Filed under: News , UFC RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Ronaldo Souza wasn’t surprised when the UFC responded to his request for a fight with the name of rising contender Robert Whittaker . It was actually the absence of a rather familiar name that Souza (23-4 MMA, 6-1 UFC) found intriguing. As he detailed the process behind the pairing with Whittaker (17-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC), which takes place April 15 on the FOX-televised main card of UFC on FOX 24, “Jacare” stated that, after the first-round submission of Tim Boetsch at UFC 208, he figured one of his  previous predictions  would come true. “I was expecting the fight with Yoel Romero , for sure,” Souza told reporters during a media luncheon on Wednesday. “I asked for Luke (Rockhold) but, as everyone can see, he’s running. He doesn’t want to fight.