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Brazil
Ricardo Arona
"
The Brazilian Tiger
"
AGE
46
/
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
3
21%
SUBMISSIONS
2
14%
DECISIONS
9
64%
Losses
5
KO
/
TKO
3
60%
SUBMISSIONS
0
0%
DECISIONS
2
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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