Anton Nicolas de Souza (born July 26, 1974) is a

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vian professional mixed martial artist and

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black belt.

Biography and career

His style of fighting is a blend of

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and

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. De Souza competed in wrestling throughout his high school and college years in Los Angeles. He learned

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under John Lewis and

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. De Souza's trademark submission is a modified guillotine choke known as the Peruvian Necktie.

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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

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produced

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series ''

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''. On the show, DeSouza was the wrestling coach of Team Penn, the team coached by

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. He coached next to BJ Penn. He managed to expand jiu-jitsu to

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and Joe Lauzon. To date, DeSouza has a professional

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record of eleven wins and four losses. DeSouza lives in

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Mixed martial arts record

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References

External links

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A Sherdog interview with Tony DeSouza. Conducted in 2004
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Desouza, Tony 1974 births Living people Peruvian male mixed martial artists Welterweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing Mixed martial artists utilizing collegiate wrestling Mixed martial artists utilizing freestyle wrestling Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Peruvian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Sportspeople from Lima Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters