Nothing is more memorable than a bad tattoo. Probably because nothing is more permanent than a bad tattoo. These days there is more and more ink adorning the muscled flesh of our professional athletes and in Mixed Martial Arts it’s nearly impossible to hide those hideously cliche barbed wire arm bands because these fighters are…
Nothing is more memorable than a bad tattoo. Probably because nothing is more permanent than a bad tattoo. These days there is more and more ink adorning the muscled flesh of our professional athletes and in Mixed Martial Arts it’s nearly impossible to hide those hideously cliche barbed wire arm bands because these fighters are stripped to their underwear and fighting one-on-one in a cage with all eyes on them. Are horrible tattoos more common in MMA than other sports? It’s hard to say but these 10 most memorably bad tattoos sure make it seem like it.
10. Alan Belcher – Johnny Cash
At first glance, it might be Fat Elvis or it could be an alien symbiote slowing taking over Alan Belcher’s arm. In reality though, the 26-year-old Muay Thai practitioner and UFC Middleweight tattooed his left shoulder with the country music legend Johnny Cash’s face. Unfortunately it seem no one has the balls to tell Belcher that it looks more like The Blob’s stomach with eyes and a mouth.
9. Joe Riggs – “Diesel”
The slang “diesel” is supposed to signify a ton of physical strength, and nothing says powerful quite like “sea foam green.” Riggs’ nickname is “Diesel,” so it should be no shock that the word is permanently inked on him. But on his stomach? In pale green? It appears that the Arizona product didn’t choose that unique color by accident because he also has “NHB” (No Holds Barred) tattooed on his right arm in the very same color.
