Filed under: News , UFC , Videos (This story appears in today’s edition of USA TODAY .) LEDYARD, Conn. – Gegard Mousasi and Ronaldo Souza knew there was a chance they could fight each other back in 2008. They weren’t so concerned with it, though, that they didn’t pal around a little before fights leading up to their eventual matchup for the Japan-based DREAM promotion. In fact, Mousasi says, “Jacare” helped him cut weight in the very tournament of which they would go on to fight each other in the finals. Six years later, neither was calling for a rematch of the first fight, which Mousasi won with a well-timed upkick knockout as Souza tried to dive down to punch him. But with both standout middleweights in the UFC, they knew friendship might have to get tossed to the side again
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