Ricardo Almeida

MMAstatsbox
name = Ricardo Almeida
nick = Cachorrão (Big Dog)
height = height|ft=5|in=11
weight = convert|185|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on
nationality = USA
birthdate = birth date and age|1976|11|29
fightteam = Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
fightstyle = Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
hometown = Weehawken
wins = 9
losses = 3
ko = 0
submissions = 4|

Ricardo Almeida (born November 29, 1976) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) grappler residing in Hamilton, New Jersey. He is a third degree black belt in BJJ under Renzo Gracie. Almeida is a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, PRIDE Fighting Championships, and a former Middleweight King of Pancrase. In Pancrase he had notable wins over Nathan Marquardt and Kazuo Misaki.

Almeida retired for a 3-year period after a six fight win streak to focus on running his Jiu-Jitsu school in Hamilton, New Jersey. [ [http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=9829 UFC® : Ultimate Fighting Championship® ] ] He now returns to the middleweight MMA scene after recently signing a six fight contract with the UFC. [cite web
url=http://mmajunkie.com/2007/10/18/report-ricardo-almeida-gets-six-fight-ufc-deal/
title= Report: Ricardo Almeida Gets Six-Fight UFC Deal
publisher=MMA Junkie
date=October 18, 2007
accessdate=2007-12-02] His return bout in the UFC occurred at UFC 81, where he submitted Rob Yundt.

__TOC__

Mixed martial arts record

MMArecordbox
wins=9
losses=3
ko-wins=0
ko-losses=1
sub-wins=4
sub-losses=0
dec-wins=5
dec-losses=1

References

External links

*Sherdog|id=11|name=Ricardo Almeida
* [http://www.pancrase.co.jp/en/fighters/en/almeida.html Ricardo Almeida, Pancrase profile]