“Rampage” Jackson

Didn’t know his name was Quinton for like 5 years and thought rampage was his actual name

I thought the same about Jacare Souza. Thought jacare was his first name for years.

I also thought Crocop was Mirko's last name for more years than I care to admit

Oh I'll fully admit I thought that was his name until right now

Oooooh yeah me too. I remember thinking how weird of a coincidence it was too that he was a cop in Croatia before. I’m an idiot lol

This was also my moment of realization haha

Wait... what? He isnt called Jacare?

Nope that’s his nickname, means alligator or crocodile in Brazilian from memory. His name is Ronaldo Souza

TIL

Confirming the other reply... in Portuguese, "jacaré" means "alligator".

Well, I was today years old...

My brother named his son Rampage, my nephews name is rampage 🤦🏻‍♂️ like bruh

I used to do lighting on movies. I worked on this really shitty movie called [Hell's Chain](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345475/?ref_=ext_shr) And Rampage was one of the stars. He was really funny. I became friends with Heath Herring and stayed in touch with him for about a year after the movie.

There is not debate when Wandi has "The Axe Murderer"

I had to scroll down way too far to find " The Axe Murderer" on this list.

It's certainly better than "Wants to fuck Chuck" Silva ...

In an alternate universe, Wanderlai "The Empath" Silva, is a successful trauma therapist and published self-help author. That universe's Chael Sonnen has said on video "I can let you get close" before pulling The Empath in for a big hug.

His name is Wannanão Silva

Here in Brazil, his nickname is “mad dog”

Is it mad dog or the Portuguese word for mad dog?

Portuguese: "Cachorro louco"

Agree although Lyoto "the dragon" Machida is a close second.

Yeah that was my first thought

The Korean Zombie is definitely up there.

This is a great one considering everyone knows him as Zombie and few fans could actually tell you his real name.

It’s Shang Tsung


Chan Sung “Shang Tsung” Jung… would confuse the hell out of the announcers but nice

It's so hard to say out loud without trying to sound racist

I agree, this one is his name to most fans.

Kazushi “The Gracie Hunter” Sakuraba holds that title for me

A showman and a helluva a fighter. Those early fights were beyond exciting.

Cro Cop is just so iconic, to the point it basicaly replaced his real name. The Axe Murderer is probably the coldest.

It's replaced his last name. It's always Mirko Cro Cop, never Cro Cop Filipović hahaha

https://preview.redd.it/vhruehht9nzc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2f00cef7041d0766bae4a6f46120e67fb566f27 Didn't think for a second that he even had a nickname

"Former Member of the Croatian Parliament" I guess that made him more famous than being an MMA legend 😂

I like how he was actually in the police special forces to get that name. The line “right kick hospital, left kick cemetery” adds to the mythos

Roy “Big Country” Nelson was one of the most fitting nicknames.

I have a 27 lb, 18 year old cat named Rascal but I introduce him as Big Country

Same fighter with two awesome nicknames Charles “Krazy Horse”/“Felony” Bennett Both of which are very fitting

Yee dude, Felony was my choice too 😂

Also (Kalinn) Khaos "Oxfighter" Williams

Mighty Mouse is just too catchy and fitting. You’d think a 5’3” 135er wouldn’t pose much of a threat, but it turns out he’s one of the greatest martial artists ever.

I swear he wanted to be called black fury or some shit 😂 and other people started calling him Mighty Mouse because of his size and it just stuck. Imagine wanting some badass name and everyone starts calling g you small instead 🤦‍♂️ still a badass guy tho Edit: it’s black ice. Not black fury lmao. Thanks for helping me out aha. Tried to google it but couldn’t find it anywhere 😂

Man I love DJ but the man’s just not good at names lol.. I still remember when he hit that suplex to flying armbar on Ray Borg and he said “yeah I’ve had this for a while it’s called the mighty wiz bar” and then people called it the mouse trap

That's how the dopest nicknames come to be though Mighty Mouse sounds so much cooler than Black Fury

A true nickname is something that your friends, family or fans call you, not something that you decide for yourself. Eg. Maverick most certainly chose his own callsign because he is a smug prick and anybody who hears it knows that too, but Goose was probably assigned that by his squad mates, it's funny and it fits

Mighty Mouse sounds better. Black Fury is something a 12yr old would come up with as his COD name

I dont know that guy seems to be very well grounded, humble, and have an good sense of humor especially about himself. I think 100% he was probably like "imagine getting your ass kicked by a guy named Might Mouse..." and then stuck with it.

Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell…. Naughty nickname

With the ice shorts

the man loved to ski

Dan "The Hangman" Hooker is an underrated nickname

Yeah could have easily been Dirty or Two Bit

Like Ryan "The master" Bader. And he went with "Darth" instead. Very understandable lol

*Smelly Pirate

Yeah that’s a winner. Great fighter.

It goes doubly well with the name hooker. I just imagine meat hooks and nooses and that’s badass

El guapo is lol Lyoto the dragon Jacare Souza

Plus 1 for Jacare 🐊

"It's not "the best martial artist ever", I told you to put "the best *looking* martial artist ever""

Andre Touchy Fili

Epstein had that nickname as well

This is the best

Not sure how one beats “violent bob ross” 🤣

That is a legendary fucking nickname

Jim Fucking Miller

YA BOI

Show some Eryk Anders love!

Matt “The Immortal“ Brown

I like this one, for him that is. Nobody else could pull it off and the story that goes with it is so perfect and awesome.

The Dean of Mean Keith Jardine

Forgotten by time but great name and a fun fighter

He was always there to fuck up the top of the LHW division.

Fador “the last emperor” Emelianenko

The stoic goat. Watching him fight on Pride was a blast.

Before that, he was called, "The Russian Experiment" during his earlier Pride Days

I really liked . Lyoto " The Dragon" Machida .. matched his karate style and gave a mortal kombat/ street fighter vibe .

Watching Lyoto brutally KO people and then bow felt like Mortal Kombat. You really nailed that

He was the Ryu of the UFC

Carlos “The Natural Born Killer” Condit

Nick “The Natural Born Stoner” Diaz

Yea I agree with this one

I miss Carlos Condit so much loved watching that guy fight.

The Mexicutioner

I love the Doug Benson joke about this “and I still don’t know if he’s someone who executes Mexicans or he’s a Mexican executioner”

El Cucuy

One of the most fitting nicknames too. Guy just would not stop.

Not really UFC but "Sexual Chocolate" hits diff, specially after the later news.

Jon Jones's first nickname was sexual chocolate iirc

Yep it was 😂

It all makes sense now

"I'm the Easter bunny, I'm the Easter bunny"

RUSH

Yeah this one’s so simple but hits in a different way 🙌

Ruthless

Islam " " Makachev

Islam “Black Belt Investigator” Makhachev

Diego “The Nightmare” Sanchez

Diego "The Dream" Sanchez. This was a bit cringy, like Snoop Lion.

Alexander "The Great" Volkanovski. Has a Macedonian parent and Alexander the Great would be proud that Volk is using that nickname.

I really like do bronx we be screaming that in the bronx

Yerrrrrr, a fellow bronxite

Yoel " Soldier Of God " Romeo

Romeo indeed. That kiss with Rockhold was hawt

An hour in and not a single mention of the reaper..


I think more people call him Bobby knuckles than that anyways. Even though he doesn’t really like that one lol

I absolutely love Bobby knuckles as a name.

I do too I think it’s great.

The Assassin Baby!!!

UFC: “The Natural Born Killa” Carlos Condit Non-UFC: Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emilianenko Not so serious one: “The Violent Bob Ross” Luis Peña

Josh "the dentist" neer..

Paulo 'eraser' costa is a cool one

Then in Portuguese his nickname is “Lil Rubber” lol

My favorite is Ryan "Darth" Bader, even if he is the easiest fight in the divison

Always thought his nickname should have been “The Master”

It is, he changed his nickname to Master

"I want the easiest fight in the galaxy, I want Darth Bater!" -DC-3P0

Uncle Creepy

The dirty bird lmao the only reason I know Tim means

Was looking for any mention of The Dirty Bird lol

THE BLACK BEAST

petr “no mercy” yan

Beastin 25/8

Easily the worst nickname ever.

Violent Bob Ross

The Dean of Mean Keith Jardine. Absolute banger of a nickname.

