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Ricardo Almeida |
| 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 mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) grappler from Hamilton, New Jersey. He one of the the first American black belts 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.
Ricardo Almeida retired for a 3-year period, but is now returning to the middleweight MMA scene. On October 12, 2007, Ricardo "Cachorrao" Almeida will be fighting Dennis "Superman" Hallman in a Cage Fury Fighting Championship middleweight fight at the Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. [1]
Almeida runs his own Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy located in Hamilton, New Jersey. [2]
| Previous champion Nathan Marquardt |
4th Pancrase
Middleweight Champion |
Next champion Nathan Marquardt |
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