Abdul Azeem Badakhshi“The Afghan Lion”
ProvenanceAnimals
Big cats & felines
72 fighters
Nicknames drawn from lions, tigers, and other big cats.
e.g. Amanda Nunes “The Lioness” · Yair Rodriguez “El Pantera” · Mayra Bueno Silva “Sheetara”
Most common terms
Tiger · 18Lion · 15Panther · 7Tigre · 5Black · 4King · 3Leopard · 3Pantera · 3
Champions (3)
Amanda Nunes“The Lioness”Carlos Ulberg“Black Jag”Yair Rodriguez“El Pantera”
Overlaps
Nicknames often span more than one theme — these are the subcategories from outside Animals that this group’s fighters most often also carry.
Asian7 fighters
- Abdul Azeem Badakhshi “The Afghan Lion”
- KB Bhullar “The Bengal”
- Wang Guan “The Dongbei Tiger”
- JeongYeong Lee “Korean Tiger”
- Tainara Lisboa “Thai Panther”
- Shang Zhifa “Northeast Flying Tiger”
- Wuziazibieke Jiahefu “Prairie Kitty”
Film & TV5 fighters
- Bahatebole Batebolati “Lion King”
- Mayra Bueno Silva “Sheetara”
- Kurtis Campbell “The Pink Panther”
- Yosdenis Cedeno “Pink Panther”
- Benardo Sopaj “Lion King”
Royalty4 fighters
- Bahatebole Batebolati “Lion King”
- Anshul Jubli “King of Lions”
- Lauren Mueller “Princess Tiger”
- Benardo Sopaj “Lion King”
Black4 fighters
- Losene Keita “Black Panther”
- Demba Seck “Black Tiger”
- Carlos Ulberg “Black Jag”
- Yin Shuai “Black Panther”
Mentally Unstable2 fighters
- Reza Arianto “The Crazy Lion”
- Rodrigo Vera “El Gato Loco”
Size2 fighters
- Edson Berto “Little Tiger”
- Tom Erikson “The Big Cat”
Other Colors2 fighters
- Kurtis Campbell “The Pink Panther”
- Yosdenis Cedeno “Pink Panther”
Junior & Youngblood2 fighters
- Thomas Gifford “The Young Lion”
- Luis Gomez “Tiger Junior”
Weight class breakdownfighters per division (multi-division fighters counted in each)
4FLY
11BW
14FW
8LW
6WW
3MW
5LHW
4HW
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Fighters (72)
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Ahmad Hassanzada“Lion of the Ring”
Animals
Alexander Sarnavskiy“Tiger”
Animals
Allan Zuniga“Tigre”
Animals
Amanda Nunes“The Lioness”
Animals
Anshul Jubli“King of Lions”
Professions & RolesAnimals
Antonina Shevchenko“La Pantera”
Animals
Antonio Duarte“Tigre”
Animals
Bahatebole Batebolati“Lion King”
AnimalsProfessions & RolesNamesakes
Balajin“The Snow Leopard”
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