The best MMA fighter you have by no means heard of is able to make his mark.
Or not less than the fighter with the best nickname, that’s, after a latest debate emerged on-line. A dialogue of the game’s greatest monikers of all time was sparked after Wanderlei ‘The Axe Murderer’ Silva was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on Saturday.
The Brazilian icon was in attendance on the Honda Center in Anaheim, California to be recognised for his achievements. But when it was advised by some on-line that Silva had the game’s best moniker, one battle fan referred to as his guess and raised one Rick Pfeifer.
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Or because the Canadian is best recognized, “The Ginger With the Intent to Injure.” And identical to that, the controversy was settled for good.
Pfeifer, 37, could not come near matching Silva’s status given he has a 5-6 file and hasn’t fought since 2018 – however he is a world-beater in not less than one regard. And though others tried to tip different candidates for the nickname crown, there’s no-one who will probably be eradicating Pfeifer from the throne anytime quickly.
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The Alberta native at one level a promising prospect after constructing a 5-1 file in his residence county. And the red-headed menace proved himself one thing of a submission machine after incomes every of these 5 victories with 5 totally different holds.
His profession took a sudden flip for the more severe, nonetheless, and he suffered 5 straight stoppage defeats throughout a four-year span. That included one try on the vacant bantamweight championship in Extreme Cage Combat in 2015, which ended with a triangle choke defeat to Michael Spoenlein.
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It’s truthful to say Pfeifer’s days of injuring are well beyond him at this level, regardless of making an attempt a 2022 comeback in opposition to Louie Grover beneath the Havoc FC banner, which was then cancelled. But whereas the fighter could also be no extra, the moniker will stay on in MMA historical past for good.