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Ten Scariest Looking Fighters

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Since I am bored and it's a slow day, I decided to come up with a list of who I think are the ten scariest looking MMA fighters. This isn't who is bigger or better or anything, it's simply a list of who I think, if I was in a bar and saw these people, I would think, "stay away from that mean looking son of a bitch!!".

#10: Clay Guida

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#9: Cristiane 'Cyborg' Santos

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#8: Chuck Liddell

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#7 : Kevin Randleman

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#6: Renato 'Babalu' Sobral

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#5: Kimo

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#4: Keith Jardine

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#3: Wanderlei Silva

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#2: Andrei Arlovski

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and the winner, #1: Jeff Monson!

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Beinga  TUF noob my knowledge of the old school fighters is limited. If you feel I missed an obvious choice, post a pic!

 

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Clay Guida and Keith Jardine are not scary to me.

You know who you forgot? Cro Cop.

by Discman2 on Nov 23, 2008 4:00 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Cro Cop? Dunno. I don’t want him to hit me, but he looks like an accountant.

by mythbuster on Nov 23, 2008 7:27 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Chieck Congo looks scary as hell

by Josh H. on Nov 23, 2008 9:55 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Evangelista Santos

by Nick Thomas on Nov 23, 2008 4:04 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Seriously

How do you leave out Cyborg? or Melvin Manhoef?

by Luke Thomas on Nov 23, 2008 4:11 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Melvin?

Cyborg, I totally agree with. That guy scares me BUT Melvin Manhoef? That guy looks like a fry cook from Ben’s Chili Bowl on U st in DC

Leg Locks Rule!

by jjdnb on Nov 23, 2008 7:36 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I've never seen a fry cook that jacked

That wears a dog collar and would probably tear at your carcass just like one

by skwirrl on Nov 23, 2008 7:45 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Melvin looks..

batshit insane. I would def run away from him if he shot me a mean glance in a bar.

by lbk on Nov 23, 2008 7:58 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Good one

I didn’t know who the guy is until now, but he could definitely have made the list.

by mythbuster on Nov 23, 2008 7:28 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

silly TUF noob

cyborg is a monster

Leg Locks Rule!

by jjdnb on Nov 23, 2008 7:36 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I’m sure he is. Now if he would only fight somewhere so us TUF noobs would see who he is.

by mythbuster on Nov 23, 2008 7:39 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

The Santos’s have to be the scariest looking married couple on the entire planet… even outside of MMA…. they even beat Ashlee Simpson and that guy from Fall Out Boy.

Keith Jardine looks like a Conehead Assassin…. maybe he should drop the Dean of Mean.

This was awesome man, your boredom project made me laugh out loud and scared the bejesus out of my wife.

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 4:27 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

That poor, poor woman.

by subo on Nov 23, 2008 6:24 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Yet somehow she survives...

The wife was wondering how Brock Lesnar and Sable didn’t make the list… lol

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 6:28 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

This was awesome man, your boredom project made me laugh out loud and scared the bejesus out of my wife.

lol! My apologies to her :)

As for Brock – if he had turned to murder, the police would have nicknamed him the Baby Face Killer. He’s big, but beyond that I don’t think of him as mean looking.

by mythbuster on Nov 23, 2008 7:29 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Apology accepted...

She also thought Cris Cyborg was a dude wearing makeup… lol

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 8:22 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Try standing next to him

He would top the list. Dude is a monster..

by Blackout612 on Nov 23, 2008 11:49 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

monson is a scary looking dude.

by gs135 on Nov 23, 2008 4:34 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

solid list

some honorable mention:

houston alexander
alexander emelianenko
gene lebell?

by Headkick on Nov 23, 2008 5:40 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

And

I definitely think Kimbo Slice is scarier than Clay Guida.

by Luke Thomas on Nov 23, 2008 5:51 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry

I can’t get past his hairline. If he was completely bald, or had a wild head of hair then maybe.
Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t pick a fight with the guy tho :)

by mythbuster on Nov 23, 2008 7:31 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Houstan Alexander, good call. I didn’t think of him, he could easily replace Guida!

by mythbuster on Nov 23, 2008 7:32 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Houston

Looks like I could sub him if I had to… Muscles aren’t intimidating by themselves.

