(“You’ve heard of a caipirinha, right? Well, this is nothing like that.” / Photo via Sherdog)
By Chris Morse, the artist formerly known as Viva Hate
As has been clear to fans of the UFC for some time now, the organization is holding more and more events every year. The problem with this over-saturation is that it can lead to some cards that lack the firepower of others. The best solution for such events is to drink your way through them, and that is where CagePotato has you covered. After considerable research, taste testing, and taking into account various factors such as nicknames, fighting styles, and personality traits, here are 12 cocktail recipes to enjoy based on the UFC fighters you support…
Lyoto Machida
Dragon Piss
1 ounce Cinnamon Schnapps
3/4 ounce Butterscotch Schnapps
4 ounces Mountain Dew
Mix all ingredients and drink as a LARGE shot. Act like it was no big deal.
Soa Palelei
Incredible Hulk
2 ounces Hypnotiq
2 ounces Cognac
Pour in a glass over ice, mix and watch the magical transformation. Down a few of these, and you’ll be kissing whoever’s closest to you.
Ronda Rousey
The Bitch Slap
1 ounce Vodka
1 ounce Gin
1 ounce Everclear
1 ounce Light rum
Splash of 7-Up
Lemonade to fill.
Mix all ingredients together in a glass over ice. This drink may put you down and submit you, just like Rowdy.
Donald Cerrone
Boilermaker
12 ounces beer
2 ounces Whiskey
Fill a pint glass with the beer, drop the whiskey shot in and drink it immediately. Best enjoyed on a boat.
Nate Diaz
Cry Baby Blues
4 ounces strawberry guava juice
1 ounce blue curaçao
1 ounce vodka
Mix and serve over ice, while mean-mugging strangers.
Dominick Cruz
Big Bad Voodoo Cooler
2 ounces Malibu Rum
1 ounce RedRum or other tropical fruit rums
1 ounce melon liqueur
4 ounces orange juice
4 ounces pineapple juice
A splash of soda water
Pour the Malibu, RedRum, and melon liquor in a glass of ice, top with your juices and soda water. Stir with a swizzle stick and enjoy. Just don’t end up injuring yourself like Cruz.
Conor McGregor
Irish Car Bomb
3/4 pint of Guinness
1/2 ounce Irish cream
1/2 ounce Irish Whiskey
Pour the Guinness is a pint glass and the Irish Cream and whiskey in a shot glass, drop the shot in the Guinness, and enjoy!
Wanderlei Silva
The Axe Murderer
3/4 ounce rum
3/4 ounce apple juice
3/4 ounce gin
1 splash soda
1 splash tequila
1 splash orange liqueur
1 splash vodka
1 splash peach liqueur
1 splash amaretto
1 splash grenadine
Mix all ingredients in an old fashioned glass. Run out the side door when it’s time to close out your tab.
Alan Belcher
Johnny Cash
3 ounces bourbon
2 ounces beer
4 ounces Jack Daniel’s
1 ounce 7-Up
Shake ingredients and then strain into a glass. This drink will mess you up worse than his tattoo.
Robbie Lawler
Corpse Reviver
1 1/2 ounces brandy
1/2 ounce Fernet Branca
1 ounce White Creme de Menthe
In a mixing glass filled with ice, combine all ingredients, stir and strain into a cocktail glass. Talk wistfully about the old days. Fall asleep.
Chan Sung Jung
The Walking Dead
2 ounces vodka
2 ounces scotch whisky
2 ounces Jim Beam bourbon whiskey
2 ounces Irish cream
2 ounces melon liqueur
2 ounces lager
2 ounces Jaegermeister
2 ounces absinthe
2 ounces Wild Turkey bourbon whiskey
Mix all ingredients in a large mug, drink as quickly as possible. Stumble home with your arms stretched in front of you.
Demetrious Johnson
The Mighty Mouse
3/4 ounce cinnamon schnapps
3/4 ounce Jaegermeister
1/4 ounce Everclear
In a 2 ounce shot glass start with the cinnamon schnapps, then pour in the Jaegermeister, top with Everclear, light on fire, then blow out the flame and drink the shot. Powerful but small, like Johnson himself.
Try out these drinks, leave your feedback in the comment section below, and of course drink responsibly, Potato Nation. Also, let me know your favorite fighters for future installments of the drinking guide.