At 41-years old, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is calling it quits in MMA. On Tuesday, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist and long-time MMA and UFC veteran announced his retirement, via Combate. Souza made his professional MMA debut in 2003, and would earn a record of 26-10, winning the Strikeforce middleweight championship along
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Brazilian jiu-jitsu and MMA legend Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is nearing the end of his storied career. And although the 41-year old Jacare isn’t yet ready to officially retire, he is making plans to open a jiu-jitsu academy in Orlando, FL. In a recent interview with Sherdog, Jacare revealed his ambitious
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Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend and longtime elite MMA fighter Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is officially no longer with the UFC. ESPN reported the news, citing Jacare’s manager Andre Pederneiras. At UFC 262 on May 15, Jacare lost to Andre Muniz via an arm break submission. That bout was the last on Jacare’s
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Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza suffered his fourth consecutive loss at the hands of Andre Muniz on Saturday night at UFC 252. A fellow grappler, Muniz found his way to Jacare’s back with just over a minute remaining in the first round. As Muniz fell off Souza’s back he
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Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is nearing the end of his storied MMA career. On Saturday, May 15, the 41-year old Souza will square off with Andre Muniz in a middleweight bout at UFC 262. And although he knows he’s at the tail end of his time in MMA,
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Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza will look to snap a three-fight losing skid, as he is now slated to fight Andre Muniz on May 15 at UFC 262. News of the booking was first reported by Combate. The event is set to take place at Houston’s Honda Center and will be the
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UFC 249 has been hit by Coronavirus again. After first being forced to cancel three events in a row, Dana White was adamant that the event would go ahead as originally planned, with the same main event that we have all been waiting for, Khabib Nurmagomedov v Tony Ferguson. Then
Read moreThe Kimura is one of the most common submission finishes in competitive BJJ and UFC statistics are not that much different. There’s even an entire system of techniques that branch off the Kimura, known collectively as the Kimura Trap System, that many BJJ competitors and even some UFC fighters have
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After weeks of painful uncertainty for all fight fans around the world, UFC 249 has taken shape in record time after the event was booked for Florida on May 9th just a few days ago and already the full card has been announced. Originally, the card was set to feature
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