Top Eight Lamest Entrance Songs
8. Ed Herman
We all know what the song is supposed to be about and we’re all wondering what business it has being an entrance song. It doesn’t even have a cool beat. But that didn’t stop Ed Herman from using “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins at UFC 72. I can feel it, coming in the…okay, that’s enough.
7. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic
Maybe Croatians are to music what Poles are to being smart. We went back to 1985 when Cro Cop came strolling out to Duran Duran’s “Wild Boys”. Sample lyric: And lovers war with arrows over, secrets they could tell. That’s so special.
6. Tim Sylvia
If it’s a statement about how he thinks people picture him, he should have picked “Bitch” by Meredith Brooks. Instead, the Maine-iac from Iowa walked out to Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks”. Check out this lyric: Try to catch it Uhhhh! It’s kinda hard, hard. If we’re talking about the punches that Randy Couture threw into your face, then sure, it is kinda hard hard. Maybe he should drop “Jesus Walks” for something that better reflects his ring entrances, like “Dude Who Looks Like He Just Shit His Pants Sashays.” (Can’t remember who does that one…)
5. Chuck Liddell
We get it. You’re the “Iceman” and the song says “ice” about fifty times. But “Ice Ice Baby” should be banned from any arena housing a cage. Alright stop, collaborate and listen. It sucks and it’s cheesy.
4. Matt Hughes
“A Country Boy Can Survive” by Hank Williams, Jr. This hillbilly lullabye is on the list partially because we’re sick of it and partially because we just hate it. Enough already. You’re a ‘country boy’. Fine. Must you abuse our ears over and over just to get your point across? I’d love to spit some Beechnut in that dude’s eyes… Yeah, that’ll teach him. (Please excuse the low quality video, but you get the idea)
3. Tito Ortiz
While it may be appropriate to occasionally crank in your car, “Mosh” by Eminem is shitty entrance music. There’s better Eminem stuff to use and not look like such a douche. Imagine it pouring, raining down on us, mosh pits outside the oval office. You’ve got to be kidding.
2. Gilbert “The Hurricane” Yvel
He’s from Holland, but that’s no excuse. When I think of MMA, my mind immediately drifts to “YMCA”, how about you? I feel like I’m at my aunt’s birthday party in a sucky theme restaurant, not at a cage match. We’re gonna’ stay at the Y-M-C-A!
1. Jeff “The Snowman” Monson
I’m all for John Lennon and no one can dispute the merits of “Imagine”, but when Monson marched out to the social conscious ballad blaring over the loud speakers, my balls leapt to the floor and ran out the door. Imagine all the people, living life in peace. What? Then there’d be no fights, Snowman!
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January 4th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Ok well if these are the worst why don’t you do the top ten best….or top ten suggestions, my first suggestion is Stein’s Theme by Project 86….that would be a good entrance song….
January 4th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Imagine is great, better when down by a perfect circle. Most of those sucked, Tito coming out to KoRn was good though.
January 4th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Re: #8.
“In the Air Tonight” might be slow and lame, but when that drum fill kicks in, people go nuts no matter where they are. “BLAH-BLAH, BLUH-BLUH, BUH-BUH, BUM-BUM, PAH, BOOM”
Sick.
January 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
yah your #1 pick was correct, definetly doesnt pump up the crowd
January 4th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Wild Boys is a dope song. Come on now
January 4th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
“Wild Boys” works.
January 4th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Sure Imagine doesn’t pump up the crowd, but honestly, it’s his song, and it’s a good fucking song. It works for sure, NOWHERE near worst 8. And I agree, do a top 10 entrance songs - I have a few to suggest :P.
January 4th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
What the fuck, why did it add Natureboy as my name? lmfao.
January 4th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
I think Ben is mildley retarded…wipe the drool from you mouth and put your helmet back on Ben…..
January 4th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Jesus Walks and In The Air Tonight are all right, I can see how they might pump a guy up. The top 2 picks are spot on, though. I can’t believe nobody’s ripping on YMCA here! Who walks out to their fight while the homosexual national anthem is playing???
We shouldn’t be surprised Chuck walks out to Ice Ice Baby, he is mildly retarded by now…
January 4th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
You LOVED “Ice Ice Baby,” and you know it. EVERYONE did. Don’t lie.
Ya, these are surprisingly horrible. The peace anthem Imagine? The family-freindly gay, dance anthem YMCA???
January 4th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
No Jim C. that was your mother that everyone loved….and her breath is what is surprisingly horrible…
January 4th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
BJ Penn came out to ”In the Air Tonight” at UFC 46.
January 5th, 2008 at 12:52 am
That’s, uh…clever.
