Jacare’s Doctor Shares Update On Horrific Arm Injury

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza suffered a broken arm in Saturday’s UFC 262 fight against Andre Muniz that will require surgery to fix.

For the second UFC pay-per-view in a row, a legend of the sport has had one of his limbs broken in half.

At UFC 261 it was Chris Weidman who suffered a tibia-fibula fracture that left his leg bent 90 degrees halfway down the shin. Now at UFC 262 we had to watch (and hear) Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza suffer a horrible arm break that finished his fight against Andre Muniz in the first round.

“Jacare” took the injury with surprisingly good humor, waving off the concerned ringside physician and smiling as he discussed the end of the fight with Muniz. Some hoped that might mean the injury wasn’t as horrible as it sounded as it was replayed again and again on the UFC 262 broadcast. But it turns out Souza is just crazy tough.

MMA Fighting reached out to Souza’s physician Rickson Moraes, who reported “Jacare” had suffered a fractured right humerus, which is the upper arm bone between the shoulder and elbow. Souza will undergo “urgent surgery” in the next few days in the US before returning to Brazil.

The loss is 41 year old Souza’s fourth in a row and second grisly loss. Back in December of 2020 Kevin Holland knocked the Brazilian submission specialist out cold, and now “Jacare’s” bone was snapped by another hungry up and comer.

UFC vet and fellow old dude Dan Hardy had it right: the UFC isn’t matching up veterans against each other any more. These days you’re more likely to get matched against the latest young buck to tear someone in half on Dana White’s Contender Series.

It’s unclear whether this was the last time we’ll see Souza in the Octagon, but he’ll definitely be out a while healing his arm. Whatever the case, “Jacare” gave us a good ten years of wild fights and impressive performances. Here’s hoping for a quick recovery.