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Ronaldo Souza dos Santos (born December 7, 1979), nicknamed Jacaré (Portuguese pronunciation:�[ʒakaˈɾɛ]), is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, submission grappler and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. Souza is the former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion and also holds the distinction of submitting Marcelo Garcia (a man considered by many to be one of the greatest pound-for-pound grapplers of all time) in submission grappling competition.

Background[edit]

Souza started training Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu when he was 17. He is a 5-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, including gold medals in the Openweight class in 2003, 2004 and 2005. His other credentials include the 2005 77–87�kg ADCC Champion and the 2005 ADCC Absolute Division runner-up, only losing to Roger Gracie who outweighed him by approximately 25�lbs. Along with Roger Gracie and Marcelo Garcia, Jacaré is widely considered to be among the greatest BJJ practitioners of his time.

Souza made his MMA debut on September 9, 2003 at Jungle Fight's inaugural event where he lost to Jorge "Macaco" Patino by KO at 3:13 into the first round. He returned to MMA eight months later at Jungle Fight 2 securing a submission win over Victor Babkir under a minute into the first round. His next fight was in April 2006 at Jungle Fight 6 where he got his second win, defeating Alexander Shlemenko by an arm triangle choke submission. He went on to fight twice before the end of 2006, winning both fights by submission during the first round.

In 2006, Souza fought and drew with UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture in a grappling contest. After the match Souza was invited by Couture to train at his gym. Souza accepted and started training at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas. Souza's first fight of 2007 was on May 19 with him scoring a submission win due to strikes over veteran Bill Vucick at Gracie Fighting Championships: Evolution. He would next fight twice within a two-week period on September 29 and October 13, scoring two submission wins both within the first round.

Dream[edit]

In 2008, Souza signed with Japanese MMA-promotion Dream and was scheduled to participate in the 2008 Dream Middleweight Grand-Prix. In the first round of the tournament, at Dream 2 on April 29, 2008, he defeated Ian Murphy by a rear naked choke submission in the first round. This secured him a place in the quarter-finals which took place at Dream 4 on June 15 were he fought former ICON Sport Middleweight Champion Jason "Mayhem" Miller. The fight went the distance with Souza continuously going for submissions with Miller escaping multiple rear naked choke, leglock and armbar-attempts while mounting his own offense on the feet. Souza was awarded a unanimous decision victory which secured him a place in the semi-final of the Middleweight Grand-Prix.

In the semi-finals which took place at Dream 6 on September 23, Souza defeated Zelg Galesic early in the first round by armbar submission. The victory earned him a place in the finals of the tournament and a shot at the Dream Middleweight Championship against Gegard Mousasi that same night. In the fight Souza was knocked out early in the first round by an upkick as he attempted to dive past Mousasi's guard to land a strike of his own. After participating in the tournament, Souza left Xtreme Couture and went to San Diego to train with Saulo and Xande Ribeiro, before leaving to train with Anderson Silva and Andre Galvao in preparation for Silva's upcoming bout with Thales Leites at UFC 97 at Black House.

Souza fought in the Dream Middleweight Championship in a rematch with Jason Miller at Dream 9 after Gegard Mousasi vacated the title when moving up to Light Heavyweight. The fight was called a no contest due to an illegal kick to the head that opened up a gash on Souza's head.

Strikeforce[edit]

Souza made his Strikeforce debut on December 19, 2009 at Strikeforce: Evolution with a first round submission win over Matt Lindland, via arm triangle choke. In this fight, Souza showed a major improvement in his stand up game and striking. Souza faced Joey Villaseñor on May 15, 2010 at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery. He won the fight via unanimous decision, dominating the first round, being very aggressive, achieving the mount position and almost achieving the submission, but slowed down on the 2nd and 3rd round.

Souza fought Tim Kennedy on August 21, 2010 at Strikeforce: Houston for the vacant Strikeforce middleweight belt, and won via unanimous decision. Souza then defended the belt for the first time against Robbie Lawler, on January 29, 2011 at Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg.

In his second defense, Souza lost his belt against American Kickboxing Academy fighter Luke Rockhold via unanimous decision (50-45, 48-47, 48-47).

On March 3, 2012, Souza made his sixth Strikeforce appearance against late replacement Bristol Marunde. Souza won via arm triangle, submitting Marunde at 2:43 of the final round.

Souza faced UFC veteran Ed Herman at the final Strikeforce card, Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine, on January 12, 2013. He won via submission in the first round.

Ultimate Fighting Championship[edit]

Souza signed a five-fight deal with the UFC in January 2013.

Souza was expected to make his promotional debut against Constantinos Philippou on May 18, 2013 at UFC on FX 8. However, Philippou pulled out of the bout in early May, citing a cut above his eye, and was replaced by Chris Camozzi. He won the fight in dominant fashion, winning via technical submission due to a arm-triangle choke in the first round.

Championships and Accomplishments[edit]

Grappling credentials[edit]

ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship:
- ADCC 2011 Superfight Runner-up (against Braulio Estima)
- ADCC 2009 Superfight Champion (against Robert Drysdale)
- ADCC 2005 77 – 87�kg: 1st Place
- ADCC 2005 Openweight: 2nd Place
- ADCC 2003 77 – 87�kg: 2nd Place
- ADCC 2003 Brazilian Qualifiers 77 – 87�kg: 1st Place
CBJJ World Championships:
- 2005 Black Belt Medium Heavy: 1st Place
- 2005 Black Belt Open Weight: 1st Place
- 2004 Black Belt Medium Heavy: 2nd Place
- 2004 Black Belt Open Weight: 1st Place
- 2003 Brown Belt Medium Heavy: 1st Place
- 2003 Brown Belt Open Weight: 1st Place
- 2002 Brown Belt Medium Heavy: 1st Place
- 2002 Brown Belt Open Weight: 2nd Place
- 2001 Purple Belt Middle: 1st Place
- 2001 Purple Belt Open Weight: 1st Place
CBJJ Pan American Championships:
- 2004Black Belt Medium Heavy: 1st Place
- 2004 Black Belt Open Weight: 1st Place
CBJJ European Championships:
- 2005 Black Belt Medium Heavy: 1st Place
- 2005 Black Belt Open Weight: 2nd Place
CBJJ Brazilian Championships:
- 2004 Brown Belt Medium Heavy: 1st Place
BJJ World Cup:
- 2005 Black belt: 2nd place
- 2004 Black belt: 1st place

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