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Jacare Souza thinks Mayhem Miller is a gloryhog but has no real interest in fighting him again
By Zach Arnold | May 14, 2010
Quotes from his Thursday interview with MMAFighting.com (Jacare with his translator):
Thoughts on upcoming fight against Joey Villasenor?
“Very happy to have this fight versus Joey Villasenor. I’m ready. It’s going to be a fast-paced fight. I’ll bring a big game and I hope he’s ready too because I want to provide a good fight for everyone.”
You are taking the booking on two weeks notice. How long did you know that it would Joey Villasenor as your opponent?
“I was ready to fight anyway and when I heard about the fight I was like ‘finally I have a fight.’ It’s been a while since my last fight so I’m kind of like, ‘I want to fight, I want to fight.’ But I’m happy because you know it’s happening and I’ve been ready. Let’s see what’s happens.”
This is the classic grappler vs. striker match-up. Is your goal to take this fight to the ground?
“Yeah, my plan is to have a great fight. I’m going to have a stand-up fight, a ground fight, everything, it will be a great fight, I’m ready, and you guys are going to see it.”
You had a great debut against Matt Lindland. Do you see fighting in America as your big goal in MMA? What are your plans?
“Yeah, my plan is to fight for Strikeforce for a long time and my major goal is to get the belt.”
Will you be upset if Jake Shields goes to UFC and you don’t get to fight him?
“I’m ready to fight anyone. I mean, I’ll fight anyone in Strikeforce.”
If you beat Joey Villasenor, will it put you in the Strikeforce Middleweight title picture?
“If I have a chance for the title, I hope it happens. I hope it doesn’t take too long.”
How would you describe your rivalry with Mayhem Miller and what happened in Nashville between Miller and the Cesar Gracie camp?
“I mean, I don’t have a problem with him, he might have a problem with me. You know when I fought him first fight I won, and the second fight you saw what happened, I was winning the fight and whatever. And regarding Jake Shields, that was Jake Shields’ moment and he has no business to be there. That was you know c’mon, national TV, talk about his fight, he just won against one of the top guys in the weight division. That was his moment. He has no business there you know and just don’t like what happened.”
Are you or are you not interested in a re-match with Mayhem Miller?
“I work for Strikeforce, so pretty much they tell me, ‘hey, fight this guy,’ I’m going to go there and go to fight. Jason Miller is a guy that for me it doesn’t make any difference to fight him, I just really don’t care and I work for Strikeforce, they tell me what to do and I go there and do it the best I can.”
What do you think the finish for your fight will be on Saturday night?
“The reality is he doesn’t know how it’s going to end. … after a few minutes he’s going to see exactly who’s ready and who’s prepared and let’s see what happens, but I’m ready.”
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Joey is extremely good at defense and his only SUB loss in his MMA career was 10 years ago. Jacare needs to use strikes from mount/back mount to beat him. Decision win will not impress me.
As good a Villasenor may be at sub defense, NO GUY that he has ever fought has had the BJJ credentials and acumen that Jacare has. It’s not even clos.