Ricardo Almeida

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Ricardo Almeida
Statistics
Nickname Cachorrao
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Born November 29, 1976
Fighting out of Hamilton, N.J.
Town of birth
Fighting style Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Mixed martial arts record
Wins 8
  By submission 3
Losses 2
Draws 0

Ricardo Almeida (born November 29, 1976) is a retired mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) grappler from Hamilton, New Jersey. He is a Black Belt in BJJ under Renzo Gracie. In mixed martial arts, Almeida is known as a former middleweight contestant of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a veteran of the PRIDE Fighting Championships, and a former Middleweight King of Pancrase.

Almeida runs his own Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy located in Hamilton, New Jersey where he coaches up and coming MMA fighter Kidd Skiddal. [1]


Previous champion
Nathan Marquardt
4th Pancrase Middleweight Champion

November 30, 2003 - November 7, 2004

Next champion
Nathan Marquardt


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