It\u2019s rare in today\u2019s sport of MMA to not have a moniker. Nicknames help fighters stand out among the pack and give fans even more to connect with. Some of the biggest and most dominant champions in MMA history carried nicknames recognizable to all. This includes Jon \u201cBones\u201d Jones, Anderson \u201cThe Spider\u201d Silva, Fedor \u201cThe Last Emperor\u201d Emelianenko, and Demetrious \u201cMighty Mouse\u201d Johnson.<\/p>\n
Even Makhachev\u2019s predecessor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, used the nickname \u201cEagle\u201d throughout his legendary career.<\/p>\n
Makhachev, who is coming off a dominant decision win over Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322 to claim the undisputed welterweight title, has won his last 16 trips to the Octagon. That ties the UFC record, making Makhachev one of the most successful fighters the organization has ever seen. Still, Makhachev doesn\u2019t have a nickname like most of these other UFC greats.<\/p>\n
Luckily, UFC fans are a clever bunch.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, the question was asked about what nickname Makhachev should have. It didn\u2019t take long before fans unloaded a collection of potential monikers for UFC\u2019s welterweight king. Some good, others silly. Check them out below and let us know what nickname you would use for Makhachev!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s rare in today\u2019s sport of MMA to not have a moniker. Nicknames help fighters stand out among…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,702],"class_list":["post-417143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}