Hellboy has alot more of the I’ll fuck you up for looking at me the wrong way – about him

by skwirrl on Nov 23, 2008 7:48 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap!!!

How did Horse Face Silva not make the Top Ten?

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 6:29 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

He seems more sad than mean :)

by mythbuster on Nov 23, 2008 7:32 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I think thats gravity…. all the weight in his chin pulling his head down

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 8:23 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

i think he just looks stupid

that chin is epic

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Nov 23, 2008 6:32 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Which is worse...Horse Face Silva or Jay Leno?

His chin enters a room 5 minutes before he does…

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 6:37 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t care how much he sucks, Hong Man is a scary son of a bitch. Likewise for Bob Sapp.

And Aleks sheerly for the potential of gang ties. Those eyes have seen things.

by subo on Nov 23, 2008 6:25 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Emo?

Is that eyeliner he’s wearing?? UH OH… HOT DOG!!!

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 6:35 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Aleks prison tattoos would scare the crap out of me, but his face is the kind that people would think he’s an easy mark to pick on. It would be a very bad decision tho.

by mythbuster on Nov 23, 2008 7:34 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Not me, man

Aleks’ face is the exact type that I steer clear of. The ones who grimace or frown all the time aren’t scary. The guys you can’t read are the scary ones.

There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.

by misterjonez on Nov 23, 2008 11:58 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

chris horodecki Pictures, Images and Photos

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Nov 23, 2008 6:30 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Looks familiar....

Wasn’t this guy a Backstreet Boy or a member of NSync?

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 6:35 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

chris hordecki

got his start on mickey mouse club

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Nov 23, 2008 6:37 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Any day now...

Puberty will hit and this boy will become a man…

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 6:47 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Aleks, Jardine, Wanderlei, Slice, Cyborg (x2) and Costa.
I don’t correlate jacked with scary so most of the guys previously mentioned don’t make my list. I’d even go so far as to say a lot of the ones already listed are some of the better looking fighters. Scary, to me, is a guy who looks like he doesn’t care what happens to him.

by Simco on Nov 23, 2008 6:31 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I agree

The last sentence just told me a dude I wouldn’t wanna fuck with

Olaf Alfonso. That dude looks like he fought through 15 dudes hitting him with baseball bats

by skwirrl on Nov 23, 2008 7:50 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

maybe the late great Evan Tanner- he had so many faces and some were scary like the top knot look and the Kimbo white look.

by Headkick on Nov 23, 2008 6:32 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Kimbo white?

i think you mean Evan Tanner black

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Nov 23, 2008 6:32 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I was thinking exactly of that, Tanner with the crazy topknot after the fight. But that was just one shot, and he looked like a nice guy every other time. These guys I listed almost always look mean (in my opinion).

by mythbuster on Nov 23, 2008 7:35 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye

by Pitbull on Nov 23, 2008 6:51 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

He’s a baaaaaad mad.

by subo on Nov 23, 2008 8:08 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t think your top two are even that scary. Arlovski’s kind of a pretty boy, and I’m used to punk/anarchist types like Monson I guess. Like, I know that guy wouldn’t just go off on someone in normal day-to-day life.

Wandy and Thiago in fight mode are frightful. Bully Bob Sapp makes me poop my pants, though I know I just have to graze his face to get him to stop. B.J. Penn licking his blood gloves scares me (in a good way).

by Mike Fagan on Nov 23, 2008 7:19 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I thought about Sapp, but he’s just big. his face actually seemed kind of friendly lol.

As for BJ Penn, that one spot yeah, but otherwise he looks like a monk.

by mythbuster on Nov 23, 2008 7:37 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

In all honesty, if you can survive the 1st 5 minutes.. I think you would be fine..

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Trains for his UFC debut
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by "Mr. NC-17" on Nov 23, 2008 7:31 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Scariest.

oh wait…. I mean most homo looking. lol jk Aoki is great.

by Discman2 on Nov 23, 2008 7:37 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Discman2....

lol…. holy shit man, i don’t know where you got this picture but you are making it too easy… lol

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 8:44 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Babalou?

The only scary thing about Sobral is how badly i wanna see him in a pair of speedo…

Leg Locks Rule!

by jjdnb on Nov 23, 2008 7:40 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

lol, yeah I left that one alone.

by mythbuster on Nov 24, 2008 9:07 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm as straight as they come...

