One other yr has come and gone. The place does the time go? Thankfully, we’ve nonetheless bought a while earlier than the outdated yr goes into the books to consider extra nice nicknames in MMA.
You would possibly recall that earlier on in 2024, MMA Sucka introduced the primary session of The All-Nicknames Membership. With there being little or no in the best way of stay MMA occurring in the course of the midst of this festive season, there’s no time like the current to revisit this subject.
In case any of you missed the primary session of the membership, we established a set of some floor guidelines, amongst them being the truth that this membership is handled the identical means as a working doc and new fighters may be added at any second.
First of the Nicknames in Session Two: Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson
Entrant primary in our sophomore session is a current retiree of fight sports activities, former ONE Flyweight MMA Champion and UFC Bantamweight Champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson (25-4-1 MMA, 5-2 ONE Championship.) Again in 2018, Johnson discovered himself as a part of a uncommon commerce in fight sports activities.
The small print of the transaction have been as follows: The UFC traded away Johnson’s companies to ONE in change for Ben Askren (19-2, 1 NC MMA, 6-0, 1 NC ONE Championship) a former light-weight (170 lbs) champion.
Other than Johnson having one of many coolest nicknames within the sport of MMA, the commerce paid off handsomely for him within the aftermath. Throughout a 2022 interview with USA At this time’s MMA Junkie, “Mighty Mouse” had this to say concerning the deal:
“I believe all people gained, not simply the organizations, however I believe all people: Ben Askren, Leon Edwards, Kamaru Usman, myself. Once I say all of us gained, we’re all consuming good now.”
“Mighty Mouse” Retires as Champ
Upon becoming a member of ONE’s energetic roster in March of 2019, “Mighty Mouse” gained three consecutive fights, extending a profitable streak relationship again to his tenure within the UFC, parlaying that right into a ONE Flyweight Championship in October of that yr.
He then regained the title throughout a rematch vs. Adriano Moraes in ONE’s first card on Amazon Prime Video in August of 2022 earlier than leaving the game behind this previous September.
Subsequent Inductee in The All-Nicknames Membership: Ben “Funky” Askren
Let’s shift gears now and speak concerning the different half of the 2018 commerce between UFC and ONE Championship. The latter fighter was a champion in his personal proper in ONE, former light-weight titlist Ben Askren, nicknamed “Funky.”
Not lengthy earlier than Demetrious Johnson made his ONE promotional debut in March of 2019, “Funky” made his first look in Dana White’s promotion. Throughout Askren’s first UFC look, he completed Robbie Lawler (30-16, 1 NC MMA, 15-10 UFC) by the use of bulldog choke.
Fortunes Change for Askren in Viral Trend
Within the quick aftermath of that stoppage win towards Lawler, Ben Askren would make his UFC pay-per-view debut that July throughout UFC 239 towards Jorge Masvidal. Blow-by-blow commentator Jon Anik couldn’t even get the sponsor plug for Modelo out shortly sufficient earlier than Masvidal unloaded with a flying knee to drop Askren in simply 5 seconds’ time.
His UFC tenure however, Ben Askren had one of many nice nicknames in MMA.
Final of the Nicknames in Session Two: Urijah “The California Child” Faber
We shut out the sophomore session of The All-Nicknames Membership with a fighter who’s since turned his consideration to the promotional aspect of MMA, Urijah Faber, also called “The California Child.”
Faber turned in a 35-11 file throughout his profession as an MMA fighter between 2003 and 2019, retiring from the game within the fall of 2016 earlier than resuming his profession in the summertime of 2019. In recent times, he’s competed in grappling and fight jiu-jitsu matches, together with a contest in his personal A1 Fight versus Jeff Glover in the course of the Memorial Day vacation weekend in Could of this yr.
From holding the WEC Featherweight Championship, to having a corridor of fame profession within the sport, “The California Child” is the seventh entrant in The All-Nicknames Membership.
Assembly Adjourned
With that, we’ll put a pin on this assembly of the membership. You should definitely be a part of us once more subsequent time for extra nice nicknames.
