Nostalgia Time: Your favourite prefight ritual

[AmonTobin]

What's your favourite ritual just before the fighter enters the cage or starts their fight?
Here are a few classics to jog your memory.

 

[AmericanMMA]

The nipple twist rashad and jardine would do was hilarious

 

[Sweater of AV]

Staring blankly into the depths of hell before taking your soul.

 

[Espresso]

JDS hands down

 

[Exarch01]

 

[Filter909]

I'd have to be reminded of them all before I could choose a favorite, but the JDS one came to mind as I was loading the page.

 

[Prince Nephilim]

If I were to rank them from consistency I would have

Wanderlei’s wrist roll at number 1

GSP’s Triple H water spray number 2

Clay Guida getting smacked by his bro at number 3

Robert almost resetting his heart somewhere around here

 

[SideKickPro24]

Jds was my favorite. But he was always my fav fighter for a long time.

randlemans jumps came to mind to. Lol dude could literally hope out of the cage if he wanted too.

Anderson’s bows were classic, and you can’t beat fedors blank stair. Lol dude was scary as shit.

 

[Shaolin Alan]

Every entrance by Genki Sudo

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Every entrance by Genki Sudo

I keep forgetting about Genki da god. This would be number 1 for prefight rituals but I almost want to say entrances could be a category with it’s own.…and within that category, Genki Sudo has the best entrances of all time.

 

[Huligani]

Came here to say nipple tweak but it was of course the first response

 

[Gabe]

JDS finger point meant it was go time.

 

[Chomsky Honk]

BJ Penn with the Hawaiian music, licking his lips, and slapping himself.

 

[AmonTobin]

BJ Penn with the Hawaiian music, licking his lips, and slapping himself.

BJ Penn amping up by smacking his face is a classic image for me but I couldn’t find a decent pic of it.

 

[richardjohnson]

The Adesanya dance one is easily one of the most embarrassing walk outs ever. That was bad

 

[Chomsky Honk]

BJ Penn amping up by smacking his face is a classic image for me but I couldn’t find a decent pic of it.

Me neither I'm pretty sure in his second stint in the UFC he usually did it during the Buffer introductions.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

I like how Olives always goes to his opponents corner and shows hespect to the opposing team.

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[Sweater of AV]

BJ Penn amping up by smacking his face is a classic image for me but I couldn’t find a decent pic of it.

Me neither I'm pretty sure in his second stint in the UFC he usually did it during the Buffer introductions.

 

[AmonTobin]

Amped! I didn’t post it only because I think that was between rounds. But ya that’s exactly it.

 

[AmonTobin]

I keep forgetting about Genki da god. This would be number 1 for prefight rituals but I almost want to say entrances could be a category with its own.…and within that category, Genki Sudo has the best entrances of all time.

Yes I agree the walkouts are more of a production for our entertainment where as the rituals are something much more personal for the fighters to let themselves know it’s go time. Adesanya’s dancing might be blurring the line between the two because I think in his case it’s not only theatrics but his pre-fight flow. Getting loose and letting loose. “I’m about to fight and I’m gonna have fun”.