Earlier this week it was reported that the UFC was trying to set up Lyoto Machida and C.B. Dollaway for a December 20th event in Brazil. Meanwhile, the future of "Jacare" Souza is dependent on whether or not the UFC deems him as the next middleweight title challenger, or if he needs to take another fight to officially cement his status as the top contender.

Even though both men are training partners at Team Black House, Machida has expressed interest in fighting Jacare, saying he'd accept the fight at any time if the UFC ever offered it. Here's the key snippet from an interview with Globo's Jorge Guimaraes: (Translated by Bloody Elbow's Fernando Arbex)

Jorge Guimaraes: "Would you like to fight against Jacare." Lyoto: "For sure, Jacare would be a great opponent, I have all the respect for him but I would like a lot to have the opportunity of facing him someday. I'm waiting the UFC to call me. If they ask me, I would accept at any time."

This is more or less a repeat of this February quote from Machida, which came after he and Jacare had taken care of Gegard Mousasi and Francis Carmont, respectively. Machida is coming off a title fight loss to champion Chris Weidman, while Jacare choked out Mousasi last week in the UFC Fight Night Connecticut main event.

Is it feasible for these two to fight at some point? It seems like it, and it would be a highly intriguing contest, in my opinion. But will the UFC attempt to book this match-up and risk losing Jacare as a potential title challenger? I highly doubt it.