Siblings and Families in MMA (UPDATED Sep. 22)

+ Abdurakhimov's, East's, Hassan's, Lapilus', Lloveras', Meza's, Sarafian's, Scoggins', Umalatov's, Yao's.
Also Minakov's brother is a fighter too, and seems like both Tokov brothers and Nemkov brothers are in the Bellator, Bekbulat Magomedov's brother (was BW champ of WSOF) was a fighter too.
+ brother of Denis Kang, brother of Thanh Le (Thanh was of TUF and DWTNCS), brother of Myron Dennis (Myron was on TUF), brother of Bentley Syler.
 
If anyone is interested seems like Kichigin brothers/sisters is the biggest family (in terms of brothers/sisters) in mma - 3 brothers - Georgy, Grigoriy and Viktor and 2 sisters - Uslada and Yaroslava.
 
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Update: AJ and Antonio McKee (father and son) are fighting on Bellator 228 together this weekend. AJ is facing Georgi Karakhanyan, while Antonio meets William Sriyapai. I imagine both will be heavily favored going into their matchups.
 
There have been many sibling tandems to compete together in the UFC.

Brother Teams in the UFC

1) Matt and Mark Hughes, behind the barn
2) Nate and Nick Diaz
3) Rogerio (little) and Rodrigo (big) Nogueira
4) Frank and Ken Shamrock (adopted but fine)
5) Anthony and Sergio Pettis
6) Jim and Dan Miller
7) Joe and Dan Lauzon
8) Matt and Nick Serra
9) Clay and Jason Guida (Jason was on TUF 8)
10) Jake and Jared Rosholt
11) Erick and Augusto Montano
12) Junior and Raphael Assuncao
13) Iuri/Yuri and Ildemar Alcantara
14) Junie and Rob Browning (Rob was on TUF 9)
15) Rashad and Lance Evans (Lance was on TUF 8)
16) Jake and Joe Ellenberger
17) Chris and Brian Camozzi
18) Yuri and Danillo Villefort
19) Cole and Micah Miller (Micah was on TUF 14)
20) Hector and Elias Urbina (Elias was on TUF 23 and CS 8), with Gilbert out there too
21) David and Daniel Teymur
22) Dominick and Alex Reyes
23) Ashkan and Suman Mokhtarian (Suman is on TUF 27)
24) Erick and Gabriel Silva

Sister Teams in the UFC
1) Valentina and Antonina Shevchenko

Brother/Sister in the UFC
TBA


Brothers by Marriage
Tai Tuivasa and Tyson Pedro
Chris Weidman and Stephen Thompson

Rolles and Roger Gracie - are they brothers? How are they related?

Brother teams in MMA but not the UFC
Yasuhiro and Toshimichi Akagi
Karl (Bellator) and Bertrand Amoussou
Kai and Mikuru Asakura (Both Rizin)
Chase (WEC, Bellator) and Carson Beebe (WSOF)
Gilbert (UFC) and Herbert Burns (One)
Alex (UFC) and Jose Caceres
Leon (UFC) and Fabian Edwards (Bellator)
Fedor (Pride, SF, Bellator) and Aleksander Emelianenko
Yasubey (FNG, ACB, KSW) and Felipe Enomoto (One)
Josh (UFC) and BJ Ferguson (Bellator)
Caros (UFC) and Ben Fodor (Phoenix Jones) are adopted brothers
Matt and Mal Foki (Both Pride)
Patricky and Patricio Friere (Both Bellator)
Pat (UFC) and Ryan Healy (Bellator)
Jeremy Horn and Matt Anderson are half-brothers
Enson (Pride) and Egan Inoue
Erik (UFC) and Keoni Koch
Naoyuki (UFC) and Hiroki Kotani (Shooto)
Ilir (UFC) and Arben Latifi
Muhammed (Bellator/SF) and Abdullah Lawal
Andrew (One) and Andrew Leone (Bellator, ACB)
Chuck (UFC) and Sean Liddell
Douglas (Bellator) and Dhiego Lima (UFC)
Lyoto (UFC/Bellator) and Chinzo Machida (Bellator)
Michael (UFC) and Brad McDonald
Gegard (UFC/Bellator/SF) and Gewik Mousasi
Takaharu and Takehiro Murahama
Anthony (UFC) and Chidi Njokuani (Bellator)
Alexandre Franca and Leonardo Nogueira
Khabib (UFC) and Abubakar Nurmagomedov (cousins, and adopted brother)
Alistair (UFC) and Valentijn Overeem (Pride)
Rousimar (UFC) and Rick Palhares
BJ (UFC) and Reagan Penn
Khalil Rountree (UFC) and Donavon Frelow (DWTNCS) are step-brothers
Mauricio (UFC/Pride) and Murilo Rua (Pride)
Chris and Andreas Spang (Bellator)
Marcus and Johan Vanttinen

Cousins in MMA:
Oliksiy Oleynik (UFC) and Alexander Butenko
Royce, Renzo and Roger Gracie (and then you can go through the tree to find more)
Pat and Jeff Curran

Brother/Sister teams in MMA but not the UFC:
Rodrigo (UFC) and Carina Damm (All the Mans)
Sage (UFC) and Colbey Northcutt (LFA)
Cris (UFC) and Rafael Justino
Angela (ONE) and Christian Lee (ONE)
Freddy and Veta Arteaga (Bellator)
Naoki (UFC) and Mizuki Inoue (Invicta)
Gina (UFC) and Dave Mazany
Cindy (UFC) and Ben Dandois

Sisters in MMA:
Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger (UFC) and Jillian Lybarger

Family teams in MMA:
Brother Norifumi "Kid" (UFC), Sister Miyuu and son Arsen Yamamoto (Both Rizin)
Ray Cooper Jr. and Ray Cooper III (PFL)
Antonio (UFC) and A.J. McKee (Bellator)
Randy (UFC) and Ryan Couture (UFC/Bellator)
Jordan (UFC) and Lee Mein
Father Telman Piraev, and sons Marif and Akhmed Piraev
Ken (UFC) and Ryan Shamrock

BROTHERS WHO HAVE FOUGHT EACH OTHER
Jeremiah Castillo vs. Angel Castillo
Caros Fodor vs Ben Fodor
Shunichi Shimizu vs Toshihiro Shimizu
Thomas Treadwell vs. Mike Treadwell

Brother and Sister: Rodrigo and Carina Damm
 
Carina Damm never competed in the UFC.

My apologies i should have took the time to read the full OP.

but your title isn't exactly perfect either it doesn't mention that you have outside promotions listed too.
 
There have been many sibling tandems to compete together in the UFC.

Alex (UFC) and Jose Caceres

This one caught me off guard. Didn't know Alex had a brother that fought, and it's crazy that his brother is the only man to beat Usman in Usmans entire career.

Thanks for the post.

Interesting stuff.

Two you forgot are Kamaru Usman and Mohammad Usman are brothers, also Kevin and Keith Lee are brothers.

And also, Kimbo Slice and his son Baby Slice (Kevin Ferguson Jr).
 
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This one caught me off guard. Didn't know Alex had a brother that fought, and it's crazy that his brother is the only man to beat Usman in Usmans entire career.

Thanks for the post.

Interesting stuff.

Two you forgot are Kamaru Usman and Mohammad Usman are brothers, also Kevin and Keith Lee are brothers.

And also, Kimbo Slice and his son Baby Slice (Kevin Ferguson Jr).
Shocked that I didn't have the Usmans listed since I've watched Mohammed fight in Tachi Palace Fights multiple times and even talked about Kamaru's gigantic brother. And also, how the hell did I not put up Kimbo and Kevin Jr in the family section? Good call there, thanks for the suggestions.
 
You forgot to put Victor under the Gracie family.
 
He'd be on the "guys who've stolen family names" category
Yeah it just clicked, with Vitor almost raised as a Gracie. That was a deep reference and I definitely appreciate it. I did add a few Gracie in name fighters to that list.
 
UFC fighters Nikita Kylov and Movsar Evloev has brothers who are fighters too - Igor Krylov and Selem Evloev. Wikipedia page of Ray Cooper III says that his brother Blake is also an mma fighter (there is no fights for such fighter on Sherdog and he is listed as 3-0 as Amateur on Tapology) and if I'm not wrong Zane Kamaka is their cousin.
Father and son duos - Bellator fighters Haim and Aviv Gozali, Diego and Gabriel Braga (they fought on the same card in July and there is a couple articles about them at mmafighting.com).
 
Just remembered, I think there was a thread about Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva's daughter debut (amateur?) fight in mma.
 
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