What nicknames are popular in UFC at the moment!?!? Well there are two Pit Bulls, two of The Hammer, and two of The Natural
Assassins? There's Assassin, two of The Assassin, The African Assassin, and The Silent Assassin
"Ace" - Rich Franklin "American Psycho" - Stephan Bonnar "Assassin" - Alex Karalexis "Banha" - Luiz Cane "Batman" - Kurt Pellegrino "Big Dog" - Ricardo Almeida "Big Frog" - Jeff Curran "Chainsaw" - Charles McCarthy "Da Spyder" - Kendall Grove "Daddy" - Joe Stevenson "Dooms" - Jason Day "Drago" - Pete Sell "El Conquistador" - Jorge Rivera "El Dirte" - Joe Doerksen "El Matador" - Roger Huerta "Executioner" - Justin Levens "Gumby" - Jeremy Horn "Hands of Stone" - Sam Stout "Handsome" - Matt Wiman "Hendo" - Dan Henderson "Hollywood" - Steve Bruno "Huntington Beach Bad Boy" - Tito Ortiz "J-Lau" - Joe Lauzon "J-ROC" - Jared Rollins "Jucao" - Roan Carneiro "K-Taro" - Keita Nakamura "Kaz" - Kazuhiro Nakamura "KenFlo" - Kenny Florian "Kid" - Alvin Robinson "Killa B" - Ben Saunders "Kos" - Josh Koscheck "Legionarius" - Alessio Sakara "Lights Out" - Chris Lytle "Lil' Evil" - Jens Pulver "Lil' Heathen" - Jeremy Stephens "Magrino" - Cole Miller "Maximus" - Marcus Aurelio "Minotauro" - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira "Monster" - Rob Yundt "Muscle Shark" - Sean Sherk "Napao" - Gabriel Gonzaga "Nightmare" - Diego Sanchez "No Love" - Rich Clementi "No Regard" - Matt Arroyo "Piranha" - Ryo Chonan "Pit Bull" - Andrei Arlovski "Pit Bull" - Thiago Alves "Quick" - Mike Swick "Rampage" - Quinton Jackson "Ravishing Red" - Eric Schafer "Relentless" - Paul Taylor "Rock" - Nate Quarry "Rude Boy" - Troy Mandaloniz "Rumble" - Anthony Johnson "Rush" - Georges St-Pierre "Samuray" - Antonio Mendes "Shogun" - Mauricio Rua "Short Fuse" - Ed Herman "Sugar" - Rashad Evans "Tellys" - Paul Kelly "The African Assassin" - Rameau Sokoudjou "The Answer" - Frank Edgar "The Anvil" - Manny Gamburyan "The Assassin" - Danny Abbadi "The Assassin" - Houston Alexander "The Athlete" - Jason MacDonald "The Axe Murderer" - Wanderlei Silva "The Barbarian" - Tim Boetsch "The Barn Cat" - Tamdan McCrory "The Beast" - Dan Severn "The Beastman" - Marvin Eastman "The Boogeyman" - Dean Lister "The Bully" - Gray Maynard "The Carpenter" - Clay Guida "The Count" - Michael Bisping "The Crippler" - Chris Leben "The Dean of Mean" - Keith Jardine "The Dentist " - Josh Neer "The Dog" - Samy Schiavo "The Great" - Nate Marquardt "The Hammer" - Mark Coleman "The Hammer" - Matt Hamill "The Heat" - Karo Parisyan "The Hitman" - Martin Kampmann "The Hungarian Nightmare" - Christian Wellisch "The Iceman" - Chuck Liddell "The Insane 1" - Justin McCully "The Irish Hand Grenade" - Marcus Davis "The Japanese Sensation" - Akihiro Gono "The Joker" - Jess Liaudin "The King" - Spencer Fisher "The Manic Hispanic" - Eddie Sanchez "The Natural" - John Alessio "The Natural" - Randy Couture "The People's Warrior" - Josh Burkman "The Predator" - Patrick Cote "The Prodigy" - BJ Penn "The Professor" - Chris Wilson "The Punisher" - Jason Lambert "The Real Deal" - Corey Hill "The Real One" - Matt Grice "The Road Warrior" - Jonathan Goulet "The Saint" - Rob Emerson "The Sandman" - James Irvin "The Serial Killer" - Travis Lutter "The Silent Assassin" - Luke Cummo "The Spider" - Anderson Silva "The Squeeze" - Sammy Morgan "The Talent" - Alan Belcher "The Terror " - Matt Serra "The Texas Crazy Horse" - Heath Herring "The Truth" - Brandon Vera "The World's Most Dangerous Man" - Ken Shamrock
And the lucky bastards who dont have a nickname ...
David Bielkheden Mark Bocek Kyle Bradley Justin Buchholz Shane Carwin Mac Danzig Nate Diaz Tomasz Drwal Justin Eilers Per Eklund Terry Etim Luigi Fioravanti Jon Fitch Wilson Gouveia Royce Gracie Tyson Griffin Forrest Griffin Jorge Gurgel Antoni Hardonk Dustin Hazelett Kuniyoshi Hironaka Matt Hughes Dong Hyun Kim Cheick Kongo Jon Koppenhaver James Lee Thales Leites Brock Lesnar Lyoto Machida Demian Maia Drew McFedries Frank Mir Nate Mohr Brad Morris Rousimar Palhares Goran Reljic Ivan Salaverry Jorge Santiago Thiago Silva Dennis Siver Chael Sonnen George Sotiropoulos Jason Tan Evan Tanner Thiago Tavares Gleison Tibau Jamie Varner Cain Velasquez Neil Wain Yoshiyuki Yoshida
> What nicknames are popular in UFC at the moment!?!? Well there are two Pit > Bulls, two of The Hammer, and two of The Natural
> Assassins? There's Assassin, two of The Assassin, The African Assassin, > and > The Silent Assassin
> "Ace" - Rich Franklin > "American Psycho" - Stephan Bonnar > "Assassin" - Alex Karalexis > "Banha" - Luiz Cane > "Batman" - Kurt Pellegrino > "Big Dog" - Ricardo Almeida > "Big Frog" - Jeff Curran > "Chainsaw" - Charles McCarthy > "Da Spyder" - Kendall Grove > "Daddy" - Joe Stevenson > "Dooms" - Jason Day > "Drago" - Pete Sell > "El Conquistador" - Jorge Rivera > "El Dirte" - Joe Doerksen > "El Matador" - Roger Huerta > "Executioner" - Justin Levens > "Gumby" - Jeremy Horn > "Hands of Stone" - Sam Stout > "Handsome" - Matt Wiman > "Hendo" - Dan Henderson > "Hollywood" - Steve Bruno > "Huntington Beach Bad Boy" - Tito Ortiz > "J-Lau" - Joe Lauzon > "J-ROC" - Jared Rollins > "Jucao" - Roan Carneiro > "K-Taro" - Keita Nakamura > "Kaz" - Kazuhiro Nakamura > "KenFlo" - Kenny Florian > "Kid" - Alvin Robinson > "Killa B" - Ben Saunders > "Kos" - Josh Koscheck > "Legionarius" - Alessio Sakara > "Lights Out" - Chris Lytle > "Lil' Evil" - Jens Pulver > "Lil' Heathen" - Jeremy Stephens > "Magrino" - Cole Miller > "Maximus" - Marcus Aurelio > "Minotauro" - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira > "Monster" - Rob Yundt > "Muscle Shark" - Sean Sherk > "Napao" - Gabriel Gonzaga > "Nightmare" - Diego Sanchez > "No Love" - Rich Clementi > "No Regard" - Matt Arroyo > "Piranha" - Ryo Chonan > "Pit Bull" - Andrei Arlovski > "Pit Bull" - Thiago Alves > "Quick" - Mike Swick > "Rampage" - Quinton Jackson > "Ravishing Red" - Eric Schafer > "Relentless" - Paul Taylor > "Rock" - Nate Quarry > "Rude Boy" - Troy Mandaloniz > "Rumble" - Anthony Johnson > "Rush" - Georges St-Pierre > "Samuray" - Antonio Mendes > "Shogun" - Mauricio Rua > "Short Fuse" - Ed Herman > "Sugar" - Rashad Evans > "Tellys" - Paul Kelly > "The African Assassin" - Rameau Sokoudjou > "The Answer" - Frank Edgar > "The Anvil" - Manny Gamburyan > "The Assassin" - Danny Abbadi > "The Assassin" - Houston Alexander > "The Athlete" - Jason MacDonald > "The Axe Murderer" - Wanderlei Silva > "The Barbarian" - Tim Boetsch > "The Barn Cat" - Tamdan McCrory > "The Beast" - Dan Severn > "The Beastman" - Marvin Eastman > "The Boogeyman" - Dean Lister > "The Bully" - Gray Maynard > "The Carpenter" - Clay Guida > "The Count" - Michael Bisping > "The Crippler" - Chris Leben > "The Dean of Mean" - Keith Jardine > "The Dentist " - Josh Neer > "The Dog" - Samy Schiavo > "The Great" - Nate Marquardt > "The Hammer" - Mark Coleman > "The Hammer" - Matt Hamill > "The Heat" - Karo Parisyan > "The Hitman" - Martin Kampmann > "The Hungarian Nightmare" - Christian Wellisch > "The Iceman" - Chuck Liddell > "The Insane 1" - Justin McCully > "The Irish Hand Grenade" - Marcus Davis > "The Japanese Sensation" - Akihiro Gono > "The Joker" - Jess Liaudin > "The King" - Spencer Fisher > "The Manic Hispanic" - Eddie Sanchez > "The Natural" - John Alessio > "The Natural" - Randy Couture > "The People's Warrior" - Josh Burkman > "The Predator" - Patrick Cote > "The Prodigy" - BJ Penn > "The Professor" - Chris Wilson > "The Punisher" - Jason Lambert > "The Real Deal" - Corey Hill > "The Real One" - Matt Grice > "The Road Warrior" - Jonathan Goulet > "The Saint" - Rob Emerson > "The Sandman" - James Irvin > "The Serial Killer" - Travis Lutter > "The Silent Assassin" - Luke Cummo > "The Spider" - Anderson Silva > "The Squeeze" - Sammy Morgan > "The Talent" - Alan Belcher > "The Terror " - Matt Serra > "The Texas Crazy Horse" - Heath Herring > "The Truth" - Brandon Vera > "The World's Most Dangerous Man" - Ken Shamrock
> And the lucky bastards who dont have a nickname ...
> David Bielkheden > Mark Bocek > Kyle Bradley > Justin Buchholz > Shane Carwin > Mac Danzig > Nate Diaz > Tomasz Drwal > Justin Eilers > Per Eklund > Terry Etim > Luigi Fioravanti > Jon Fitch > Wilson Gouveia > Royce Gracie > Tyson Griffin > Forrest Griffin > Jorge Gurgel > Antoni Hardonk > Dustin Hazelett > Kuniyoshi Hironaka > Matt Hughes > Dong Hyun Kim > Cheick Kongo > Jon Koppenhaver > James Lee > Thales Leites > Brock Lesnar > Lyoto Machida > Demian Maia > Drew McFedries > Frank Mir > Nate Mohr > Brad Morris > Rousimar Palhares > Goran Reljic > Ivan Salaverry > Jorge Santiago > Thiago Silva > Dennis Siver > Chael Sonnen > George Sotiropoulos > Jason Tan > Evan Tanner > Thiago Tavares > Gleison Tibau > Jamie Varner > Cain Velasquez > Neil Wain > Yoshiyuki Yoshida
that list contains every fighter listed in the Fighters section at www.ufc.com, so I guess Tank isnt contracted by the UFC at the moment ..... why, I'm not sure :)
> Thanks for putting that together. Kinda cool. > Not sure I'll ever use it, but kinda cool....
lol, it's a useless list, i wont use it either but I thought it'd be an interesting one-off kinda thing to have a look at -- just to confirm that yes, 90% of UFC nicknames really are gay (i mean what kind of nickname is "Handsome" !?!?!?!??)
> "Joe" <really-faked-but-wo...@yunx.com> wrote in message > news:UmZPj.6151$nb4.4084@trnddc08... >> What? No Tank Abbot on that list? :) > that list contains every fighter listed in the Fighters section at > www.ufc.com, so I guess Tank isnt contracted by the UFC at the moment > ..... > why, I'm not sure :)
>> Thanks for putting that together. Kinda cool. >> Not sure I'll ever use it, but kinda cool.... > lol, it's a useless list, i wont use it either but I thought it'd be an > interesting one-off kinda thing to have a look at -- just to confirm that > yes, 90% of UFC nicknames really are gay (i mean what kind of nickname is > "Handsome" !?!?!?!??)
handsome is a cool nick name though to me... I see it as a pisstake... I think the more grim ones are stupid.. like 'the axe murderer' is kind of lame.. why is that considered cool but something like 'the lady rapist' woudln't be?
> "Dave -Turner" <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message > news:leGdnRgmZYLZ9Y3VnZ2dnUVZ_viunZ2d@westnet.com.au... >> "Joe" <really-faked-but-wo...@yunx.com> wrote in message >> news:UmZPj.6151$nb4.4084@trnddc08... >>> What? No Tank Abbot on that list? :) >> that list contains every fighter listed in the Fighters section at >> www.ufc.com, so I guess Tank isnt contracted by the UFC at the moment >> ..... >> why, I'm not sure :)
>>> Thanks for putting that together. Kinda cool. >>> Not sure I'll ever use it, but kinda cool.... >> lol, it's a useless list, i wont use it either but I thought it'd be an >> interesting one-off kinda thing to have a look at -- just to confirm that >> yes, 90% of UFC nicknames really are gay (i mean what kind of nickname >> is >> "Handsome" !?!?!?!??)
> handsome is a cool nick name though to me... I see it as a pisstake... I > think the more grim ones are stupid.. like 'the axe murderer' is kind of > lame.. why is that considered cool but something like 'the lady rapist' > woudln't be?
> bit like bas calling himself el guapo... he's just pulling the piss out of > himself and that is cool
yeah exactly... I remember Kevin Nash was interviewed abotu his WCW 'big sexy' nick name and he said that he made it up because it was ridiculous and if you can make up your own nick name then he's gonna make it utterly ridiculous...
>> "Dave -Turner" <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message >> news:leGdnRgmZYLZ9Y3VnZ2dnUVZ_viunZ2d@westnet.com.au... >>> "Joe" <really-faked-but-wo...@yunx.com> wrote in message >>> news:UmZPj.6151$nb4.4084@trnddc08... >>>> What? No Tank Abbot on that list? :) >>> that list contains every fighter listed in the Fighters section at >>> www.ufc.com, so I guess Tank isnt contracted by the UFC at the moment >>> ..... >>> why, I'm not sure :)
>>>> Thanks for putting that together. Kinda cool. >>>> Not sure I'll ever use it, but kinda cool.... >>> lol, it's a useless list, i wont use it either but I thought it'd be an >>> interesting one-off kinda thing to have a look at -- just to confirm >>> that >>> yes, 90% of UFC nicknames really are gay (i mean what kind of nickname >>> is >>> "Handsome" !?!?!?!??)
>> handsome is a cool nick name though to me... I see it as a pisstake... I >> think the more grim ones are stupid.. like 'the axe murderer' is kind of >> lame.. why is that considered cool but something like 'the lady rapist' >> woudln't be?
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:17:28 +0800, Dave -Turner wrote: > What nicknames are popular in UFC at the moment!?!? Well there are two > Pit Bulls, two of The Hammer, and two of The Natural
> Assassins? There's Assassin, two of The Assassin, The African Assassin, > and The Silent Assassin
> "Ace" - Rich Franklin > "American Psycho" - Stephan Bonnar > "Assassin" - Alex Karalexis > "Banha" - Luiz Cane > "Batman" - Kurt Pellegrino > "Big Dog" - Ricardo Almeida > "Big Frog" - Jeff Curran > "Chainsaw" - Charles McCarthy > "Da Spyder" - Kendall Grove > "Daddy" - Joe Stevenson > "Dooms" - Jason Day > "Drago" - Pete Sell > "El Conquistador" - Jorge Rivera > "El Dirte" - Joe Doerksen > "El Matador" - Roger Huerta > "Executioner" - Justin Levens > "Gumby" - Jeremy Horn > "Hands of Stone" - Sam Stout > "Handsome" - Matt Wiman > "Hendo" - Dan Henderson > "Hollywood" - Steve Bruno > "Huntington Beach Bad Boy" - Tito Ortiz "J-Lau" - Joe Lauzon > "J-ROC" - Jared Rollins > "Jucao" - Roan Carneiro > "K-Taro" - Keita Nakamura > "Kaz" - Kazuhiro Nakamura > "KenFlo" - Kenny Florian > "Kid" - Alvin Robinson > "Killa B" - Ben Saunders > "Kos" - Josh Koscheck > "Legionarius" - Alessio Sakara > "Lights Out" - Chris Lytle > "Lil' Evil" - Jens Pulver > "Lil' Heathen" - Jeremy Stephens > "Magrino" - Cole Miller > "Maximus" - Marcus Aurelio > "Minotauro" - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira "Monster" - Rob Yundt > "Muscle Shark" - Sean Sherk > "Napao" - Gabriel Gonzaga > "Nightmare" - Diego Sanchez > "No Love" - Rich Clementi > "No Regard" - Matt Arroyo > "Piranha" - Ryo Chonan > "Pit Bull" - Andrei Arlovski > "Pit Bull" - Thiago Alves > "Quick" - Mike Swick > "Rampage" - Quinton Jackson > "Ravishing Red" - Eric Schafer > "Relentless" - Paul Taylor > "Rock" - Nate Quarry > "Rude Boy" - Troy Mandaloniz > "Rumble" - Anthony Johnson > "Rush" - Georges St-Pierre > "Samuray" - Antonio Mendes > "Shogun" - Mauricio Rua > "Short Fuse" - Ed Herman > "Sugar" - Rashad Evans > "Tellys" - Paul Kelly > "The African Assassin" - Rameau Sokoudjou "The Answer" - Frank Edgar > "The Anvil" - Manny Gamburyan > "The Assassin" - Danny Abbadi > "The Assassin" - Houston Alexander > "The Athlete" - Jason MacDonald > "The Axe Murderer" - Wanderlei Silva > "The Barbarian" - Tim Boetsch > "The Barn Cat" - Tamdan McCrory > "The Beast" - Dan Severn > "The Beastman" - Marvin Eastman > "The Boogeyman" - Dean Lister > "The Bully" - Gray Maynard > "The Carpenter" - Clay Guida > "The Count" - Michael Bisping > "The Crippler" - Chris Leben > "The Dean of Mean" - Keith Jardine > "The Dentist " - Josh Neer > "The Dog" - Samy Schiavo > "The Great" - Nate Marquardt > "The Hammer" - Mark Coleman > "The Hammer" - Matt Hamill > "The Heat" - Karo Parisyan > "The Hitman" - Martin Kampmann > "The Hungarian Nightmare" - Christian Wellisch "The Iceman" - Chuck > Liddell > "The Insane 1" - Justin McCully > "The Irish Hand Grenade" - Marcus Davis "The Japanese Sensation" - > Akihiro Gono "The Joker" - Jess Liaudin > "The King" - Spencer Fisher > "The Manic Hispanic" - Eddie Sanchez > "The Natural" - John Alessio > "The Natural" - Randy Couture > "The People's Warrior" - Josh Burkman "The Predator" - Patrick Cote > "The Prodigy" - BJ Penn > "The Professor" - Chris Wilson > "The Punisher" - Jason Lambert > "The Real Deal" - Corey Hill > "The Real One" - Matt Grice > "The Road Warrior" - Jonathan Goulet > "The Saint" - Rob Emerson > "The Sandman" - James Irvin > "The Serial Killer" - Travis Lutter > "The Silent Assassin" - Luke Cummo > "The Spider" - Anderson Silva > "The Squeeze" - Sammy Morgan > "The Talent" - Alan Belcher > "The Terror " - Matt Serra > "The Texas Crazy Horse" - Heath Herring "The Truth" - Brandon Vera > "The World's Most Dangerous Man" - Ken Shamrock
> And the lucky bastards who dont have a nickname ...
> David Bielkheden > Mark Bocek > Kyle Bradley > Justin Buchholz > Shane Carwin > Mac Danzig > Nate Diaz > Tomasz Drwal > Justin Eilers > Per Eklund > Terry Etim > Luigi Fioravanti > Jon Fitch > Wilson Gouveia > Royce Gracie > Tyson Griffin > Forrest Griffin > Jorge Gurgel > Antoni Hardonk > Dustin Hazelett > Kuniyoshi Hironaka > Matt Hughes > Dong Hyun Kim > Cheick Kongo > Jon Koppenhaver > James Lee > Thales Leites > Brock Lesnar > Lyoto Machida > Demian Maia > Drew McFedries > Frank Mir > Nate Mohr > Brad Morris > Rousimar Palhares > Goran Reljic > Ivan Salaverry > Jorge Santiago > Thiago Silva > Dennis Siver > Chael Sonnen > George Sotiropoulos > Jason Tan > Evan Tanner > Thiago Tavares > Gleison Tibau > Jamie Varner > Cain Velasquez > Neil Wain > Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Awesome post! This must have taken a lot of time to compile. I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on this since it has to do with nicknames. The guys on this list that I really respect are the ones that get their nicknames from other people. Isn't that what a nickname is all about. What I am getting at is that it is a little annoying when young guys come in (good example is last season's Ultimate Fighter show) and before you even know their name - they want everyone to call them by their nickname. You can clearly tell that some of them have spent a lot of time trying to come up with it and a lot of time promoting it. It seems to take something away from the whole thing. Who knows, maybe that is the way it is supposed to be...
Oh, one that I am not sure got covered was: Jon “War Machine” Koppenhaver