8 greatest nicknames in MMA history

UFC 206: Holloway v Pettis
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Mark "The Filipino Wrecking Machine" Munoz

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Mark "The Filipino Wrecking Machine" Munoz

MMA Record: 14-6-0

If we're talking about fighters with great nicknames we have to talk about 2 time NCAA All-American wrestler and dangerous UFC middleweight, Mark "The Filipino Wrecking Machine" Munoz.

With half of his wins coming via KO/TKO, Munoz's reputation as a literal wrecking machine was well deserved. During his 15 fight UFC career, Munoz defeated Chris Leben, Demian Maia, Kendall Grove and Luke Barnatt to name just a few.

After a putting together an impressive 7-2 record to start to his UFC career, Munoz slipped to 1-4 in his final five fights, including stoppage losses to household names Chris Weidman, Gegard Mousasi and Lyoto Machida, before closing out his career with a unanimous decision win over Barnatt in 2015.


"Violent Bob Ross" Luis Pena

"Violent Bob Ross" Luis Pena

MMA Record: 5-0-0

While most of this list is made up of veterans of the sport, Luis Pena has arguably the greatest nickname of the new generation of MMA stars.

"Violent Bob Ross" is undefeated in all five of his professional appearances and quickly dispatched SBG's Ricky Smullen via guillotine choke in his UFC debut earlier this year. Training out of American Kickboxing Academy alongside the likes of Cain Velasquez, Daniel Cormier and Khabib Nurmagomedov, the future certainly looks bright for this artist of violence.

Pena is looking to maintain the perfect start to his career against fellow undefeated TUF alumni Mike Trizano at UFC Denver next month. Win or lose, "Violent Bob Ross" looks set to have a long and successful professional MMA career.

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Edited by Arvind Sriram