Ricardo Arona
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Born | MMA) | 17 July 1978|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
By knockout | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
By submission | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
By decision | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
By knockout | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
By decision | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ricardo Arona (Portuguese pronunciation:
A two-time World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu champion in the lower belts, Arona is a World black belt medallist and a triple-crown winner of the ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship (winning his weight class, the absolute division, and the superfight).
A professional MMA fighter
Arona has notable wins in both MMA and submission grappling competition over Tito Ortiz, Jeff Monson, Renato Sobral, Vitor Belfort, Mark Kerr, Kazushi Sakuraba, Wanderlei Silva, Dan Henderson, Alistair Overeem, Murilo Rua, Jeremy Horn, Guy Mezger, and Dean Lister. His four ADCC titles and his clean record of 13–0 after not losing a single point in a match, earned Arona in 2021 a place in the inaugural class of the ADCC Hall of Fame,[2]
Background
Arona was born on 17 July 1978 in
Arona is the only
Mixed martial arts career
Fighting Network RINGS
Soon after ADCC, Arona joined
Arona's next opponent was
PRIDE Fighting Championships
After being noticed in RINGS, Arona was offered a contract to join
Ricardo's next fight would be against another high ranked opponent,
At PRIDE 23, Arona would go against
The victory over Rua was followed by Arona's first defeat in PRIDE, losing his fourth fight to Quinton Jackson in a spectacular knockout. Arona, outsized for the first time in the promotion, saw Jackson powering out of his holds, so he elected to stay in his guard to minimize damage. He seemed to knock out Jackson with an upkick, but as it wasn't so, he followed with a triangle choke, only for Jackson to suddenly lift him up and counter it with a powerbomb. The slam knocked Arona out and led the referee to stop the match, declaring Jackson the winner. After the bout, Arona protested and claimed that an illegal headbutt he received by Jackson at the end of the slam was what knocked him out; footage of the fight seems to support this,[6] but it was never officially acknowledged or investigated.
Four months later, Arona returned to PRIDE and won a fight against sambo champion Sergey Ignatov. On 23 April 2005, Arona entered PRIDE's Middleweight (205 lbs) Grand Prix. He won his first fight in the tournament against Dean Lister by unanimous decision, controlling the ADCC contender in a slow grappling contest.[citation needed]
In the second round of the Grand Prix, Arona won, in controversial fashion, his fight against the Japanese fighter Kazushi Sakuraba via corner stoppage. Although Sakuraba put Arona on his back and seemed to put to work his signature jumping stomps, Arona soon overwhelmed him, landing a series of brutal knees to the head, as well as hard soccer kicks to the face. The Brazilian's toenail accidentally slashed open the skin over Sakuraba's left eye, which the Brazilian capitalized on squeezing the cut and digging his finger into it in order to force the stoppage.[7] The Japanese tried to keep on, but Arona hit another flurry of knees to the head, and ended the fight landing soccer kick after soccer kick. He was declared the winner when Sakuraba's corner called a stop to the fight at the conclusion of the second round due to the amount of damage he had sustained.
His semifinal match, against rival
On 31 December 2005 Ricardo Arona fought Wanderlei Silva for a second time, this time for the Middleweight Championship. Arona threatened to execute the same gameplan, but Silva countered it with a strong takedown defense and an opportunistic striking, including standing away from Arona's guard and kicking his legs. Arona got a decisive takedown at the second round and performed
On 10 September 2006 Arona faced Alistair Overeem. After withstanding the initial attack from Overeem, Arona landed an inside leg kick, injuring his opponent's leg and making him drop to the ground. Arona quickly overwhelmed Overeem on the ground by blanketing him and showed complete domination throughout the bout. He continued his assault until Overeem tapped out from a barrage of strikes.[citation needed]
Arona suffered from a
Post-PRIDE
After his loss to Sokoudjou, Arona's comeback fight against UFC veteran Marvin Eastman was canceled due to an injury that Eastman suffered during training. The fight with Eastman was rescheduled and took place at Bitetti Combat MMA 4 on 12 September 2009. Arona won the fight via unanimous decision.[citation needed]
In June 2014, Arona was offered a contract by Bellator MMA. However, he declined the offer and cited wanting to be one hundred percent physically healthy before recommitting to MMA as his reason.[10]
Championships and accomplishments
Brazilian jiu-jitsu / Submission wrestling
Main Achievements (Black Belt):[11]
- 2nd Place IBJJF WorldChampionship (2000)
Main Achievements (Coloured Belts):[11]
- 2 x CBJJ World Champion (1998 purple, 1999 brown)
- CBJJ Brazilian National Champion (1994 blue[3] / 1999 brown)
- 2nd place CBJJ World Championship (1999 brown[b])
Submission wrestling:[11]
- 2 x ADCC Submission Fighting World Champion (2000 / 2001[c])
- ADCC Superfight Champion (2003)
Mixed martial arts
- Fighting Network RINGS
- RINGS Middleweight Championship (One Time, First, Last)
- 2001 RINGS Middleweight Championship Tournament Winner
- PRIDE Fighting Championships
- 2005 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix Runner Up
- Sherdog
- 2005 Upset of the Year vs. Wanderlei Silva on 28 August[12]
Mixed martial arts record
19 matches | 14 wins | 5 losses |
By knockout | 3 | 3 |
By submission | 2 | 0 |
By decision | 9 | 2 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Win | 14–5 | Marvin Eastman | Decision (unanimous) | Bitetti Combat MMA 4 | 12 September 2009 | 3 | 5:00 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
Loss | 13–5 | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
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KO (punch) | PRIDE 34
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8 April 2007 | 1 | 1:59 | Saitama , Japan
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Win | 13–4 | Alistair Overeem | TKO (submission to punches) | Pride FC - Final Conflict Absolute
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10 September 2006 | 1 | 4:28 | Saitama , Japan
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Loss | 12–4 | Wanderlei Silva | Decision (split) | PRIDE Shockwave 2005
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31 December 2005 | 3 | 5:00 | Saitama , Japan
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For the Pride Middleweight Championship .
