Adriano Moraes (fighter)
Brazilian flyweight and former three-time ONE champion.
Adriano da Silva Moraes, a Brazilian flyweight, has been a professional mixed martial artist since 2011. He is a former three-time and inaugural ONE Flyweight MMA World Champion, also holding the interim ONE FC flyweight title from 2016 and a former Shooto Brasil flyweight championship.
Quick Facts
- Other names
- Mikinho; Black Diamond
- Birth name
- Adriano da Silva Moraes
- Born
- 21 April 1988
- Birthplace
- Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
- Reach
- 69 in / 1.75 m
- Style
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
- Fighting out of
- Coconut Creek
- Florida
- U.S.
- Team
- Constrictor Team; American Top Team (2016–present)
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Background
Moraes was born in Brasilia, Brazil and abandoned by his mother days after birth. He lived in an orphanage for three years before being adopted. As a child, he practiced judo and capoeira, then took up Brazilian jiu-jitsu to learn self-defense. A member of Constrictor Team, he became a submission specialist, winning the NAGA No-Gi Pro Division Championship in 2014 before earning his black belt.
Mixed martial arts career
Moraes made his professional MMA debut on September 4, 2011, at Precol Combat 5, defeating Ismael Bonfim by first-round guillotine choke. After seven straight wins, he joined Shooto in 2013. He debuted in ONE Championship on November 15, 2013, at ONE FC: Warrior Spirit, losing a split decision to Yusup Saadulaev. Following two wins, he faced Geje Eustaquio for the vacant ONE Flyweight Championship on September 12, 2014, at ONE FC: Age of Champions, winning by second-round guillotine choke. He defended the belt against Riku Shibuya on March 13, 2015, then lost the title via split decision to Kairat Akhmetov on November 21, 2015, at ONE: Dynasty of Champions. On August 13, 2016, at ONE: Heroes of the World, he became interim ONE flyweight champion by submitting Tilek Batyrov with a rear-naked choke. He unified the title against Akhmetov on August 5, 2017, winning by unanimous decision. He defended against Danny Kingad on November 10, 2017, at ONE: Legends of the World via first-round rear-naked choke. A scheduled defense against Reece McLaren on March 9, 2018, was canceled due to a knee injury. He lost the title to Geje Eustaquio by split decision on June 23, 2018, at ONE Championship: Pinnacle of Power. In a trilogy match on January 25, 2019, at ONE Championship: Hero's Ascent, he regained the championship via unanimous decision. He was scheduled to defend against Demetrious Johnson on April 11, 2020, at ONE Championship: Reign of Dynasties, but the fight was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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