I’m not being gay or anything, I’m just saying that if Babalou was on the cover of SI in a pair of speedo, I would go and buy a copy and keep it next to my bed. I’m just trying to support MMA thats all….

Leg Locks Rule!

by jjdnb on Nov 24, 2008 7:48 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

If I saw Tim Kennedy right now

He’d scare me cause he’d have a gun and grenades

by skwirrl on Nov 23, 2008 7:53 PM EST reply actions   0 recs


Don’t know about you, but this guy is scary lookin’. lol

by IHateMMA on Nov 23, 2008 7:58 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Where has he been the last…year?

by Simco on Nov 23, 2008 8:06 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

MTV loves this guy

He’s been doing MTV True Life specials. He can’t seem to make it back to the big leagues in MMA. He does small regional shows and he’s still doing his Muay Thai. Kit Cope… great Muay Thai kickboxer… one of the best but he is case and point as to why kickboxing success doesn’t automatically mean MMA success.

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 8:46 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

One of the best in Muay Thai? This guy would get absolutely smashed by top Muay Thai fighters. Kit Cope fought bare knuckle against cooks and tuk-tuk drivers in Thailand. Nobody knows him there and he gets no respect from the Muay Thai community. And if his kickboxing is so good, why isn’t he in K-1? He is a joke.

by skeed on Nov 23, 2008 11:22 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Say what? Is there proof that he fought against cooks or drivers? Or for that matter, is there any proof to anything that you said

Im not trying to disagree with you. I’m just curious if this is true

by Discman2 on Nov 23, 2008 11:42 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

No legitimate Thai fighter fights bare knuckle, it is actually looked down upon by the muay thai community. Kit Cope was a “Bare Knuckle Champion”. All the top fighters fight in legitimate matches in prestigious stadiums like Lumpinee and Rajadamnern. No self-respecting fighter who comes from a legitimate camp would fight bare knuckle in Thailand. The people who do it are mostly part-time out of shape fighters.

by skeed on Nov 24, 2008 12:41 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

A bare knuckle muay thai fight in Thailand is more like a tough man contest in America.

by skeed on Nov 24, 2008 1:45 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

good to know

by Discman2 on Nov 24, 2008 1:47 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I agee BUT

He did beat the hell out of Alex Gong a while back. Alex Gong was considered a very good american muay thai fighter. He’s done well in kickboxing/muay thai But yes, he would get smashed in Thailand

Leg Locks Rule!

by jjdnb on Nov 24, 2008 7:51 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Cesar Gracie jiujitsu

by George Lucas on Nov 23, 2008 11:08 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

How about:

Carlos Condit when he’s entering the cage?

Scariest lightweight guys would be:

BJ Penn, when he’s in that trance
JZ Calvancante
Marcus Hicks

for my money, the scariest looking guy in MMA is easily Wanderlai. And it’s not even close.

by lbk on Nov 23, 2008 8:04 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Condit’s ‘scary face’ is laughable. Like a C level movie actor trying to look tough.

case in point

by Discman2 on Nov 23, 2008 8:11 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

i remember the first time i ever saw him fight i laughed so hard at this prefight expressions. great fighter, cool dude, but to come out of total anonymity and start making ridiculous faces like that was hilarious

by beersnbroads on Nov 23, 2008 8:42 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

Carlos Condit reminds me of the valedictorian of my high school….. for the exception that Carlos Condit could totally kick my ass and the valedictorian of my graduating class would just want to pound on my ass… lol

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 8:48 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Bathroom Break?

He looks like he needs to take a massive crap

Leg Locks Rule!

by jjdnb on Nov 24, 2008 7:52 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Marcelo Rodriguez

by Nick Thomas on Nov 23, 2008 8:08 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

actually I think his name is Tim Chessel

by Nick Thomas on Nov 23, 2008 8:21 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Guy looks like a cross between Michael Berryman and Marty Feldman.

by mythbuster on Nov 23, 2008 9:54 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

In this fight, I'll pick his opponent, via chemo

"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy

by thetakeover on Nov 23, 2008 11:02 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

HOLY SHIT!!!!

