RONALDO JACARE Jiu Jitsu Match vs Fabio Negao Nascimento Brasileiro 2001 OLD SCHOOL BJJ MATCH
Ronaldo Souza also known in the fighting World as “Jacaré” is one of the best middleweight competitors of his generation in mixed martial arts (MMA), being also a legendary Brazilian jiu jitsu champion who holds wins over some of the best grapplers to have graced the sport. His BJJ titles include: World Championship (open weight division), World Cup and ADCC.
“Jacaré” means aligator which is the symbol of the ASLE jiu jitsu and judo team, a team where Ronaldo first started competing in combat sports. Souza was ASLE’s most prolific competitor, living inside the gym for a big part of his life while also helping the coaching of others. Due to his strong ties with the academy, some started calling him Jacaré. Many also call him “Jaca” which is short for Jacaré.
After winning several state championships in the lower belts, Jacare’s rise to fame came with the 2003 World Championships Brown Belt Division, in which Jacaré won his weight division and the absolute, submitting all but one fighter. On that same year Jacare Souza was awarded his Black Belt by the hands of Master Machado. Jacare also has a Black belt in Judo, although it is unclear in what year he received it.
In 2003 he tried his luck in MMA for the first time against the very experienced Jorge Patino, he lost the fight by TKO, but learnt from the experience. He wasn’t ready for a main event in MMA just yet, so he waited another year to prepare before returning to the rings.
In 2004 Jacare went to the World Championships as a black belt, and although he was still a newbie as a Black Belt the show he had provided the previous year gave him already a certain star status and some of the media classified him as one of the favourites to win. Ronaldo Souza put on another good performance placing 2nd on his weight class and winning the most prestigious gold medal in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, the Mundial Absolute (Open Weight) Division, taking the final bout against his nemesis Roger Gracie despite an injured arm due to an armbar from roger half way through the fight. In an interview given to Portal do Vale Tudo in 2007, Jacare discussed the injury stating that the armbar caused all of his ligaments to hyper extend, it also dislocated his elbow and ruptured his muscle detaching it from the bone… But it was more then worth it!
2005 Came with another fantastic year for Ronaldo Jacare, winning the ADCC in his weight division (87kg) and placing second in the absolute losing to Roger Gracie. Later that year he also managed to match his prowess of 2003 at the World Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships with double gold in his weight class (medium heavy) and the absolute black belt division.
Jacaré changed his focus to MMA following a professional mixed martial arts career. He took a little break to make one incursion in the super fight of ADCC (2009) against Robert Drysdale, a match he won on points, but returned to his MMA training straight after. In 2010 he finally achieved his first MMA belt after defeating Tim Kennedy for the Strikeforce Middleweight Title.
Fábio Nascimento, commonly known as Fábio “Negão” is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Moises Muradi, who is widely recognized as one of the best competitors of the 2000’s decade, a period in which he earned numerous titles and defeated many big names of the sport, including Ronaldo Souza, Demian Maia, Roger Coelho to name a few. Nascimento is also a highly regarded BJJ referee as well as a former professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter.
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