Ricardo Arona

"The Brazilian Tiger"

AGE	43 / Jul 17, 1978
HEIGHT	5'11" / 180.34 cm
WEIGHT	200 lbs / 90.72 kg

ASSOCIATION
Brazilian Top Team

CLASS
Light Heavyweight

Wins 14

KO / TKO

21%

SUBMISSIONS

14%

DECISIONS

64%

Losses 5

KO / TKO

60%

SUBMISSIONS

DECISIONS

40%

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

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 (Punches) Daisuke Noguchi	1	1:59
win	Alistair Overeem	Pride FC - Final Conflict Absolute Sep / 10 / 2006	TKO (Submission to Punches) Moritaka Oshiro	1	4:28
loss	Wanderlei Silva	Pride FC - Shockwave 2005 Dec / 31 / 2005	Decision (Split) Daisuke Noguchi	3	5:00
loss	Mauricio Rua	Pride FC - Final Conflict 2005 Aug / 28 / 2005	KO (Punches) Yuji Shimada	1	2:53
win	Wanderlei Silva	Pride FC - Final Conflict 2005 Aug / 28 / 2005	Decision (Unanimous) Daisuke Noguchi	2	5:00
win	Kazushi Sakuraba	Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2005 Jun / 26 / 2005	TKO (Corner Stoppage) Daisuke Noguchi	2	5:00
win	Dean Lister	Pride FC - Total Elimination 2005 Apr / 23 / 2005	Decision (Unanimous) Minoru Toyonaga	3	5:00
win	Sergey Ignatiev	Pride 28 - High Octane Oct / 31 / 2004	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Daisuke Noguchi	1	8:37
loss	Quinton Jackson	Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2004 Jun / 20 / 2004	KO (Slam) Minoru Toyonaga	1	7:32
win	Murilo Rua	Pride 23 - Championship Chaos 2 Nov / 24 / 2002	Decision (Unanimous) Daisuke Noguchi	3	5:00
win	Dan Henderson	Pride 20 - Armed and Ready Apr / 28 / 2002	Decision (Split) Keiji Shiozaki	3	5:00
win	Guy Mezger	Pride 16 - Beasts From The East Sep / 24 / 2001	Decision (Split) Keiji Shiozaki	3	5:00
win	Gustavo Machado	Rings - 10th Anniversary Aug / 11 / 2001	TKO (Punches)	1	1:29
win	Jeremy Horn	Rings - 10th Anniversary Aug / 11 / 2001	Decision (Majority)	2	5:00
win	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Rings - World Title Series 2 Jun / 15 / 2001	Submission (Kneebar)	2	0:53
loss	Fedor Emelianenko	Rings - King of Kings 2000 Block B Dec / 22 / 2000	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
win	Jeremy Horn	Rings - Millennium Combine 3 Aug / 23 / 2000	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
win	Andrei Kopylov	Rings - Millennium Combine 1 Apr / 20 / 2000	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

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