Can You Identify These UFC Fighters from an Image?

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By: Olivia C

6 Min Quiz

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About This Quiz

Touted as the "fastest growing sport in the world," mixed martial arts, or MMA, has been attracting many kinds of fighters from different fields of contact sports. Thus, you have your boxers, martial artists, wrestlers, and any other athlete into such similar discipline trying out MMA. While it originated in South America in another form, its popularity has garnered enough worldwide attention which legitimized MMA as a viable full-contact sport today.

In The United States, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, has been at the forefront of popularizing MMA as a legitimate sport in the US. And it has attracted a global mix of tough and competitive fighters from all over, from both genders. Yes, MMA is also an equal opportunity sport wherein women can excel as much as the men could. Way to go, MMA!

Today, we have so many MMA fighters who were once active in the UFC, fighting it out with each other at the famed Octagon, famous in other fields already. Some who are already famous in their own fields also tried to cross over here for another chance at fighting. And of course, there are the current fighters and champions of the UFC who draw in the crowds.

Think you can name these popular UFC fighters, former and current? Take a jab at it and find out!

Can you name this UFC champion?

Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson is a Flyweight Division title holder. He's from Kentucky, USA.

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Do you know UFC's feisty femme fatale?

Cris Cyborg is a Women's Featherweight Division title holder. She was born in Brazil.

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Name this UFC toughie-cutie.

TJ Dillashaw is a Bantamweight title holder. Yes, California represent!

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Flip your hair or she'll flip you over! Who is this champ?

Nicco Montaño is a Women's Flyweight Division title holder. She is proudly of Navajo heritage.

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Holler for this winner! Who's he?

Max “Blessed” Holloway is a Featherweight Division title holder. He's from Hawaii, yo!

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By any other name she would be the champ. What's her name, dude?

“Thug” Rose Namajunas is a title holder for the Women's Strawweight Division. That means she only weighs between 106 and 115 pounds to compete.

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Cool, calm and collected. Who's this UFC fighting champ?

Daniel “DC” Cormier is a Light Heavyweight Division title holder. Sounds oxymoronic, doesn't it? Works for him!

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She's on fire! What's her name?

Brazilian Amanda “The Lioness” Nunes rightfully earned her nickname there. That's because she's a title holder for the Women's Bantamweight Division.

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He's got what it takes! What's his name?

New Zealand-born Robert “The Reaper” Whittaker is Middleweight Division title holder. But he mostly fights from Australia these days.

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Would you know this champ's name?

Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley is indeed chosen as the Welterweight Division title holder. Missouri represent!

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Pree-vee-et! Who is this fighter?

Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov is the Lightweight Division title holder. Yep, he's Russian!

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He can strike out anyone! Who's this champ?

Stipe Miocic is a Heavyweight Division title holder. Ohio represent!

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Help me ___, help help me ___! Who is this gorgeous fighter gal?

“Rowdy” Ronda Rousey made a name for herself in the Octagon. Currently, she's basking in Tinseltown's limelight as a toughie actress, with roles in Furious 7 and Expendables 3.

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Gee, she can take us down in the Octagon and in Hollywood! Who's she?

Gina “Conviction” Carano was a great kickboxer and MMA fighter. She finds those skills useful in her action-packed Hollywood roles for movies like Deadpool, Haywire, and Fast & Furious 6.

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Who is this Expendables actor, a former MMA fighter?

Randy “The Natural" Couture already hung up his days as an MMA fighter. he used to be in the US Army, too!

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This Montreal native is a retired MMA fighter. What's his nom et prénom?

Georges “Rush” St. Pierre is a formidable UFC champion. Did you know that he also does movies now, having a role in Captain America: Winter Soldier? Yep , Hollywood beckons!

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This fighter might "tree" you. What's his name?

Bob “The Beast” Sapp made a bunch of comedy movies in the recent past. Aside from being an MMA fighter, he's also a football player.

