There are a lot of fighters in mixed martial arts nicknamed Pitbull, but if any lions are reading this, it’s time to say, hold my beer. Variations on the lion theme are the most common nickname in MMA.
For Lion alone, there are there many:
Bekzhan “Lion” Abenov
Ikrom “Lion” Abdikulov
Abdul-Aziz “Lion” Abdulvakhabov
Alex “Lion” Antonicelli
Nail “Lion” Allakhverdiev
Jobert “Lion” Alvarez
Khusein “Lion” Askhabov
Ryan “Lion” Diaz
Ali “Lion” Dalgatov
Victor Matheus Galvao “Lion” Dos Santos
Takeshi “Lion” Inoue
Champascha “Lion” Kantaev
Gogi “Lion” Knezevic
Robert “Lion” Li
Ederson Cristian “Lion” Macedo
Adimilson “Lion” Maciel
Arslanbek “Lion” Makhmudov
Junior “Lion” Melo
Sunatillo “Lion” Nasulloev
Prince “Lion” Nwoye
Davlatmurod “Lion” Olimov
Derek “Lion” Parker
Khetag “Lion” Pliev
Jesus “Lion” Lucero Ramirez
Leonardo “Lion” Rodriguez
Pedro “Lion” Silva
Fatkhidin “Lion” Sobirov
Ryan “Lion” Southern
Erlan “Lion” Tleumbetov
Bekhzod “Lion” Usmonov
Add The to it, and there’s far more still:
Sherzodbek “The Lion” Alimjanov
Zarrukh “The Lion” Adashev
Satria “The Lion” Antasena
Rauf “The Lion” Aghayev
Alex “The Lion” Aguilar
Kadir “The Lion” Akbas
John “The Lion” Araujo
Hamad “The Lion” Al-Whaib
Humzah “The Lion” Awan
Sofiane “The Lion” Aïssaoui
Dino “The Lion” Bagattin
Amine “The Lion” Ballafrikh
Abu “The Lion” Barry
Howik “The Lion” Bebraham
Roman “The Lion” Belaev
Sharif “The Lion” Bogere
Ricards “The Lion” Bolotniks
Leonard “The Lion” Bundt
Furqan “The Lion” Cheema
Tyler “The Lion” Coleman
Brian “The Lion” Collette
John Leo “The Lion” Dato
Leo “The Lion” D’Erlanger
Daniel “The Lion” Dragomir
Ryan “The Lion” Fathi
Vladimir “The Lion” Filkin
Jordan “The Lion” Fowler
Renald “Le Lion” Garrido
Muhammad “The Lion” Giyasov
Leonid “The Lion” Grachev
Brian “The Lion” Green
Amir-khan “The Lion” Guliev
Yousof “The Lion” Hassanzada
Ben “The Lion” Hollier
Kenan “The Lion” Jackson
Courtney “The Lion” King
Aslanbek “The Lion” Kozaev
Leo “The Lion” Kuntz
Yahya “The Lion” Lalanne
Carlos “The Lion” Leal
Hyun Jin “The Lion” Lee
Kelly “The Lion” Leo
Artem “The Lion” Levin
Raiko “The Lion” Levitchi
Josh “The Lion” Lewis
Ryan “The Lion” Li
Ryan “The Lion” Lilley
Jose “The Lion” Lopez
Chris “The Lion” Lucia
Baile “The Lion” Lykins
Ieuan “The Lion” Mackenzie
Mathias “The Lion” Markic
Ryan “The Lion” Madigan
Jimmy “The Lion” Marquez
Bryan “The Lion” McVea
Nadia “The Lion” Meknouzi
Blaise “The Lion” Mendouo
Yvan “The Lion” Mendy
Carlos Alberto Leal “The Lion” Miranda
Drey “The Lion” Mitchell
Onosai “The Lion” Moana
Abdul Waris “The Lion” Mohammadi
Rafael “The Lion” Motta
Alex “The Lion” Nikulin
Waldemar Wiebe “The Lion” Nuriddinov
Tyler “The Lion” O’Brien
Ed “The Lion” Paredes
Ramon “The Lion” Perez
Ali “The Lion” Pirwani
Brian “The Lion” Rose
Ronald “The Lion” Rowe
Nick “The Lion” Ryan
Leon “The Lion” Taylor
Suleyman “The Lion” Saparliev
Ryan “The Lion” Schieding
Ryan “The Lion” Schultz
Levan “The Lion” Shonia
Matthew “The Lion” Spisak
Malik “The Lion” Tambe
Ryan “The lion” Taylor
Gires “The Lion” Tebou
