Here is a list of Arona's best fights. For a list of Arona's losses, refer to "Ricardo Arona Losses".
On August 11, 2001 Ricardo Arona faced off against Gustavo Machado in a middleweight bout at age 23. He was coming in with a record of 5-1 (2), and Machado was 26 years old and with a record of 4-0 (1). Arona stopped Gustavo Machado via TKO.
On August 28, 2005 Ricardo Arona faced off against Wanderlei Silva in a middleweight bout at age 27. He was coming in with a record of 12-2 (4), and Silva was 29 years old and with a record of 29-4-1 (24). Arona won the fight via 2-round unanimous decision.
On August 11, 2001 Ricardo Arona faced off against Jeremy Horn in a middleweight bout at age 23. He was coming in with a record of 4-1 (1), and Horn was 25 years old and with a record of 50-10-4 (46). Arona won the fight via 2-round majority decision.
On September 10, 2006 Ricardo Arona faced off against Alistair Overeem in a middleweight bout at age 28. He was coming in with a record of 13-4 (5), and Overeem was 26 years old and with a record of 24-8 (23). Arona stopped Alistair Overeem via TKO.
On June 26, 2005 Ricardo Arona faced off against Kazushi Sakuraba in a middleweight bout at age 26. He was coming in with a record of 11-2 (4), and Sakuraba was 35 years old and with a record of 17-8-1 (12). Arona stopped Kazushi Sakuraba via TKO.
On April 23, 2005 Ricardo Arona faced off against Dean Lister in a middleweight bout at age 26. He was coming in with a record of 10-2 (3), and Lister was 29 years old and with a record of 7-3 (7). Arona won the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
On April 28, 2002 Ricardo Arona faced off against Dan Henderson in a middleweight bout at age 23. He was coming in with a record of 7-1 (2), and Henderson was 31 years old and with a record of 12-1 (4). Arona won the fight via 3-round split decision.
On June 15, 2001 Ricardo Arona faced off against Hiromitsu Kanehara at age 22. He was coming in with a record of 3-1 (1), and Kanehara was 30 years old and with a record of 15-7 (9). Arona stopped Hiromitsu Kanehara via submission.
On August 23, 2000 Ricardo Arona faced off against Jeremy Horn at age 22. He was coming in with a record of 2-0 (0), and Horn was 24 years old and with a record of 42-7-4 (38). Arona won the fight via 2-round split decision.
On September 24, 2001 Ricardo Arona faced off against Guy Mezger in a middleweight bout at age 23. He was coming in with a record of 6-1 (2), and Mezger was 33 years old and with a record of 28-11-2 (15). Arona won the fight via 3-round split decision.
