Tony DeSouza
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Anton Nicolas de Souza (born July 26, 1974) is a Peruvian professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt.
Biography and career
His style of fighting is a blend of freestyle wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. De Souza competed in wrestling throughout his high school and college years in Los Angeles. He learned Brazilian jiu jitsu under John Lewis and André Pederneiras. De Souza's trademark submission is a modified guillotine choke known as the Peruvian Necktie. C.B. Dollaway used this choke to defeat Jesse Taylor at UFC: Silva vs. Irvin.
He calls his style of fighting Cholitzo, which came about by fusing the words jiu jitsu and cholo, a term which generally refers to people with various amounts of Amerindian racial ancestry.
He appeared on The Ultimate Fighter 5, the fifth season of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. On the show, DeSouza was the wrestling coach of Team Penn, the team coached by B.J. Penn. He coached next to BJ Penn. He managed to expand jiu-jitsu to Gray Maynard and Joe Lauzon.
To date, DeSouza has a professional mixed martial arts record of eleven wins and four losses. DeSouza lives in Cuzco, Peru.
Mixed martial arts record
| 15matches | 11 wins | 4 losses |
| By knockout | 2 | 4 |
| By submission | 6 | 0 |
| By decision | 3 | 0 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 11–4 | Luis Perrogon | Submission (rear naked choke) | MMA Nemesis 1 | December 13, 2012 | 1 | 1:20 | La Paz, Bolivia | |
| Loss | 10–4 | Roan Carneiro | TKO (punches) | UFC 79 | December 29, 2007 | 2 | 3:33 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Loss | 10–3 | Thiago Alves | KO (knee) | UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz | December 30, 2006 | 2 | 1:10 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Alves tested positive for banned diuretics. |
| Win | 10–2 | Dustin Hazelett | Submission (kimura) | Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter | October 10, 2006 | 1 | 3:59 | Hollywood, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 9–2 | Fabricio Monteiro | Decision (majority) | Gold Fighters Championship 1 | May 20, 2006 | 3 | 5:00 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Win | 8–2 | Vitelmo Kubis Bandeira | Submission (kneebar) | Jungle Fight 6 | April 29, 2006 | 1 | 4:38 | Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| Loss | 7–2 | Angelo Diaz | TKO (cut) | South American Open | April 15, 2005 | 1 | N/A | Lima, Peru | |
| Win | 7–1 | Carlos Lima | Submission (arm triangle choke) | Jungle Fight 3 | October 23, 2004 | 2 | 0:32 | Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | |
| Win | 6–1 | Luiz Azeredo | Decision (split) | Meca World Vale Tudo 11 | June 5, 2004 | 3 | 5:00 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Win | 5–1 | Chatt Lavender | TKO (cut) | World Fighting Alliance 1 | November 3, 2001 | 1 | 3:24 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Loss | 4–1 | Jutaro Nakao | KO (punch) | UFC 33 | September 28, 2001 | 2 | 0:15 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Win | 4–0 | Paul Rodriguez | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC 32 | June 29, 2001 | 1 | 1:05 | Rutherford, New Jersey, United States | |
| Win | 3–0 | Steve Berger | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 31 | May 4, 2001 | 3 | 5:00 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
| Win | 2–0 | Kenneth Tanario | Submission (toe hold) | Gladiator Challenge 1 | December 9, 2000 | 1 | 0:56 | California, United States | |
| Win | 1–0 | Ben Melendez | TKO (Submission to strikes) | CFF - The Cobra Classic 2000 | August 26, 2000 | 1 | 0:55 | Anza, California, United States |