Ricardo Almeida has five losses against five opponents on his MMA record. For a list of Almeida's best fights, refer to "Best fights of Ricardo Almeida".
On March 19, 2011 Ricardo Almeida faced off against Mike Pyle in a welterweight bout at age 34. He was coming in with a record of 13-5 (5). Almeida lost the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
On August 7, 2010 Ricardo Almeida faced off against Matt Hughes in a welterweight bout at age 33. He was coming in with a record of 12-4 (5), and Hughes was 36 years old and with a record of 44-7 (34). Almeida lost the fight via 1st-round choke-out.
On July 5, 2008 Ricardo Almeida faced off against Patrick Côté in a middleweight bout at age 31. He was coming in with a record of 9-3 (4), and Côté was 28 years old and with a record of 12-4 (9). Almeida lost the fight via 3-round split decision.
On January 11, 2002 Ricardo Almeida faced off against Andrei Semenov in a middleweight bout at age 25. He was coming in with a record of 2-2 (1), and Semenov was 24 years old and with a record of 20-2 (19). Almeida lost the fight via 2nd-round TKO.
On May 4, 2001 Ricardo Almeida faced off against Matt Lindland in a light-heavyweight bout at age 24. He was coming in with a record of 1-1 (0), and Lindland was 30 years old and with a record of 4-0 (4). Almeida lost the fight via 3-round disqualification.