Arona Claims Illness Contributed To Sokoudjou Loss

Arona talks about defeat to fans

Just after his defeat at the last Pride, the Brazilian Ricardo Arona sent an open letter to site TATAME explaining his problems for his fans. Check it out:

I know that Sokoudojou deserves the victory, we know he is a dangerous and tough athlete, but I want to splain to my fans and friends, I would like to say that I did choose a fight strategy which did depends of all my physical condition and unfortunally, one week before I go to Japan, I got sick and I got bad body pains, headache, fever, so I didn’t have at that moment the energy to win that bout.

The medical team of the Pride orghanization did examinate me but they didn’t find the virous. I believe it is like a “dengue” desease, because I am still felling myself not very well and with fever. When you all watch that fight you will see that there is not the usual Arona fighting there and that was not the performance I did want to show. I hope to get as soon as possible in Brasil to do some exams and start the better treatment because I want to start my training stage for the ADCC, to participate of the match or of the super bout.

I appolagize to all my fans and friends and I promisse to improve my performance as soon as I get myself better and then to show you what you are expecting of me. Thanks to you all for the support and the trust on me,

Ricardo Arona.

See, Arona isn't third in the world at 205lbs..he has been on a losing streak and those get you dropped in world rank.

he is still a good fighter lots of good fights out there for him! Tito would be a good one! hell we have to have contenders in the sport!

I'm just bitter that he is ranked WAY ABOVE RAMPAGE!!! He is good but RAMPAGE could be great-

well when he loses to chuck he should stay about the same as he is now!
Arona will drop when this is updated!

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (205-pound limit)

#1 Light Heavyweight Fighter in the World: Chuck Liddell

2. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

3. Ricardo Arona

4. Dan Henderson

5. Wanderlei Silva

6. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

7. Quinton Jackson

8. Tito Ortiz

9. Kazuhiro Nakamura

10. Jason Lambert

MMAWeekly Rankings last updated on April 3, 2007

DAMN, I CAN'T CATCH A BREAK TODAY!!!

Andy wrote:: DAMN, I CAN'T CATCH A BREAK TODAY!!!

Ha-ha ok Rampage does deserve to be at least number 4!

Weekend Warrior Number of posts : 24 Registration date : 2007-03-30

Sounds like excusses to me by Arona and look for that Sokoudojou to move up that list pretty quick.

i agree he is strong!

JoeDaddy wrote:: i agree he is strong!

Understatement of the year

I was shocked at the poor performence from arona but Sokoudjou seems to be captain upset

Champion Number of posts : 355 Registration date : 2007-03-29

JoeDaddy wrote:

Andy wrote:: DAMN, I CAN'T CATCH A BREAK TODAY!!!

Ha-ha ok Rampage does deserve to be at least number 4!

x2

i blame Sokoudjou hanging foot in his ass 4 him losing!

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