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Old 05-09-2006, 03:28 PM   #11 (permalink)

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Nathan Marquadt (not positive about this one though).

Hell, I'm not positive about any of them..
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Old 05-09-2006, 03:28 PM   #12 (permalink)
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i thought they were funny......
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Old 05-09-2006, 03:30 PM   #13 (permalink)

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how bout u delete ur account ***, and how does aleks no cardio emelianenko rymes u no life ***got shiheaded loseer?
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Old 05-09-2006, 03:31 PM   #14 (permalink)

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I don't want to give them nicknames. I just want to recognize them for not coming up with something dumb just for the sake of having it.
The only 2 I can think of right now are the Emelianenko brothers. I know there are more, help me out.
is fedor not called "the last emporor"
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Old 05-09-2006, 03:32 PM   #15 (permalink)

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I'm pretty sure alot of the fighters didn't give themselves nicknames.
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Old 05-09-2006, 05:03 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Mat "The Flintstone" Hughues
Aleksander "No Cardio" Emelianenko (because it's true and it rymes)
Andrei "Please don't hit my chin" Arlovski
Fedor "The Fattest Emperor" Emelianenko

not funny at all
I disagree, just imagine the announcer Bruce Buffer introducing him as

In the blue corer, please welcome Andreii "Please don't hit my CHINN!!! ARRRLOOWWWSKIIIII.... lol
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Old 05-09-2006, 05:09 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Guy Mezger...
"Unbreakable Fortress" in Japan.

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Kazuyuki Fujita...
"Wild Beast" in Japan, "Ironhead" otherwise.

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Kazuhiro Nakamura...
"Yoshida's Shooting Star", though it isn't much a nickname.

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Yuki Kondo...
Not sure of the exact best word to use, but it is similar to "Unbreakable Heart".

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Nathan Marquadt (not positive about this one though).
"The Great"
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Old 05-09-2006, 05:15 PM   #19 (permalink)

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Old 05-09-2006, 05:16 PM   #20 (permalink)

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Yeah, I thought I might be wrong. Considering he was in Japan for so long I would have thought they might have dubbed him with something ... unless he got the name in the US?
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