Fedor Emelianenko vs Ricardo Arona

Ricardo Arona fights and trains with some of the best mma practioners in the world. One of the top memmber of the Brazilian Top Team his instructors include legenderay fighters one of which is Mario Sperry. His fight against Fedor Emelianenko was going to test both fighters to their limits. Even though Fedor has the advantage i the stand-up, it was inevitable that the fight was going to be decided on the ground. Ricardo Arona tried forcing the fight to the ground wheras fedor preffered to keep the fight standing up.

The fight was fought early in the careers of both fighters. Fedor Emelianenko won the fight via a unanimous decision. The event was Rings- King of the Kings and was held on December 22nd 2002. The location of the Rings event was in Osaka, Japan.