Tony DeSouza
| Tony De Souza | |
|---|---|
| Born | Antun Nicolas De Souza July 26, 1974 Lima, Peru |
| Other names | Peruvian Savage, Peruvian Mad Man, El Mendigo |
| Nationality | Peruvian |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) |
| Division | Welterweight |
| Style | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Fighting out of | Lima, Peru |
| Team |
Nova União Attitude and Fitness Fight Club Sniper Gym |
| Rank | Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Years active | 2000–2007, 2012–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 15 |
| Wins | 11 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 7 |
| By decision | 3 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Tony DeSouza (born July 26, 1974) is a Peruvian professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt.
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 Andre 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 Cholitzu, 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 BJ 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.
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