Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Fighters to keep an eye on in 2013: Jacare Souza (Middleweight)


Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu wiz that transitioned into MMA.  He recently beat Ed Herman and will soon be fighting in the UFC.  UFC has not announced who he will be fighting next, but I am excited to see how he does.  His striking has improved greatly since joining Team Nogueira and training with the likes of Anderson Silva, Junior Dos Santos, Lil Nog etc..  He showed by knocking out Derek Brunson that he is not a one dimensional fighter anymore. 

Benson Henderson Retires

After his loss to Usman Nurmagomdeov, Benson "Smooth" Henderson left his gloves in the middle of the Bellator cage after a long MM...