Siblings and Families in MMA (UPDATED Sep. 22)

still waiting on father/son and mother/daughter. good we finally got sister/brother. now we just need sisters, a gay couple, and surprisingly we haven't had active fighters married to one another
There are a number of father son duos that have competed in MMA. Ryan and Randy Couture, AJ and Antonio McKee, and Jordan and Lee Mein are just a few I can name off the top of my head. The Gracie's have a number of father and son pairs as well.
 
Anybody mentioned the Urbina brothers, Hector, Elias and Gilbert? Not sure if there is a fourth
 
There have been many brother tandems to compete together in the UFC.

Brother Teams to compete in the UFC


1) Matt and Mark Hughes, behind the barn
2) Nate and Nick Diaz
3) Rogerio (little) and Rodrigo (big) Nogueira
4) Frank and Ken Shamrock (adopted but fine)
5) Anthony and Sergio Pettis
6) Jim and Dan Miller
7) Joe and Dan Lauzon
8) Matt and Nick Serra
9) Clay and Jason Guida (Jason was on TUF 8)
10) Jake and Jared Rosholt
11) Erick and Augusto Montano
12) Junior and Raphael Assuncao
13) Iuri/Yuri and Ildemar Alcantara
14) Junie and Rob Browning (Rob was on TUF 9)
15) Rashad and Lance Evans (Lance was on TUF 8)
16) Jake and Joe Ellenberger
17) Chris and Brian Camozzi
18) Yuri and Danillo Villefort
19) David and Daniel Teymur

Brother/Sister in the UFC

1) Naoki and Mizuki Inoue

Rolles and Roger Gracie - are they brothers? How are they related?

Brother teams in MMA but not the UFC

Yasuhiro and Toshimichi Akagi
Karl and Bertrand Amoussou
Chase and Carson Beebe (Carson competed in WSOF)
Gilbert and Herbert Burns (Herbert competes in One)
Fedor and Aleksander Emelianenko
Caros and Ben Fodor (Phoenix Jones) are adopted brothers
Patricky and Patricio Friere
Pat and Ryan Healy (Ryan competed in Bellator and others)
Jeremy Horn and Matt Anderson are half-brothers
Enson and Egan Inoue
Erik and Keoni Koch
Naoyuki and Hiroki Kotani (Hiroki competed in Shooto)
Chuck and Sean Liddell
Douglas and Dhiego Lima (Douglas competes in Bellator)
Lyoto and Chinzo Machida (Chinzo competes in Bellator)
Michael and Brad McDonald
Cole and Micah Miller (Micah competed in WEC but not UFC)
Gegard and Gewik Mousasi
Takaharu and Takehiro Murahama
Anthony and Chidi Njokuani (Chidi competes in Bellator)
Alexandre Franca and Leonardo Nogueira
Khabib and Abubakar Nurmagomedov (cousins, and adopted brother)
Alistair and Valentijn Overeem
Rousimar and Rick Palhares
BJ and Reagan Penn
Mauricio and Murilo Rua (Murilo was only in Pride)
Chris and Andreas Spang (Andreas competed in Bellator)
Marcus and Johan Vanttinen

Cousins in MMA:
Oliksiy Oleynik and Alexander Butenko
Royce, Renzo and Roger Gracie (and then you can go through the tree to find more)
Pat and Jeff Curran

Brother/Sister teams in MMA but not the UFC:
Rodrigo and Carina Damm
Sage and Colbey Northcutt
Cris and Rafael Justino
Norifumi (Kid) and Miyuu Yamamoto
Freddy and Veta Arteaga

Sisters in MMA:
Valentina and Antonina Shevchenko


BROTHERS WHO HAVE FOUGHT EACH OTHER
Caros Fodor vs Ben Fodor
Shunichi Shimizu vs Toshihiro Shimizu
U forgot:

Vitor Gracie Belfort.

and:

Amar Suloev & A. Arlovski (twins)
Wallid & Manny (twins)
ALEXANDRE "CACARECO" FERREIRA & Marcos Rogerio de Lima (father & son)
 
I can't see Rickson, Royce and Royler on the list, or am I missing something?
 
Should add husband and wives

Brandon vera and wife
Giblert and wife
Couture and randy
Travis and ronda
 
Didn't know there was a Nick Serra.. I wonder if he has that same annoying voice Matt has

Had an embarrassing fight where he sat on his butt and scooted around the ring refusing to stand up. I believe Matt disowned him after that.
 
Had an embarrassing fight where he sat on his butt and scooted around the ring refusing to stand up. I believe Matt disowned him after that.
Does his MMA record still show 'Refused to get up from butt scoop'?

That's gotta be hard to live down, one second you're telling people you used to fight in the UFC, then they check your record and be like 'dude, what does this mean?'

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Cool thread, I had no idea Rashad and Chuck had brothers that compete in MMA.
 
BJ Penn has a brother that competed, Reagan.

Ken Shamrock's son has also competed.
 
Only brother vs brother fight I know in a major org is Caros vs Ben Fodor at WSOF 32. You may have heard of Ben Fodor, his alter ego is Phoenix Jones, and he's a "superhero" vigilante crime fighter in Seattle.

http://mmajunkie.com/2016/07/in-bat...ldest-caros-fodor-downs-his-superhero-sibling
fight was a bit of a letdown iirc, especially after all the trash

Didn't Caros have one UFC fight? Maybe vs Stout a few years ago?

I remember thinking he could ruffle some feathers after that Strikeface run of his, but nah
 
Solid work TS, thank you for compiling this list. Respect.
 
There are a number of father son duos that have competed in MMA. Ryan and Randy Couture, AJ and Antonio McKee, and Jordan and Lee Mein are just a few I can name off the top of my head. The Gracie's have a number of father and son pairs as well.
Also Arnold Allen and his father, Kimbo Slice and Kevin Ferguson Jr., Clarence Thatch and Brandon Thatch (but Clarence is a stepfather). Not father but I think Amanda Nunes said in one of her interviews that her uncle competed in valetudo.
 
Should add husband and wives

Brandon vera and wife
Giblert and wife
Couture and randy
Travis and ronda
Mikhail Mokhnatkin and Marina Mokhnatkina, Baga Agaev and Julia Borisova and I think during the Bellator broadcast it was mentioned that Veta Arteaga is married to a mma fighter.
 
Didn't know Valentina had a sister that fought...

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still waiting on father/son and mother/daughter. good we finally got sister/brother. now we just need sisters, a gay couple, and surprisingly we haven't had active fighters married to one another
Not gay but lesbian - Raquel Pennington and Tecia Torres are married. Also Amanda Nunes and Nina Ansaroff is a couple.
 
Should add husband and wives

Brandon vera and wife
Giblert and wife
Couture and randy
Travis and ronda
I think I've seen during the broadcast of one of the fights of Carina Damm that her husband is a mma fighter.
 
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