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You've seen him in the Octagon and on the big screen. Who is this?

Cung Le played Marshall Law in the movie version of Tekken. He has also appeared in many TV series and other movies as well, utilizing his kickboxing and MMA prowess he used to display in the Octagon.

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He's not one of those singing brothers! He's a fighter, who goes by the name of ___.

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson played B.A. Baracus in the A-Team movie reboot. He acts in many films these days.

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Da, this player is serious in the Octagon. What's his name?

Oleg “The Russian Bear” Taktarov specializes in Sambo and Judo. He has retired from being a Russian fighter, and now tries his hand at Hollywood acting.

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Who's this handsome Brazilian?

Anderson “The Spider” (da) Silvacan dukes it out in boxing, Muay Thai, Judo, Taekwondo, and of course Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Capoeira. He also acts once in a while.

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HIs fighting and acting career ain't that cold! Who's he?

Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell is a great UFC champion. But hey, he can also dance, based on his stint in Dancing with the Stars.

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He's really a wrestler, but also became a UFC fighter once. Who's he?

Dave “Brass Body” Bautista only had one UFC fight, earning his spot in the roster. But he's happier as an actor lately, especially fighting villains in the Marvel Comics Universe.

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This very young champ is who?

Jon Jones is great at wrestling, jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai. No wonder he's such a young UFC champ!

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No lying on the mat for him! Who's this champ?

Matt Hughes is already a UFC Hall of Fame inductee. He was also a UFC Welterweight Champion.

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Float like a B, sting like a B! What's this champ's name?

“The Prodigy” BJ Penn is one of the most memorable UFC Lightweight Division champions ever. He had that tile for around 8 years!

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His greatness is set in stone! Who's he?

Frank “The Legend” Shamrock is an undefeated champ. He's also the author of a book called Mixed Martial Arts for Dummies. Share the knowledge!

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The guy from Rio de Janeiro is memorable. Who is he?

Brazilian Ju-Jitsu is very popular now, thanks to Royce Gracie's UFC popularity. His legendary dad, Helio, is one of its proponents-creators.

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California represent! Who is this West Coast toughie?

“The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz has already retired from fighting. But he runs an MMA gym and has his own MMA clothing line and equipment business to boot.

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This "Godfather of the Ground and Pound" goes by what name?

Mark “The Hammer” Coleman is credited with the ground-and-pound technique. Understandable, since he was once a wrestler who competed at the Olympics.

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Who is this Irish lad?

“The Notorious” Conor McGregor is from Dublin. He's skilled at boxing, karate, kickboxing, taekwondo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and capoeira.

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It dawned on him to become a UFC fighter. Who's he?

Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone was born in Denver, Colorado. Yep, he wears a cowboy hat on the Octagon sometimes.

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This Canadian roars! What's his name?

Rory “Red King” MacDonald was born in British Columbia, Canada. But he mostly fights out of Quebec lately.

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Torrance, California represent! Who's this fighter?

Brian “T-City” Ortega has a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He's proudly Mexican-American.

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He's not low in wins! Who is he?

“Ruthless” Robbie Lawler is a former UFC champ. He's also a husband and a father to a boy.

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This Michigan-reared man goes by the name of what?

Tony “El Cucuy” Ferguson taps into his Hispanic heritage for that nickname. But his full name is Anthony Armand Ferguson Padilla.

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What's the name of this Featherweight Division fighter?

Frankie “The Answer” Edgar has defeated several champions in his career. He's still gaining more traction, though!

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Poland represent! What's the name of this long-haired UFC fighter?

Karolina Kowalkiewicz has solid background in Krav Maga. From there, she developed her own MMA fighting stances.

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This American fierce female is named what?

Aspen Ladd holds a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Way to go!

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Mainly a boxer, what's this UFC fighter's name?

Alexa Grasso is only in her twenties, but she's already proving to be a fighter! Yep, she's Mexican.

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