Ricardo Morais
Introduction '''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  Win 10–4–1 Lee Tae-Hyun TKO (corner stoppage) PRIDE FC: Final Conflict Absolute  1 8:08 Saitama, Japan  Loss 9–4–1 Alexander Emelianenko KO (punches) PRIDE Bushido 6  1 0:15 Yokohama, Japan  Loss 9–3–1 Tsuyoshi Kosaka Decision (unanimous) NJPW Ultimate Crush II  3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan  Win 9–2–1 Mestre Fumaca TKO (punches) Jungle Fight 1  1 2:06 Manaus, Brazil  Loss 8–2–1 Mark Coleman Decision (unanimous) Pride 8  2 10:00 Tokyo, Japan  Win 8–1–1 Hiromitsu Kanehara Decision Rings: Final Capture  5 5:00 Japan  Loss 7–1–1 Zaza Tkeshelashvili Decision Rings - Mega Battle Tournament 1997 Semifinal  1 20:00 Japan  Win 7–0–1 Sergio Muralha TKO (submission to punches) Pentagon Combat  1 0:17 Brazil  Draw 6–0–1 Yuriy Kochkine Draw Rings - Extension Fighting 4  1 20:00 Tokyo, Japan  Win 6–0 Yoshihisa Yamamoto KO (punches) Rings - Maelstrom 6  1 0:46 Japan  Win 5–0 Mikhail Illoukhine Submission (rear naked choke)IAFC: Absolute Fighting Championship 1 1 9:44Luzhniki Sports Palace, Moscow, Russia  Win 4–0 Victor Yerohin TKO (submission to punches) 1 1:33  Win 3–0 Maxim Tarasov TKO (submission to punches) 1 1:49  Win 2–0 Onassis Parungao TKO (knees) 1 1:16  Win 1–0 Alex Andrade TKO (submission to punches) 1 1:48
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
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