Ricardo Arona
72.8″ reach · +4.05% reach advantage · 69th percentile
Ricardo Arona has a reach of 72.8″ against a height of 70″ — a reach advantage of +4.05%, above average for light heavyweight MMA and the 69th percentile of the 88 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+4.05%
72.8″ reach on a 70″ frame
Compared against 88 light heavyweight MMA fighters. Median 2.68%.
| Reach | 72.8″ (185 cm) | 13th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 70″ (177.8 cm) | 11th pct |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Light Heavyweight MMA | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | Brazil |
Record
MMA record
14–5
19 bouts on record
Finish rate
36%
of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight MMA median 78%, 1st percentile
The career, bout by bout
19 recorded bouts from 2000 to 2009. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
10y
2000–2009
Longest unbeaten run
9
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2001
4 bouts
Recorded bouts
19
18 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | W | Marvin Eastman | Decision | 3 |
| 2007 | L | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Alistair Overeem | Submission | 1 |
| 2005 | L | Wanderlei Silva | Decision | 3 |
| 2005 | L | Maurício Rua | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2005 | W | Kazushi Sakuraba | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2005 | W | Dean Lister | Decision | 3 |
| 2004 | W | Sergey Ignatov | Submission | 1 |
| 2004 | L | Quinton Jackson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2002 | W | Murilo Rua | Decision | 3 |
| 2002 | W | Dan Henderson | Decision | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Guy Mezger | Decision | 3 |
| 2001 | W | Gustavo Machado | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2001 | W | Jeremy Horn | Decision | 2 |
| 2001 | W | Hiromitsu Kanehara | Submission | 2 |
| 2000 | L | Fedor Emelianenko | Decision | 3 |
| 2000 | W | Jeremy Horn | Decision | 2 |
| 2000 | W | Andrei Kopylov | Decision | 2 |
| — | W | Wanderlei Silva | Decision | — |
16 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
light heavyweight MMA fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Emiliano Sordi+4.04% 77″ reach · 67th pct
- Attila Végh+4.04% 77″ reach · 67th pct
- Tomasz Drwal+4.1% 76″ reach · 70th pct
- Sean Strickland+4.1% 76″ reach · 70th pct
- Rich Franklin+4.1% 76″ reach · 70th pct
- Navajo Stirling+3.99% 79″ reach · 64th pct
- Roger Gracie+3.99% 79″ reach · 64th pct
- Jamahal Hill+3.99% 79″ reach · 64th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 88 light heavyweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Ricardo Arona on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-02-18. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.