Ricco Rodriguez (born August 19, 1977) is an American former mixed martial artist who competed in the heavyweight division. A professional competitor...

Champion Ricco Rodriguez in the main event of the Mixed Fighting Alliance "There Will Be Blood" event on December 13, 2008. He avenged a loss to Rodriguez from...

champions Mark Coleman, Dan Severn, Josh Barnett, Andrei Arlovski, Ricco Rodriguez and Ken Shamrock. Early in his career Rizzo adopted brutal leg kicks...

2011, Ivanov defeated Ricco Rodriguez in the third round via TKO with a kick to the upper body that some felt hit Rodriguez's head, as he was still getting...

he defeated Josh Barnett again, Anthony Netzler, Rigan Machado, and Ricco Rodriguez. In the absolute division, he defeated Léo Vieira, Mike van Arsdale...

Correira's corner threw in the towel. Sylvia then went on to defeat Ricco Rodriguez at UFC 41, winning the UFC heavyweight championship for the first time...

headlined by an MMA catchweight bout between Zelg Galešić and Ricco Rodriguez with Rodriguez defeating his opponent via submission in the first round. The...

Megumi Fujii (judo / sambo), Seiko Yamamoto (freestyle wrestling) and Nick Rodriguez (collegiate wrestling). Mo Jassim took over as head organizer ready for...

the fights on the card was a rematch of a WEC title fight involving Ricco Rodriguez and Ron Waterman. Waterman won the first WEC affair. However, in spite...

motivational group. He holds notable victories over Valentijn Overeem, Ricco Rodriguez, Kevin Randleman, and Mario Rinaldi. He was the only WEC Super Heavyweight...

Houston and trained UFC and Pride FC champions including Tito Ortiz, Ricco Rodriguez and Cris Cyborg. He coached alongside Ortiz on two seasons of The Ultimate...

Heavyweight Title bout between Randy Couture and Ricco Rodriguez for the vacant title. Originally Ricco Rodriguez was scheduled to fight Josh Barnett for the...

subsequently stripped of the title and cut from the UFC. Couture then faced Ricco Rodriguez for the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 39, in late 2002...

decision (28–29, 29–28, and 30–27) over former UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez. On 26 July 2008, Silva won the EliteXC Heavyweight Championship, with...

also featured the first appearance of future Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez. UFC 32 marked the last appearances of long time commentator Jeff Blatnick...

featured two championship bouts, a Heavyweight Championship Bout between Ricco Rodriguez and Tim Sylvia, and a Lightweight Championship Bout between B.J. Penn...

Nogueira won a decision against former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez. Though Rodriguez scored takedowns and maintained top position, Pride's fight-scoring...

In the championship Belfort faced Genki Sudo, winning by points, Ricco Rodriguez, winning by points, Ricardo Arona in the semi-final, losing by points...

3:06 of the first round. Petruzelli made his Bellator debut against Ricco Rodriguez at Bellator 48. He won the fight via KO in the first round. After the...

Fight Championship 3 April 19, 2013 1 1:27 Split, Croatia Win 6–0 Ricco Rodriguez Decision (unanimous) House of Gladiators 1 December 21, 2012 3 5:00...

MFP: Mayor Cup 2012 May 26, 2012 1 4:27 Khabarovsk, Russia Win 15–3 Ricco Rodriguez Decision (unanimous) BF: Baltic Challenge 3 February 23, 2012 3 5:00...

knockout.[citation needed] He defeated former UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez via unanimous decision at United Glory 15. In April 2012, Ruslan signed...

Shamrock Masaaki Satake Mike Bourke Osamu Kawahara Ricardo Almeida Ricco Rodriguez Royce Gracie Ryan Gracie Shannon Ritch Takayuki Okada Tokimitsu Ishizawa...

face Ricco Rodriguez at Bellator 31 but Rodriguez pulled out of the fight due to a knee injury. Michal Kita stepped in, and served as Rodriguez's replacement...

against top opposition, losing to future UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez at UFC 32 and heavyweight contender Pedro Rizzo at UFC 36. Despite...

starting with a match against highly regarded grappler Ricco Rodriguez. The debutant Rodriguez attempted repeated takedowns in the first round, but Goodridge...

Submission (kimura) Win 28–4 Diego Sanchez Submission (armbar) Win 27–4 Ricco Rodriguez Submission (heel hook) Win 26–4 Pablo Popovitch Submission (wristlock)...

Shamrock backed out of the fight he was replaced by Ricco Rodriguez. Ian won by TKO, stopping Rodriguez at 2:06 of Round 1. Shortly after this win, Freeman...

in UFC was at UFC 37, fighting Ricco Rodriguez. The fight featured long, back and forth grappling action, with Rodriguez taking dominant position and Kosaka...

Women's World champion Felicia Oh, and former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez. The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu style of the Machado family differs from the...