2009 ADCC Superfight winner. 2008 Dream Middleweight GP runner up. 2004 Openweight World Jiu-Jitsu Champion. 2005 Openweight World Jiu-Jitsu Champion. 2005 ADCC 77-87KG Division winner. 2005 ADCC Absolute Division runner-up. Ronaldo de Souza is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, submission grappler and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner. He is the 2004 and 2005 Openweight World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, the 2005 7787 kg ADCC Champion and the 2005 ADCC Absolute Division runner-up, only losing to Roger Gracie who outweighed him by approximately 25 lb. In 2008 he became the runner up in Dream's mixed martial arts Middleweight Grand Prix tournament after losing to Gegard Mousasi in the finals. His nickname Jacaré is Portuguese for alligator. At the end of 2006, Souza fought and drew with former UFC Heavyweight Champion 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 with the likes of Forrest Griffin, Tyson Griffin, Martin Kampmann, Wanderlei Silva and Randy Couture. Souza's first fight of 2007 was on May 19 with him scoring a submission win due to strike over Bill Vicick 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.