WHO THE HELL IS THAT?? WE HAVE A NEW NUMBER 1!! Even that dudes eyes are scared of him… look… they are trying to escape his head!!!

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 8:27 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Actually… they are different guys. I’ll see if I can find more pics.

by Nick Thomas on Nov 23, 2008 8:36 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

That dude is frightening

He looks like the special ed kid that would lose it and break the teacher’s nose with his bicycle helmet. Please remember I have to get to sleep tonight, Nick, this dude could give me nightmares.. lol

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 8:51 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Wanderlei Silva and Babalu strike me as the type who probably sit quietly at the bar minding their own business. However if you bump into them than watch out!

Chuck to me would the scariest at the bar. He’s the one guy on the list who I believe would go to bar looking for a fight. Can’t you see Chuck sitting at a seedy biker bar waiting for the out of place guy to walk him? Immediately Chuck would stare the guy down for 20 seconds as a warning before walking right over and beating the crap out of him.

by bignerd on Nov 23, 2008 8:32 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Anyone remember Keith Hackney?

From the early UFC’s? That dude and his power mullet… dangerous combo if he has enough PBR and Busch beer.

by Gunslinger20 on Nov 23, 2008 8:50 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah Abbott could have definitely made the list.

by mythbuster on Nov 23, 2008 9:56 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

honestly no one will compare to the old school nhb guys and the dudes fighting in early pride bc lets face it, steroids are the key catalysts for scary looks

by beersnbroads on Nov 23, 2008 10:08 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FORGOT

I can’t believe you forgot the meanest and scariest looking man to grace this planet. The man that this whole world fears. One look into this mans eyes and you would drop to your knees in mercy. That man i talk about is……….. CHUCK NORRIS!!!

by TruthSeeker1223 on Nov 23, 2008 10:44 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Now THAT’S a Roman Nose!

by mythbuster on Nov 23, 2008 11:33 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll take Soku, but only in his Predator mask ...

"It's like a flying knuckle sandwich." --Rogan
"And many men have eaten it." -- Goldy

by thetakeover on Nov 23, 2008 11:07 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Thiago Silva scares me cause he looks like he’s going to stab someone.

by Ubernoober on Nov 24, 2008 1:31 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

This one scares me


It’s like the perfect fighting machine, unblemished and unbeaten. The shear implacability frightens me deep down.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by themachiavellian on Nov 24, 2008 4:05 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

wiman

isn’t not scary

he looks like an average guy. he could steal your girlfriend

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Nov 24, 2008 8:28 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I was gonna make one but didn’t. Maybe another day, or someone else can. Lauzon, Hazelett, Crop Cop… I think it could be a top 50 list :)

by mythbuster on Nov 24, 2008 9:09 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Crop Cop…

crop cop.lol. I think he’s a scary guy.

by Discman2 on Nov 24, 2008 9:48 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

look how massive his chest and thighs are

scary

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Nov 24, 2008 10:16 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I wouldn’t try to steal his bicycle, that’s for sure.

by mythbuster on Nov 24, 2008 1:47 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry, Tamdan, but it’s gotta be you. Or Rory Singer. Anyone that would look at place at a bar mitzvah has my vote.

by subo on Nov 24, 2008 9:33 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

There are different kinds of scary, I guess. Like if I saw Randleman in a bar, he’d be the one on the list that I’d feel I had the least chance of beating in a fight, but I wouldn’t be too worried that he’d go too far. He’d probably just hold me down and humiliate me.

Somebody like Jardine on the other hand, doesn’t look as ripped, and certainly doesn’t look like somebody that knows martial arts…so I’d feel I had a chance. But he also looks like he might take me back to his lair and peel my skin off.

by CieloAzor on Nov 24, 2008 6:12 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

But he also looks like he might take me back to his lair and peel my skin off.

lol!!

by mythbuster on Nov 24, 2008 6:42 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

my vote

cos you just know if he wasnt making his living in the ring, he’d be killing people for roubles in the motherland.

by Benicio on Nov 24, 2008 11:29 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Those stars… Aren`t they like mob-tattoos?

by BlueberryMuffin on Nov 27, 2008 8:59 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Fitch`s pre-fight chewing?

by BlueberryMuffin on Nov 27, 2008 9:02 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

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