Rua vs Arona Result: Rua wins by TKO R1 · PRIDE, Sun, Aug 28, 2005

PRIDE FCPRIDE: Final Conflict 2005

Mauricio RuaWIN

“Shogun” · 27-14-1

RESULT

TKO

ROUND 1 · 2:54

MiddleweightTitle bout3 rounds scheduled

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Ricardo Arona

“The Brazilian Tiger” · 14-5-0

Sunday, August 28, 2005Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan

Mauricio Rua defeated Ricardo Arona by TKO in round 1 (2:54) in the Middleweight title main event of PRIDE: Final Conflict 2005, held Sunday, August 28, 2005 at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

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Style & credentials

Mauricio Rua

Muay ThaiBJJ

2005Black belt · BJJAntonio 'Nino' Schembri
2010UFC Light Heavyweight ChampionshipUFC
2005Champion · Pride Middleweight Grand PrixMiddleweight (93 kg)
—Black prajied · Muay ThaiRafael Cordeiro

Camp · Universidade da Luta (UDL) · Curitiba, Brazil

Ricardo Arona

No background on record

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Mauricio Rua24 UFC fights · 888 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

41%360/971

11%99/142

18%162/209

Clinch

5%44/81

3%31/42

6%55/61

Ground

14%123/202

1%10/10

0%4/5

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Mauricio Rua10 of 11 ended early · 91%1 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

2 early stoppages have no logged time

Ricardo Arona5 of 14 ended early · 36%9 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Mauricio Rua5-0

W
Rogerio Nogueira
PRIDE: Critical Countdown 2005· Jun 26, 2005
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Quinton Jackson
PRIDE: Total Elimination 2005· Apr 23, 2005
TKO · R1 · 4:47 · Middleweight
W
Hiromitsu Kanehara
PRIDE 29: Fists of Fire· Feb 20, 2005
TKO · R1 · 1:40 · Middleweight
W
Yasuhito Namekawa
PRIDE: Bushido 5· Oct 14, 2004
TKO · R1 · 6:02 · Middleweight
W
Akihiro Gono
PRIDE: Bushido 2· Feb 15, 2004
TKO · R1 · 9:04 · Middleweight

Full record · 11 fights

W
Akira Shoji
PRIDE: Bushido 1· Oct 5, 2003
TKO · R1 · 3:47 · Middleweight
L
Renato Sobral
IFC 17: Global Domination· Sep 6, 2003
Submission · R3 · 3:07 · Light Heavyweight
W
Eric Wanderlei
IFC 17: Global Domination· Sep 6, 2003
TKO · R2 · 2:54 · Light Heavyweight
W
Evangelista Santos
Meca World Vale Tudo· Aug 1, 2003
TKO · R1 · 9:22
W
Ângelo de Oliveira
Meca World Vale Tudo· May 16, 2003
TKO
W
TBA
Meca World Vale Tudo· Nov 8, 2002
TKO

Ricardo Arona4-1

W
Wanderlei Silva
PRIDE: Final Conflict 2005· Aug 28, 2005
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Kazushi Sakuraba
PRIDE: Critical Countdown 2005· Jun 26, 2005
TKO · R2 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Dean Lister
PRIDE: Total Elimination 2005· Apr 23, 2005
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Sergey Ignatov
PRIDE 28: High Octane· Oct 31, 2004
Submission · R1 · 8:37 · Heavyweight
L
Quinton Jackson
PRIDE: Critical Countdown 2004· Jun 20, 2004
TKO · R1 · 7:32 · Middleweight

Full record · 14 fights

W
Murilo Rua
PRIDE 23: Championship Chaos 2· Nov 24, 2002
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Dan Henderson
PRIDE 20: Armed and Ready· Apr 28, 2002
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Guy Mezger
PRIDE 16: Beasts From The East· Sep 24, 2001
SD · R3 · 5:00 · Openweight
W
Gustavo Machado
Rings Japan· Aug 11, 2001
TKO · R1 · 1:29 · Middleweight
W
Jeremy Horn
Rings Japan· Aug 11, 2001
MD · Middleweight
W
Hiromitsu Kanehara
Rings Japan· Jun 15, 2001
Submission · R2 · 0:53 · Middleweight
L
Fedor Emelianenko
Rings Japan· Dec 22, 2000
Unanimous Decision · Heavyweight
W
Jeremy Horn
Rings Japan· Aug 23, 2000
SD · Light Heavyweight
W
Andrey Kopylov
Rings Japan· Apr 20, 2000
Unanimous Decision · Heavyweight

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Who won Mauricio Rua vs Ricardo Arona?

Mauricio Rua defeated Ricardo Arona by TKO in round 1 (2:54) in the Middleweight title main event of PRIDE: Final Conflict 2005, held Sunday, August 28, 2005 at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

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