Big cats & felines

72fighters

Nicknames drawn from lions, tigers, and other big cats.

  • “The Lioness” — Amanda Nunes
  • “El Pantera” — Yair Rodriguez
  • “Sheetara” — Mayra Bueno Silva

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”
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Subcategories outside Animals that these fighters 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”
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Film & TV5 fighters
  • Bahatebole Batebolati “Lion King”
  • Mayra Bueno Silva “Sheetara”
  • Kurtis Campbell “The Pink Panther”
  • Yosdenis Cedeno “Pink Panther”
  • Benardo Sopaj “Lion King”
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Royalty4 fighters
  • Bahatebole Batebolati “Lion King”
  • Anshul Jubli “King of Lions”
  • Lauren Mueller “Princess Tiger”
  • Benardo Sopaj “Lion King”
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Black4 fighters
  • Losene Keita “Black Panther”
  • Demba Seck “Black Tiger”
  • Carlos Ulberg “Black Jag”
  • Yin Shuai “Black Panther”
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Mentally Unstable2 fighters
  • Reza Arianto “The Crazy Lion”
  • Rodrigo Vera “El Gato Loco”
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Size2 fighters
  • Edson Berto “Little Tiger”
  • Tom Erikson “The Big Cat”
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Other Colors2 fighters
  • Kurtis Campbell “The Pink Panther”
  • Yosdenis Cedeno “Pink Panther”
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Junior & Youngblood2 fighters
  • Thomas Gifford “The Young Lion”
  • Luis Gomez “Tiger Junior”
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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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Abdul Azeem Badakhshi“The Afghan Lion”
ProvenanceAnimals
Ahmad Hassanzada“Lion of the Ring”
Animals
Alexander Sarnavskiy“Tiger”
Animals
Allan Zuniga“Tigre”
Animals
Amanda NunesUFC champion (incl. interim)“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”
Animals