Source: Ronaldo "Jacare" vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller II for Gegard Mousasi's Vacated Title at DREAM.9
by Chris Nelson on Apr 14, 2009 11:16 AM EDT
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Ronaldo “Jacaré” Souza had the chance to win Dream’s middleweight title in 2008, but lost in the tournament final against Gegard Mousasi. With his opponent moving to light heavyweight division, the Brazilian will have another chance for the belt. After the fighter revealing TATAME.com he’ll be back at Dream 9, his coach Josuel Distak said that the Jiu-Jitsu black belt will fight will be for the title.
"Jacaré’s fight will be for the title, at May 26th. The expectations are good and we’re ready to war", said Distak, Still without official confirmation, Distak revealed that the opponent might be one of Jacare’s last opponents. "We’re still waiting for the confirmation and Dream’s answer, but the rumors say that will be against Jason Miller, but it’s not 100% confirmed yet", told the coach, revealing that Ronaldo's opponent might be the same one he defeated at Dream 4, by unnanimous decision.
I'd like to reserve judgment on this until we see how Miller looks against Kala Hose this weekend, but as it stands, I don't see the rematch going any different from the first bout. I do think it's great that DREAM is wasting no time in reassigning Mousasi's title though.
Video of Souza and Miller's first meeting after the jump.
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Miller is going to lose again I think. What does he bing that Jacare can’t handle? His striking isn’t that intimidating and his ground game is no where near Jacare’s level. Upkicks from the ground position you say? No I think that was just a freak accident and Gegard got kinda lucky with that kick.
I think Jacare wins pretty easily, although he may not finish Miller.
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Mayhems got the kickboxing and defensive grappling to take a decision, but Jacare has to be the favorite. If Miller does take this fight and looks good vs Kala Hose I’d say he is a live underdog
The problem is that Jacare has the power to make this a boring ass top control fight in which he just fends off submission attempts and punches at Mayhem. It could either be a boring decision win for Jacare, or he could end up crushing Mayhem’s face. Either way, it’s tough to see how Mayhem wins at all.
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by Leland Roling on Apr 14, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I think if Mayhem opens up on his feet he has a shot
Their last fight was more a case of Mayhem not being aggressive on his feet than of total pwnage IMO.
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![Tim Kennedy speaks to Sherdog Radio about his loss to "Jacare" Souza and his plans to KO Melvin Manhoef on March 5th at Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Feijao:
"That [Jacare] fight was totally crap," Kennedy said. "I sat there for 25 minutes and stalked the guy around the cage as he would peck me with the jab or throw an overhand right. Repeat for 25 minutes. That sucks. I, as a fan, would get bored with that fight. For crying out loud, come forward and fight me. You’re the greatest grappler on the planet. So I stuff you on a couple of takedowns, maybe try for a third one. If I take you down, maybe try to submit me. Don’t sit there and ride out a decision doing some fancy footwork for some so-called judges that are boxing judges. That’s stupid. If you’re going to win a title, come into the cage to fight."
"I’m not that kind of fighter," he explained. "I want to fight. I know everybody cares about who gets the W, but the fans want to see exciting fights. … Of course I like winning, but I like fighting. Fighting’s the essence of the sport, and that’s what people pay to see. If I’m going to take him [Manhoef] down, I’m going to pick him up and I’m going to slam him. I’m not going to stay tight for a close submission. I want to knock him out. That’s what fans like seeing and that’s what I like delivering."
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