Luis Pena — a.k.a. ‘The Violent Bob Ross’ — is working on the big picture

Here’s guessing Bob Ross, the tranquil painter of the 1980s who created little nirvanas with his brush on PBS, would have never found such serenity in the Octagon. Yet his cult status 30 years later is strong enough that a certain fighter — known spoofily yet reverently as the “Violent Bob Ross” — has emerged as a kind of posthumous devil on his shoulder. Luis Pena is a 24-year old, 6-foot-3 lightweight currently showcasing himself on this season’s The Ultimate Fighter. He has the afro and the beard, but he also has a certain…aplomb?…when dealing with his considerable occupational hazards.