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
André 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
B.J. 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. ==Mixed martial arts record==