5 of the silliest nicknames in UFC history

#3 Steve Montgomery – ‘The Creepy Weasel’

Steve Montgomery (right) may have had a nickname referring to his wild mullet

Taking a nickname that’s animal-based is almost as common in MMA as calling yourself some kind of assassin, but thankfully due to the sheer amount of badass creatures to pick from, most of the time they come across as cool. Think ‘The Boa Constrictor’ Alexei Oleinik, or Rustam ‘Tiger’ Khabilov, for instance.

However, some animals are hardly suited to being fighter nicknames. Anthony ‘The Hippo’ Perosh and Nick ‘The Goat’ Thompson were bad enough, but the absolute worst animal-based nickname in UFC history has to be ‘The Creepy Weasel’ Steve Montgomery.

A competitor on the 21st season of The Ultimate Fighter, quite why Montgomery chose to be named after the weasel – a sneaky, untrustworthy animal and a term that’s usually considered an insult is anyone’s guess. Why he’d want to be called a Creepy Weasel is an even deeper mystery.

Perhaps the nickname was in reference to the sleazy-looking mullet he sported during his UFC tenure? Who knows really. Unfortunately for Montgomery, we only got to hear Bruce Buffer announce this hilariously silly nickname twice before his UFC run came to an end in late 2015.