Isaiah “The Lion” Varnell
Connor “The Lion” Vian
Christian “The Lion” Vuapi
Ryan “The Lion” Walker
Christian “The Lion” Wouapi
Nico “The Lion” Yamdjie
Lev “The Lion” Yashin
Kenneth “The Lion” Zapanta
There’s few White Lions:
Yohan “White Lion” Lainesse
Vladimir “White Lion” Mishchenko
Amirkhan “White lion” Oev
Khuaja Naseer “White Lion” Sadiqi
Rudolf “The White Lion” Van Heerden
But they are outnumbered by Black Lions:
Yakub “Black Lion” Aliev
Edvin “Black Lion” Arustamyan
Ramazan “Black Lion” Budunov
Lahad “Black Lion” Cisse
Nigel “The Blacklion” Crosswell
Derek “The Black Lion” Edwards
Kingsley “The Black Lion” Ibeh
Magomed “Black Lion” Kurbanov
Marcilio “Black Lion” Muniz
Ezequiel De Jesus “Black Lion” Peralta
Amir “Black Lion” Sattarov
There’s only one Red Lion, a one man pride:
Paul “Red Lion” Welsh
There are Young Lions:
Rodrigo “The Young Lion” Almeida
James “The Young Lion” Flint
Thomas “The Young Lion” Gifford
Brice “Lion Kid” Picaud
But only one Old Lion:
Leonardo “Old Lion” Augusto
A number of fighters are the king of the jungle:
Koffi “Lion King” Adzitso
Levon “Lion King” Babayan
Amedio “LionKing” Conta
Lazar “Lion King” Kukulicic
Phillip “The Lion King” Lomeli
Steven “Lion King” Lyons
Lamar “Lion King” Reed
Bernardo “The Lion King” Sopai
Chuka “The Lion King” Willis
There are regional, national, continental, and intercontinental lions:
Jarrah Hussein “Jordanian Lion” Al-Silawi
Said “Dargin Lion” Adziev
Arslan “Avarion Lion” Aliev
Abdurakhman “Lion of Dagestan” Alimagomedov
Karim “Le Lion de l’Atlas” Aliliche
Tihomir “The Bulgarian Lion” Blagovestov
Mohamed “Le lion d atlas” Bakhouchi
Ashraf “The Egyptian Lion” Bashandy
Taha “The Atlas Lion” Bendaoud
Justin “The Jersey Lion” Bonitatis
Umut “Anatolian Lion” Camkiran
Abdul-Kerim “The Chechnyan Lion” Edilov
Joshua “The Hungarian Lion” Francois
Iamik “Leão Africano” Furtado
Kian “The Persian Lion” Ghorbani
Khalid “Desert Lion” Ismail
David “The Lion of Zion” Kaminsky
Ievgen “The Ukrainian Lion” Khytrov
Viktor “The Lion Of Pyatigorsk” Kichigin
Herman “The African Lion” Kungu
Gabriel “Le Vieux Lion” Lecrosnier
Imran “The Lion of Atyrau” Mataev
Aaron “Lion of Judah” Moreno
Ramazan “Argwani Lion” Mukhtarov
Collins Omondi “African Lion” Ojal
Chukwumo “The Nigerian Lion” Okoli
Roman “The Italian Lion” Pizzolato
Adnan “Bosnian Lion” Redžovic
Prabhjot “Punjabi Lion” Singh
Armen “The Armenian Lion” Stepanyan
Khumoyunmirzo “Lion of Kokand” Tukhtamuradov
Israrullah “The Afghan Lion” Yaqobzia
Moujan “African Lion” Youssef
Shamil “The Lion Of Dagestan” Zavurov
Tilek “The Asian Lion” Zheenbekov
There are many brave lions, one word or two, with and without the The:
Scott “Lionheart” Blevins
Bob “Lionheart” Ajisafe
Artavious “LionHeart” Allen
Jestoni “Lion Heart” Autida
Rickey “Lionheart” Bowen
Jeffery “Lion heart” Carico
Aaron “The Lionheart” Cohea
Brandon “Lionheart” Cohea
Luke “Lionheart” Crawford
Suman “The Lion Heart” Das
Jillian “Lionheart” DeCoursey
James “The Lionheart” Dixon
Marko “Lionheart” Drmonjic
