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Originally Posted by Big Nic
Arona would be a bad style match up for everyone at LHW in the UFC except Rampage, Hendo, Chuck and Lyoto. In other words, the guys that he might not be able to get down. Arona's standup is pretty pedestrian though, and he can be KO'd.
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I am a huge Arona fan who has watched and loved all his fights.
Arona is actually an excellent match-up for Hendo and Rampage. Not saying he'd always win but it's nearly always going to be a good fight.
His difficulties would be with Lyoto, Wanderlei, and Sokoudjou (if signed). Again, not that he'd necessarily always lose (I think he'd beat Wanderlei more often than not) but these are difficult match-ups.
Arona has the potential to win the belt but then I'd fear he'd quickly lose it to some striker. Arona is absolutely in the top few out there but is not likely to have a long run of wins against top competitors.
Possible issues are recent time off, recent illness, whether he has kept pace with the improvement of other fighters, whether he truly has not been on the juice (something I found surprising but that I hope he is being truthful about).
