Ricardo Arona
"The Brazilian Tiger"
AGE: 34
Brazil
5'11"
180.34 cm Weight
200 lbs
90.72 kg
Association: Brazilian Top Team
Class: Light Heavyweight
Fight History
| Result | Fighter | Event | Method/Referee | R | Time |
| win | Marvin Eastman | BC - Bitetti Combat 4 Sep / 12 / 2009 |
Decision (Unanimous) John McCarthy |
3 | 5:00 |
| loss | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | Pride 34 - Kamikaze Apr / 08 / 2007 |
KO (Punch) N/A |
1 | 1:59 |
| win | Alistair Overeem | Pride FC - Final Conflict Absolute Sep / 10 / 2006 |
Submission (Punches) N/A |
1 | 4:28 |
| loss | Wanderlei Silva | Pride FC - Shockwave 2005 Dec / 31 / 2005 |
Decision (Split) N/A |
3 | 5:00 |
| loss | Mauricio Rua | Pride FC - Final Conflict 2005 Aug / 28 / 2005 |
KO (Punches) N/A |
1 | 2:54 |
| win | Wanderlei Silva | Pride FC - Final Conflict 2005 Aug / 28 / 2005 |
Decision (Unanimous) N/A |
2 | 5:00 |
| win | Kazushi Sakuraba | Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2005 Jun / 26 / 2005 |
TKO (Corner Stoppage) N/A |
2 | 5:00 |
| win | Dean Lister | Pride FC - Total Elimination 2005 Apr / 23 / 2005 |
Decision (Unanimous) N/A |
3 | 5:00 |
| win | Sergey Ignatov | Pride 28 - High Octane Oct / 31 / 2004 |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) N/A |
1 | 9:05 |
| loss | Quinton Jackson | Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2004 Jun / 20 / 2004 |
KO (Slam) N/A |
1 | 7:32 |
| win | Murilo Rua | Pride 23 - Championship Chaos 2 Nov / 24 / 2002 |
Decision (Unanimous) N/A |
3 | 5:00 |
| win | Dan Henderson | Pride 20 - Armed and Ready Apr / 28 / 2002 |
Decision (Split) N/A |
3 | 5:00 |
| win | Guy Mezger | Pride 16 - Beasts From The East Sep / 24 / 2001 |
Decision (Split) N/A |
3 | 5:00 |
| win | Gustavo Machado | Rings - 10th Anniversary Aug / 11 / 2001 |
TKO (Punches) N/A |
1 | 1:29 |
| win | Jeremy Horn | Rings - 10th Anniversary Aug / 11 / 2001 |
Decision (Majority) N/A |
2 | 5:00 |
| win | Hiromitsu Kanehara | Rings - World Title Series 2 Jun / 15 / 2001 |
Submission (Kneebar) N/A |
2 | 0:53 |
| loss | Fedor Emelianenko | Rings - King of Kings 2000 Block B Dec / 22 / 2000 |
Decision (Unanimous) N/A |
3 | 5:00 |
| win | Jeremy Horn | Rings - Millennium Combine 3 Aug / 23 / 2000 |
Decision (Split) N/A |
2 | 5:00 |
| win | Andrei Kopylov | Rings - Millennium Combine 1 Apr / 20 / 2000 |
Decision (Unanimous) N/A |
2 | 5:00 |
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