Dominiel “The Lionheart” Eduave
Ibrahim “Lion Heart” Eid
Ashure “Lionheart” Elbanna
Izic “Lion Heart” Fernandez
Alex “Lionheart” Galarneau
Anthony “Lionheart” Garrett
John “Lionheart” George
John “Lionheart” Gonzalez
Nader “Lionheart” Hamdan
Kaleb “Lionheart” Harris
Robin “The Lion Heart” Hazelman
Tony “Lionheart” Hervey
Richard “The Lionheart” Horton
Art “Lionheart” Hovhannisyan
Rioo “Lionheart” Ibrahim
Larry “Lionheart” Jarrett
Chris “Lionheart” Jones
Joshua “Lionheart” Kruger
Evander “Lionheart” Lamourt
Kevin “Coeur de Lion” Lapierre
Stevo “Lion Heart” Law
Alex “The Lionheart” Leapai
Caio “Lionheart” Machado
Justn “Lionheart” Mead
Razaq “Lionheart” Najib
Madeline “Lion Heart” Olsen
Rustam “Coeur de Lion” Ortsko
Lauren “Lionheart” Parker
Rafal “Lionheart” Petertil
Dominic “LionHeart” Pietro
Jose “Lionheart” Reyes
Tylar “The Lionheart” Richardson
Brad “Lion Heart” Rineheart
Jason “Lionheart” Russell
Richard “The Lion Heart Saliba
Maher “Lion Heart” Saloum
Riccardo “Lionheart” Schiesaro
Oumpie “Lion Heart” Sebeko
Ruslan “Lion Heart” Semenov
Vyacheslav “Lion Heart” Shabranskyy
Ayat “Lion Heart” Shafizadeh
Mukhambetmusa “Lion Heart” Shermukhambet
Roman “The Lion Heart” Shkarupa
Anthony “Lionheart” Smith
Anthony “Lion Heart” Sloan
Eric “Lionheart” Soto
Zorka “Lion Heart” Stojanović
Kevin “Lion Heart” Sulistio
Igor “Lionheart” Svirid
Amin “LIONHEART” Szymaniak
Artem “Lionheart” Tarasov
Michael “Lionheart” Tepou
Ismael “Lionheart” Toohow
Eduard “Lionheart” Vartanyan
Steve “Lion Heart” Vigneault
Kei “Lion Heart” Wada
Derrick “Lionheart” Weisenberger
Spiridhon “Lionheart” Ymeri
Sayat “Lionheart” Zhakulin
These are close to Lion Heart:
Jaysever “Lion Hearted” Abcede
Steven “Heart of a Lion” Jenkins
Jahzeel “Lionhearted” Trinidad
Bradley “Heart of a Lion” Sustad
There’s a handful of Iron Lions:
Branden Lee “The Iron Lion” Hinkle
George “The Iron Lion” Longinidis
Bruce “The Iron Lion” Lutchmedial
Leon “The Iron Lion” Mynhardt
There are lion defeaters:
Mathieu “The Lion Killer” Bisson
Lamont “The Lion Tamer” Downs
Daniel “Lion Slayer” Sinclair
Mike “The Lion Killer” Thorne
Garry “The Lion Killer” Tonon
And there are some hard to categorize lions:
Enes Refik “RSC Lion” Ciftci
Andy “The Lion’s Paw” DeVent
Djamiou “Lion Unleashed” Ekpesso
Ky “Angry Lion” Johnson
Mike “The Savage Lion” Johnson
Jafar “The Hungry Lion” Lofton
Gary “Saint Lion” Mangat
Trevor “Lionman” Makengo
Hamisi “Hitman the Lion Heart” Maya
Farhad “Warrior Lion” Nikzad
Christos “Lion Soul” Plasaris
Leo “Lion – X” Rodrigo
Brian “The Flyin’ Lion” Ryan
Edward “Lion Soul” Samavi
Alireza “Mad Lion” Shariati
Vadim “Street Lion” Stoljartsjoek
Dani “Lion Cage” Traoré
And lastly, of course there are Lionesses:
Nicola “The Lioness” Adams
Amanda “The Lioness” Nunes
Angelika “Lioness” Bakarova
Donna “Black Lioness” Cheli
Lyubomira “Lioness” Galkina
Bonny “The Lioness” Wagener
Rizlen “The Lioness of the Atlas” Zouak
Of all these fighters, the one with the sole undisputed claim over all she surveys is the WMMA GOAT, Amanda Nunes.
