# Ricardo Morais

Ricardo "The Mutant" Morais is a Brazilian former mixed martial artist, who competed in Pride Fighting Championships, Jungle Fight, and Rings - MMA. Morais trained with the Banni Fight Combat Jiu-Jitsu to support, Banni Cavalcanti, even after his last fight in the sport, which was a victory, coming against Tae Hyn Lee at Pride Final Conflict Absolute, 10 September 2006.

## Background

Ricardo Morais trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and boxing early in his career. Later he began training in Black House with Anderson Silva, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira.

## Career

Morais won a 32-fighter tournament "IAFC: Absolute Fighting Championship 1" in Moscow in 1995. Next year he continued his MMA career in Japan at RINGS.

### Grappling

Morais took part in ADCC World Championships in 1998, 1999 and 2000. He won silver medal in 1998.

### The Smashing Machine

In 2003, HBO aired a documentary titled "The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr." Morais was shown a lot in this movie leading up to his match against Mark Coleman at Pride 8.
Morais is shown training with Renzo Gracie in the movie. He lost to Coleman by decision. Morais won a 32-man tournament in Moscow in 1995 that included Pride FC legends Tra Telligman and Igor Vovchachyn. Morais choked out Mikhail Illoukhine in finals.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight Matrix
** 1995 Rookie of the Year
* International Absolute Fighting Championship
** IAFC Absolute Fighting Championship 1 Tournament Winner

## Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown :
| 15 matches | 10 wins | 4 losses |
| By knockout | 8 | 1 |
| By submission | 1 | 0 |
| By decision | 1 | 3 |
| Draws | 1 | 1 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location |
| Win | 10–4–1 | Lee Tae-Hyun | TKO (corner stoppage) | PRIDE FC: Final Conflict Absolute | September 10, 2006 | 1 | 8:08 | Saitama, Japan |
| Loss | 9–4–1 | Alexander Emelianenko | KO (punches) | PRIDE Bushido 6 | April 3, 2005 | 1 | 0:15 | Yokohama, Japan |
| Loss | 9–3–1 | Tsuyoshi Kosaka | Decision (unanimous) | NJPW Ultimate Crush II | October 13, 2003 | 3 | 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Win | 9–2–1 | Mestre Fumaca | TKO (punches) | Jungle Fight 1 | September 13, 2003 | 1 | 2:06 | Manaus, Brazil |
| Loss | 8–2–1 | Mark Coleman | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 8 | November 21, 1999 | 2 | 10:00 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Win | 8–1–1 | Hiromitsu Kanehara | Decision | Rings: Final Capture | February 21, 1999 | 5 | 5:00 | Japan |
| Loss | 7–1–1 | Zaza Tkeshelashvili | Decision | Rings - Mega Battle Tournament 1997 Semifinal | December 23, 1997 | 1 | 20:00 | Japan |
| Win | 7–0–1 | Sergio Muralha | TKO (submission to punches) | Pentagon Combat | September 27, 1997 | 1 | 0:17 | Brazil |
| Draw | 6–0–1 | Yuriy Kochkine | Draw | Rings - Extension Fighting 4 | June 21, 1997 | 1 | 20:00 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Win | 6–0 | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | KO (punches) | Rings - Maelstrom 6 | August 24, 1996 | 1 | 0:46 | Japan |
| Win | 5–0 | Mikhail Illoukhine | Submission (rear naked choke) | IAFC: Absolute Fighting Championship 1 | November 25, 1995 | 1 | 9:44 | Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow, Russia |
| Win | 4–0 | Victor Yerohin | TKO (submission to punches) | IAFC: Absolute Fighting Championship 1 | November 25, 1995 | 1 | 1:33 | Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow, Russia |
| Win | 3–0 | Maxim Tarasov | TKO (submission to punches) | IAFC: Absolute Fighting Championship 1 | November 25, 1995 | 1 | 1:49 | Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow, Russia |
| Win | 2–0 | Onassis Parungao | TKO (knees) | IAFC: Absolute Fighting Championship 1 | November 25, 1995 | 1 | 1:16 | Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow, Russia |
| Win | 1–0 | Alex Andrade | TKO (submission to punches) | IAFC: Absolute Fighting Championship 1 | November 25, 1995 | 1 | 1:48 | Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow, Russia |

## Submission grappling record

? Matches, ? Wins, ? Losses, ? Draws :
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Location |
| Loss | 7–4 | Rigan Machado | - | 2000 ADCC World Championships | March 1, 2000 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Loss | 7–3 | Ricco Rodriguez | - | 2000 ADCC World Championships | March 1, 2000 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Win | 7–2 | Mark Robinson | - | 2000 ADCC World Championships | March 1, 1999 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Win | 6–2 | Carlos Clayton | - | 2000 ADCC World Championships | March 1, 1999 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Win | 5–2 | Chris Haseman | Decision · Points | 1999 ADCC World Championships | February 24, 1999 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Win | 4–2 | Tra Telligman | Decision · Points | 1999 ADCC World Championships | February 24, 1999 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Loss | 3–2 | Mario Sperry | Decision | 1998 ADCC World Championships | March 20, 1998 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Win | 3–1 | Joe Charles | Foot Lock · 7:33 · R1 | 1998 ADCC World Championships | March 20, 1998 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Win | 2–1 | Toby Imada | Choke · 9:22 · R1 | 1998 ADCC World Championships | March 20, 1998 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Loss | 1–1 | Ricco Rodriguez | Decision · Points | 1998 ADCC World Championships | March 20, 1998 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Win | 1–0 | Salah Al Din | Armbar 5:24 · R1 | 1998 ADCC World Championships | March 20, 1998 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |