With little MMA to go around during the holidays and in the first few weeks of 2022, we decided to get to the bottom of some real hard-hitting problems in the world of MMA. The most vital and important question of this, and every, year is who has the best fight-name in the history of MMA. So, we’re unleashing a 64-man (and women) bracket to determine who’s nickname reigns supreme.
For the first bracket reveal, we’re giving you the home-cooking bracket. This bracket is inspired by the droves of fighters who have used some sort of hometown nickname. Whether that be from their actual home town, their heritage, their nationality or the state they come from – they repped where they come from right in the name.
With each and every round, you can follow along and vote on our Twitter account or on our Instagram. And, of course, if we left out a fighter you think should have made it into the bracket, let us know on those socials or in the comments. Also, stay tuned for the other brackets coming out soon. Without further ado, the Home-Cooking Bracket:
First Round Match-ups (RESULTS)
#1 – “The California Kid” Urijah Faber vs (86%)
#16 – Charles “Boston Strong” Rosa (14%)
#8 – “The Irish Handgrenade” Marcus Davis vs (72%)
#9 – “The All-American” Brian Stann (28%)
#4 – “The New York Badass” Phil Baroni vs (40%)
#13 – “The Italian Dream” Marvin Vettori (60%)
#5 – “The Nigerian Nightmare” Kamaru Usman vs (68%)
#12 – “The Irish Dragon” Paul Felder (32%)
#3 – “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz vs (60%)
#14 – “The Venezuelan Vixen” Juliana Pena (40%)
#6 – “Korean Superboy” Do Hoo Choi vs (37%)
#11 – “The Polish Experiment” Krzysztof Soszynski (63%)
#7 – “The Cuban Missile Crisis” Julian Marquez vs (55%)
#10 – “The Mongolian Murderer” Qileng Aori (45%)
#2 – “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung vs (96%)
#15 – “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Mark Munoz (4%)
Thank you for those who voted, and keep an eye out for future rounds.
