Strikeforce: Jacaré ready, anxious to debut

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Marcelo Alonso

With three victories on Dream, Ronaldo “Jacaré” Souza fought for the middleweight belt against Jason Miller, but an illegal kick ended the combat in no contest. Without contract with the Japanese event, the black belt signed with Strikeforce and is anxious to be back to United States, where he doesn’t fight since 2007. “I’m anxious... I don’t know when my fight’s gonna be, but I’ll probably fight this year… I want to fight”, said Jacaré, training hard waiting for a call.

“I’m well, focused, waiting for the time of the fight. I hope that they tell me the date of the fight soon. I thought it would be November 7, but they didn’t say anything yet, so I think it won’t be now. I think it’s gonna be in the other”, said Ronaldo, that recently won the super fight of Abu Dhabi Combat Club, defeating the 2007’ absolute champion, Robert Drysdale.

JACARÉ CHEERS FOR SHIELDS 

While he doesn’t fight for Strikeforce, Jacaré wil watch Miller, who was defeated by him in 2008, fight for the title of the organization against Jake Shields. The fight will happen on November 7, and Jacaré knows who will he cheer for. “I’ll cheer for Shields”, revealed, analyzing the fight. “There are two good athletes, tough guys, and I think it’ll be a beautiful fight to see, movement on the ground, even with Miller being a little better in striking”.

In a recent press conference, Strikeforce’s CEO confirmed that the Brazilian will probably be the next one in line for the title, and Souza welcomes a third fight against Mayhem. “I think that a history between any fighter will never pass… If you put that clown in front of me, I won’t have problems to fight with him. A guy who I already beat and was beating in the second fight, if he didn’t do that thing there… I’m not afraid to fight with him, you just have to put him in front of me”.