Killer of the Amazon joins Strikeforce

Not a huge surprise: Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza has signed on to fight at a Strikeforce event on October 25, according to Gracie Mag. It’s all part of the Strikeforce-DREAM co-promotion deal reached Monday.The story doesn’t say, but I’m guessing he’ll face fellow BJJ specialist Jake Shields for the newly created interim middleweight belt. October is also when heavyweight champ Fedor Emelianenko is expected to make his Strikeforce debut, so don’t be surprised if it’s on the same card at Jacare vs. Shields.

The only downside in all of this is that Jacare was supposed to have a rematch with Jason “Mayhem” Miller at DREAM 11 on October 6 but you can consider that cancelled. Or maybe they’ll announce tomorrow that Miller’s on the Strikeforce card as well and they’re just shifting venues for the fight and my Shields guess is way out in left field.