Ricardo "The Mutant" Morais is a Brazilian former

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, 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 carreer. Later he began training in Black House with

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MMA

Morais won 32 fighters tournament "IAFC: Absolute Fighting Championship 1" in

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in 1995. Next year he continued his MMA career in Japan at

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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

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. Morais is shown training with

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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

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Submission grappling record

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morais, Ricardo Living people Brazilian male mixed martial artists Super heavyweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu 1967 births Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)