January 5th, 2008 at 1:08 am
COMpare the album cover here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/METALLICA-Jump-In-The-Fire-83-original-UK-live-12-MINT_W0QQitemZ350011080372QQihZ022QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
…to #6 above. Pretty close.
January 5th, 2008 at 4:02 am
I don’t appreciate the author’s use of racism implying the Polish are stupid and that Croatians have bad taste in music.
January 5th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Limp Bizkit - head for the barricade would make a great entrance song
January 6th, 2008 at 2:35 am
Jake - He already came out to Vanilla Ice in one of the funniest entrances of all time. Think of the staredown between Thompson and Aleks in entrance form.
January 6th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Eye of the tiger / Tyson Griffin
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Many Man - 50 Cent / Joe Riggs
Bad To The Bone / Karo Parisyan
Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen / Matt Hamill (but he cant hear that so…
+ Matt Hughes
Those are pretty bad too, what i can remember now.
If CagePotato is going to do Best entrance songs list I will post my top 10 to there
January 8th, 2008 at 3:48 am
That guy looks like a retarded donkey.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:48 am
#6 I mean…
January 24th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Wanderlei Silva’s song choice for his recent fight with Chuck had to be one of the worst I’ve had to endure. Note: Its the same song heard in this SNL skit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCIq42KXroQ
I also wish Jardine would make an entrance as the Techno Viking. Could be pretty amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwsntHcWiy4
January 25th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Worst entrance song ever award would have to go to Carlos Newton for his UFC 34 entrance theme, which was none other than Bootylicious by Destiny’s Child. I don’t even know how to describe how bad that is.haha
January 25th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
You’ve gotta be kidding me. Jeff Monson coming out to “Imagine” by John Lennon was absolutely brilliant in my opinion!!! Easily one of the best entrance songs to ever come out to!!!
Also Wild Boys is a dope song.
February 6th, 2008 at 1:01 am
“country boy can survive” is perfect for hughes and its a good song.
“in the air tonight” is a great song to pump you up, maybe not intro cuz it takes too long to get to the pump up part, but still not one of the worst.
YMCA is absolutely horrible and i think Yvel should have to come in to “its raining men” for the rest of his career.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Didn’t BJ Penn come outto Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy when he fought Hughes a couple of years ago? That is a bad entrance.
February 12th, 2008 at 10:50 am
One of the lamest articles i ever saw.
February 12th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
And author’s comments should be No 1 on the top ten most lame comments…
February 14th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Mirko makes that song bad ass, he could come out too some Nsync and people would be afraid.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Lol @ Gilbert Yvel. Guys just got humor man. Since nobody here notices it, guess most people just take themselves to serious.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
if you dont realize that imagine was the baddest ass entrance music for the anarchist jeff monson- you just dont get the guy.
that made me tingly when i saw it live.
March 11th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
and on another note anyone who uses that lameass fort minor song is an idiot.
March 16th, 2008 at 12:53 am
this top eight list is terrible. yeah i agree ice ice baby and YMCA are retarded but chuck only used that once and YMCA has to be a joke so i can see where yvel is coming from
In the air tonight - not the greatest but definetly not the worse, i can see why someone could get pumped to it because of the intro with the slow drum
jesus walks - good song, imo. just because u dont like tim sylvia doesnt mean you have to discredit the song
a country boy can survive- im dont like this song and would never listen to it on my ipod but it perfectly suits hughes. hearing the guitar start and then hughes walk out slowly is awesome, the lyrics really match his style
MOSH - couldnt disagree more. great beat in the background, and seeing tito come out to it hopping around and mouthing the words is awesome. i can only think of a few better eminem songs
imagine - if anyone told me someone came out to imagine i wouldve thought it was a horrible entrance too, but seeing monson at ufc 65, i actually found it pretty cool, goes well with his anarchist style. i remember seeing monson walk out so ahppy, i thought i had to root for him right away
and who said the wandys entrance agaisnt chuck sucked. that was one of the craziest entrances ive seen. sandstorm starting up slowly, wandy walking out slowly rolling his knuckles, was insane
this list is nowhere near the worst entrances
worst would be something like carlos newton coming out to bootylicious, nate mohr coming out to i dont feel like dancing, or josh koscheks retarded custom made rap song, i think the lyrics talk abot how he won his previous fights
March 31st, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Are you crazy. Tito has the best entrance in MMA. That song pumps me up. as it does to everyone who listens to it
May 14th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Old article, but how could no one mention that thing Josh Barnett comes out to? That has to be the worst.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:53 am
You’re crazy - Wild Boys is an awesome 80’s song!