis (his manager) and God’s hands”, said Jucão, that is not worried about leaving the event.

“I’d like to do these last two fights, but this last one was very frustrating. I don’t blame UFC, I failed my tactics, but I won. If I need to leave UFC that’s ok. Babalu (Sobral) left, TimSylvia, Arlovski, and many others did and are still there fighting. Of course UFC is the biggest, but it’sthe only one”, said the BJJ black belt, that thought about fight at Jungle Fight, in Rio de Janeiro. “I want to fight again in Brazil, and Jungle Fight is growing and if Wallid Ismail (Jungle Fight promoter) wanna a welterweight fighter, I’d love to fight. Jungle is in my hometown, I’d love to see my friends and fight is what I know to do”.

About his loss to Chonan, Roan prefers not giving any excuses and wants another fight against him. “Who knows I can face him again… I think I got robbed in this fight. I did a good first round, opened a cut in his face; I know I lost the second, but I won the first and third rounds, knocked him down three times, kept punishing him… I won this fight, and to prove that you can see five different American websites did give the victory to me on the play-by-play. In my head I know Iwon, and that’s the most important to me, and Chonan knows he lost”, said.

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