Ricardo Morais
UFC DebutNickname“The Mutant”
Record
Streak
W1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Rio de Janeiro
- Born
- Brazil
- Camp
- Team Nogueira
- Weight class
- Super Heavyweight
- Height
- 6'8" · 203 cm
Before the UFC
Ricardo Morais makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
UFC debut
Aug 20, 2026
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
188-129-11
.593 win rate
Winning-record opponents
10 of 14
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
15
14 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 15 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 1 sub · 1 decIAFC · Rings · PRIDE · NJPW · Jungle Fight 1 +1
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Tae Hyun Lee1-2 | KO/TKO | Corner Stoppage | R1 | 8:08 | PRIDE | Sep 10, 2006 |
| L | Aleksander Emelianenko29-9-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:15 | PRIDE | Apr 3, 2005 |
| L | Tsuyoshi Kosaka28-21-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | NJPW | Oct 13, 2003 |
| W | Mestre Fumaca | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:06 | Jungle Fight 1 | Sep 13, 2003 |
| L | Mark Coleman16-10 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 10:00 | PRIDE | Nov 21, 1999 |
| W | Hiromitsu Kanehara19-27-5 | Decision | — | R5 | 5:00 | Rings | Feb 21, 1999 |
| L | Decision | — | R1 | 20:00 | Rings | Dec 23, 1997 | |
| W | Sergio Muralha1-1 | KO/TKO | Submission to Punches | R1 | 0:17 | Pentagon Combat | Sep 27, 1997 |
| D | Yuriy Kochkine7-4-1 | Draw | — | R1 | 20:00 | Rings | Jun 21, 1997 |
| W | Yoshihisa Yamamoto14-25-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:46 | Rings | Aug 24, 1996 |
| W | Mikhail Ilyukhin30-11-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 9:44 | IAFC | Nov 25, 1995 |
| W | Victor Yerohin9-3 | KO/TKO | Submission to Punches | R1 | 1:33 | IAFC | Nov 25, 1995 |
| W | Maxim Tarasov15-4 | KO/TKO | Submission to Punches | R1 | 1:49 | IAFC | Nov 25, 1995 |
| W | KO/TKO | Submission to Knees | R1 | 1:16 | IAFC | Nov 25, 1995 | |
| W | Alex Andrade10-5 | KO/TKO | Submission to Punches | R1 | 1:48 | IAFC | Nov 25, 1995 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.