The 10 Worst UFC Walkout Shirts of 2014
by Chris Houten - @ChrisHoutenMMA
With 2014 drawing to a close, MMA websites will be filled with "best knockout of the year" awards, "best submissions of the year" lists etc. etc. Sure they are fun and Kingdom MMA will certainly be honouring the men and women who kicked ass in 2014 over the next couple of days however we thought we would do something different and look back at the worst walkout shirts seen in the UFC in 2014.
I apologise in advance if any of your loved ones have surprised you with one of these beauties this Christmas - Happy Holidays!
10. Miesha Tate - UFC Fight Night 52 Affliction Walkout T-Shirt (Mens)
Up first on our top 10, one of two entries from Affliction. First, the men's edition of Miesha 'Cupcake' Tate's UFC Fight Night 52 walkout t-shirt. Notorious for outlandish t-shirts, Tate' $57 Affliction tee has been styled with a cupcake inside of what resembles the label on a Jack Daniels bottle - why, oh why!
9. Francisco Rivera - UFC 170 Cage Fighter Embrace the Grind Walkout T-Shirt
Just when you thought you could rest easy knowing foil printing on MMA shirts died with Silver Star and Xtreme Couture, Cage Fighters bring you the Francisco Rivera signature t-shirt. Yes, you heard right, Francisco Rivera signature t-shirt. Featuring the company's 'Embrace the Grind' motif, this beauty which was seen on the back of Rivera at UFC 170 is a green t-shirt with a red foil Aztec warrior design wrapped around the neck. Very Christmassy!
8. Johny Hendricks - UFC 181 Reebok ZQUICK Walkout T-Shirt
If this Johny Hendricks number is what we can expect from Reebok next year, MMA fans should be worried. Of all the colours in the world Reebok decided to style Hendricks in orange! The shirt has been finished off with the words #ReebokZQuick on the front - just in case you want to tweet it, and a silhouette of the famous Hendricks beard on the side. Last time I looked not a single MMA fan had tweeted #ReebokZQuick...Great campaign Reebok.
7. Benson Henderson - UFC on FOX 10 Dethrone Walkout T-Shirt
2014 has been a great year for Dethrone, thanks to their Ready Collection, a line which has been styled on Irish sensation Connor McGregor. It's safe to say the popularity of this line which features a fighting Irish stick man proves Dethrone designers have got it right with this line. Shame the same can't be said for this Benson Henderson's walkout tee. Know as the ''Samurion" there is nothing "Smooth" about Henderson's UFC of Fox 10 walkout T-shirt which featured a lion decked out in samurai headgear on the front. We've had lions and we've had samurais (see below) but never samurai lions - well done Dethrone!
6. Frankie Edgar - UFC Fight Night 57Affliction Walkout T-Shirt
Affliction's second entry on our list is Frankie Edgar's UFC Fight Night 57 walkout t-shirt. If like me when you think Frankie Edgar you don't think of sword wheeling skeleton samurais, you will probably have the same WTF look on your face as I do right now.
5. Lyoto Machida - UFC 175 Venum Tatsu King T-Shirt
Looking like something a Triad biker would pick up at a 90s flee market in the deep south of America, Lyoto Machida's Venum UFC 175 Tatsu King t-shirt is truly awful. Embosed with a tacky Chinatown dragon I can't help but feel even Venum knew this t-shirt was crap which is why they made this fine garment limited edition.
4. Josh Barnett - Metamoris 4 Newaza Walkout T-Shirt
If you like death metal I guess this is cool, maybe. Look I get it, Barnett is the Warmaster and he likes really, really, hard rock music but how stereotypical can you get. You'd expect much more from "legendary" comic book illustrator Dan Panosian.
3. Dan Henderson - UFC Fight Night 38 Custom Walkout T-Shirt
To think this t-shirt was the winning entry in a contest to design Dan Henderson's UFC Fight Night 38 walkout t-shirt makes me wonder if anyone else even entered. It's safer to say winning designer Robert Davis from Oklahoma won't be getting any more work soon. Featuring the in-famous Michael Bisping knockout silhouette and a US flag. To Davis' credit though, this isn't even the worst t-shirt Henderson has worn this year...
2. Dan Henderson - UFC 173 Believe Walkout T-Shirt
Dan Henderson is either too busy being a God damn freight train to care about what he wears to the cage, or he literally designed and printed this t-shirt himself. A stereotypical Hendo walkout tee featuring the Bisping knockout silhouette and a US flag this t-shirt looks like something banged together in MS Paint. Slapped with the words "believe" embossed in a cheap font I just can't understand why anyone would buy this, other than the fact that Hendo is a mother trucking American hero of course. Believe in...?
1. Tim Boetsch - UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. St. Preux T-Shirt
Thankfully this t-shirt never actually went on sale as it is possibly the worst walkout tee I have ever seen. Looking like a Power Rangers t-shirt that went horribly wrong, this lightening bolt shirt wouldn't be out of place at a early 90s acid rave. To Boetsch's credit it does attract the eye (not in a good way) so you can see the leading sponsor blazed across his chest. It's got something to do with wedding photo books or something - very MMA. Clever marketing, I guess.
So there you have it what he think are the 10 worst UFC Walkout T-shirts of 2014. Disagree, think some of these are the epitome of cool or do you know of worst t-shirt that we we downright stupid to leave off? Head over to our Facebook page now and let us know.
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