Simpson characters and their MMA counterparts
“Call me a killjoy, but I think that because this is not to my taste, no one else should be…
“Call me a killjoy, but I think that because this is not to my taste, no one else should be able to enjoy it!”
Marge Simpson on Ultimate Punching
The UFC drives MMA. When there are no PPVs for over a month, the sport’s news dies down, too. The UG blog then necessarily moves from covering momentous moments and torrid trash talk to, well, this.
Among the Simpsons 500 episodes over 20+ years, was 2009’s Great Whife Hope, wherein Marge enters the Socktagon (see bottom).
Inspired, the great minds at the UG’s most beloved web site, Bleacher Report, set out to determine a list of which MMA personalities ould be most suitable to act in a live-action feature of the cartoon show.
Stitch as Dr. Hibbert
Reed Harris as Superintendent Chalmers
Krazy Horse as Snake
Ariel Helwani as Kent Brockman
Georges St. Pierre as Martin Prince
Greg Jackson as Professor Fink
Wanderlei Silva as Sideshow Bob
Matt Serra as Moe
Vladamir Matyushenko as Groundskeeper Willie
Eddie Bravo as Otto Mann
Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber as Itchy and Scratchy
Vadim Finkelsteinas Mr. Burns
Mayhem Miller as Krusty the Clown
Brock Lesnar as McBain
Roy Nelson as Comic Book Guy
Chuck Liddell As…Chuck Liddell?
Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida as Lenny and Carl
Chael Sonnen as Nelson Muntz
Dana White as Fat Tony
Nick Diaz as Bart Simpson
Ronda Rousey as Marge Simpson
Mike Russow as Homer Simpson