UFC flyweight champion Deiveson FIgueiredo’s nickname is Deus da Guerra, which in English sounds a good deal less romantic and considerably more like something you’d find scrawled on an Affliction shirt in Olde English font: “God of War.”
Kinda dull, I know. Yet no one dares groan.
That’s because the moniker has so far proven terrifyingly apt. 17 of Figueiredo’s 20 pro wins are finishes, a brutally balanced nine knockouts and eight subs. In the UFC, Figueiredo has scored eight knockdowns in just 10 fights, sitting adversaries down at over five times the average flyweight rate. For every three rounds you square off against Figueiredo, one of them will see the champ put you on your ass.