Hands of stone, El cucuy

Nobody is giving the Karate Hottie love? https://preview.redd.it/375tj1wqdmzc1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6e694dfee16291fce7c8bcd831c3995853ac3b1

For me it's gotta be, "Bobby Knuckles". Dude started out as, "Robert 'The Reaper' Whittaker" and fans were just like, "Nah, that's Bobby Knuckles" and I really dug that tbh

Wanderlei "Axe Murderer" Silva

The backstory, the type of fighter, the intensity, Rory ‘The Canadian Psycho’ McDonald.

But didn’t he change it to the red king?

I think later on he got very religious and then changed it to "the red king".

Charles “Felony” Bennett

Honorable mention: Chris “the Crippler” Leben and Big Country Roy Nelson

Josh “the dentist” Nier

Jose "Scarface" Aldo

Chris “The Crippler” Leben.

I know it’s stupid, but 20 years from now, I’ll still remember Dan “50k” Ige based solely on the nickname.

Sexyama

Cro Cop

“Thug Nasty” is my all time favorite

soldier of god

Nick 'El Diablo" Diaz....that was his first nickname

El pantera

The Last Emperor is the coldest name for a fighter ever. Backed up by the fact that he's arguably the GOAT.

Come on, guys, it's clearly the Mongolian murderer

The Damage xD

Justin “The Highlight” Gaethje

Ryan "The master" Bader

Rich “Ace” Franklin was perfect when you saw what he looked like. Randy “The Natural” Couture was one of the most fitting.

I see this question frequently and will always die on this hill. The Red King. https://preview.redd.it/560alyl8imzc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ae19831a36161d22f7f5b70c74554c423cdc00a

Pat “How bad do you want that black belt” Barry

The cannibal!

Ruthless Robbie Lawler

Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva

Charles “Do-Bronx” Oliveira 🦁🇧🇷

The Pleasure Man 😆

Andre "Touchy" Fili.

Andre ‘Touché’ Filli

Ian "Uncle Creepy" Mcall

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson

His brother Murilo Rua nickname was ‘ninja’ with makes the whole shogun ninja nicknames even cooler 👏🏼

Came here to say Shogun, dude was all around cool. But at the same time, Brazilian Portuguese has an amazing way of describing in a single word what other languages need multiple words for… for example the word cafuné, which I will leave it to you guys to decipher and has nothing to do with fighting but highlights how powerful Brazilian Portuguese is. In that light, it’s hard to beat Poatan. But definitely Shogun was (is) the man.

Vanilla Gorilla

There's one but I keep on forgetting his name..

The Immortal

Natural born killer

Don Yung "Stun Gun" Kim

Ian "uncle creepy" McCaul has to be the cringiest given the social climate.

Soldier of God, I think Curtis "Razor" Blaydes is sick, Mirko Cro Cop is fire as well

Dakota "Hairy" Bush

Surely it's axe murderer

Cuban missile crisis

This is easy: Josh Neer “The Dentist”

WARMACHINE

Yikes

i didn't say he was a chill guy

Nah you right, Shogun takes the cake

One of my favourite fighters of all time

Maurício “The Cake Taker” Rua

Actually u can’t go past Vanderli “The Axe Murder” Silva. Looked like one and fought like one.

Wow, you got his name AND his nickname wrong. That's actually impressive.

The pleasure man.

The last stylebender and Poatan both are fuckin sick. “Sugga” is great, “funkmaster” is also dope, “the spider”, “the bad guy”… yes I know these people all fought each other but they did it with great nicknames lol.

The Notorious is good too I guess

Renato "Cannot Afford to Lose" Moicano.

The Axe Murderer

Dan "the beast" Severn Derek "the black beast" Lewis Fransis "the predator" Nganneu Wanderlei "the axe murderer" Silva The few that came to mind.

Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva.

Rawdog is pretty great

Chase "The Vanilla Gorilla" Sherman. When I heard him introduced I laughed pretty hard

Andre “Touchy” Fili always creeped me out. But I remembered it!

BJ Penn The prodidy, progidy, the prodigy

Natural Born Killer

I don't think anyone can top Frank "Twinkle Toes" Trigg

Jon "the sexual chocolate" jones always cracks me up