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Loss | 12–3 | Maurício Rua | KO (punches) | PRIDE Final Conflict 2005
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28 August 2005 | 1 | 2:54 | Saitama , Japan
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2005 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Final. |
Win | 12–2 | Wanderlei Silva | Decision (unanimous) | PRIDE Final Conflict 2005
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28 August 2005 | 2 | 5:00 | Saitama , Japan
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2005 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinal. |
Win | 11–2 | Kazushi Sakuraba | TKO (corner stoppage) | PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005
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26 June 2005 | 2 | 5:00 | Saitama , Japan
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2005 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal. |
Win | 10–2 | Dean Lister | Decision (unanimous) | PRIDE Total Elimination 2005
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23 April 2005 | 3 | 5:00 | Osaka, Japan | 2005 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Opening Round. |
Win | 9–2 | Sergey Ignatov | Submission ( rear-naked choke )
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PRIDE 28
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31 October 2004 | 1 | 9:05 | Saitama , Japan
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Loss | 8–2 | Quinton Jackson | KO (slam) | PRIDE Critical Countdown 2004
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20 June 2004 | 1 | 7:32 | Saitama , Japan
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Win | 8–1 | Murilo Rua | Decision (unanimous) | PRIDE 23
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24 November 2002 | 3 | 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Win | 7–1 | Dan Henderson | Decision (split) | PRIDE 20
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28 April 2002 | 3 | 5:00 | Yokohama, Japan | |
Win | 6–1 | Guy Mezger | Decision (split) | PRIDE 16
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24 September 2001 | 3 | 5:00 | Osaka, Japan | |
Win | 5–1 | Gustavo Machado | TKO (leg kick and punches) | RINGS: 10th Anniversary | 11 August 2001 | 1 | 1:29 | Tokyo, Japan | Wins 2001 RINGS Middleweight Championship Tournament. Became inaugural RINGS Middleweight Champion. |
Win | 4–1 | Jeremy Horn | Decision (majority) | RINGS: 10th Anniversary | 11 August 2001 | 2 | 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | RINGS Middleweight Championship Tournament Semifinals. |
Win | 3–1 | Hiromitsu Kanehara | Submission ( kneebar )
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RINGS: World Title Series 2 | 15 June 2001 | 2 | 0:53 | Yokohama, Japan | |
Loss | 2–1 | Fedor Emelianenko | Decision (unanimous) | RINGS: King of Kings 2000 Block B | 22 December 2000 | 3 | 5:00 | Osaka, Japan | |
Win | 2–0 | Jeremy Horn | Decision (split) | RINGS: Millennium Combine 3 | 23 August 2000 | 2 | 5:00 | Osaka, Japan | |
Win | 1–0 | Andrei Kopylov | Decision (unanimous) | RINGS: Millennium Combine 1 | 20 April 2000 | 2 | 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan |
Submission grappling record
13 Matches, 13 Wins (1 Submission) | |||||||
Result | Rec. | Opponent | Method | Event | Division | Date | Location |
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Win | 13–0 | Mark Kerr | Points | ADCC World Championship | Superfight | 2003 | São Paulo |
Win | 12–0 | Jean Jacques Machado | Points | ADCC World Championship | Absolute | 2001 | Abu Dhabi |
Win | 11–0 | Vitor Belfort | Points | ||||
Win | 10–0 | Saulo Ribeiro | Points | ||||
Win | 9–0 | Roger Neff | Submission (footlock) | ||||
Win | 8–0 | Ricardo Almeida | Points | -99 kg | |||
Win | 7–0 | Jon Olav Einemo |
Points | ||||
Win | 6–0 | Renato Sobral | Points | ||||
Win | 5–0 | Ruslan Mashurenko | Points | ||||
Win | 4–0 | Jeff Monson | Points | ADCC World Championship | -99 kg | 2000 | Abu Dhabi |
Win | 3–0 | Tito Ortiz | Points | ||||
Win | 2–0 | Kareem Barkalev | Points | ||||
Win | 1–0 | Hiromitsu Kanehara | Points |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b under Ricardo Libório
- ^ Absolute
- ^ Weight and absolute
References
- ^ "Fight Finder: Ricardo Arona". Sherdog. 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2007.
- ^ "Ricardo Arona Added to ADCC Hall of Fame". 8 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Ricardo Arona "The Brazilian Tiger" – MMA Legend". Elite Sports. 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Ricardo Arona | BJJ Heroes". 27 January 2010.
- ^ Scott Newman (17 June 2004). "MMA Review: #19 Pride 16: Beasts from the East". The Oratory. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Sherdog's Top 10: Dirtiest Deeds - No. 6". Sherdog.
- ^ Biederman, Felix; Bois, Jon (29 December 2020). "Fighting in the Age of Loneliness: Supercut edition". Youtube.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Arona talks about defeat to fans".
- ^ Fernando Arbex (11 June 2014). "Ricardo Arona refused Bellator's offer, needs to be physically fit to fight again". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ a b c "Ricardo Arona". BJJ Heroes - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team History, Fighter Stats, Biographies and News. 27 January 2010.
- ^ "Names "Shogun" & Gomi 2005 Fighters of the Year". Sherdog.com. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
External links
- Ricardo Arona at Pride FC(archived)
- Professional MMA record for Ricardo Arona from Sherdog