Enough With the Nicknames

I don’t mind nicknames that are actually viable to the person. Georges “Rush” St. Pierre, Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell, Frank “Twinkletoes” Trigg, etc. But now they’re just playing mad libs with peoples nicknames. This isn’t the WWE, not every fighter needs a nickname, and at the very least the nickname doesn’t need to be stupid.

Here’s some of the new ones that the UFC or whoever, has picked out for some of the TUF guys.

Billy Miles - “The Kid”

Oh.. I get it, Billy the kid. Real fucking original.

Ben Saunders - “Killa B”

Not only did they spell Killer, the gangstah way. They have the nerve to leave out the EE in BEE. It’s a nickname some dumb 12 year old kid would use in Halo 3.

Richie Hightower - “The Dirty Samurai”

I don’t even know what that’s supposed to mean. It sounds like a disgusting sex move that Dustin “Screech” Diamond used in his sex tape.

And then just pulling from various parts of the UFC site you have these gems of wisdom.

• Eddie Sanchez - “The Manic Hispanic”
• Marcus Davis “The Irish Hand Grenade”
• Josh Burkman “The People’s Warrior”
• Josh Haynes “Bring The Pain”

I think Mike Goldberg must be coming up with these nicknames, because he has no friends and needs something to do in the downtime. They sound cheesy enough to be something that came out of his mouth.

The moral of the story is… Well… There is no moral. Enough with these stupid ass nicknames, they make the sport look ridiculous. Keep with using nicknames sparingly, instead of lobbing them against a wall and seeing which sticks.