Siblings and Families in MMA (UPDATED Sep. 22)

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There have been many sibling tandems and families as a whole to compete together in MMA, and the categories are listed below. Please read through the categories before submitting an addition.

Brother Teams in the UFC

Roberts: Andre and Tyrone
Hughes: Matt and Mark, behind the barn
Diaz: Nate and Nick
Nogueira: Rogerio (little) and Rodrigo (big)
Shamrock: Frank and Ken (adopted but fine)
Pettis: Anthony and Sergio
Miller: Jim and Dan
Lauzon: Joe and Dan
Serra: Matt and Nick
Guida: Clay and Jason (Jason was on TUF 8)
Rosholt: Jake and Jared
Montano: Erick and Augusto
Assuncao: Junior and Raphael
Alcantara: Iuri and Ildemar
Browning: Junie and Rob (Rob TUF 9)
Evans: Rashad and Lance (Lance TUF 8)
Ellenberger: Jake and Joe
Camozzi: Chris and Brian
Villefort: Yuri and Danillo
Miller: Cole and Micah (Micah TUF 14)
Urbina: Hector, Gilbert and Elias (Elias TUF 23)
Teymur: David and Daniel
Reyes: Dominick and Alex
Mokhtarian: Ashkan and Suman (Suman TUF 27)
Silva: Erick and Gabriel
Azaitar: Abu and Ottman
Burns: Gilbert and Herbert
Figueiredo: Deiveson and Francisco
Daukaus: Chris and Kyle
Cosce: Louis and Orion
Usman: Kamaru and Mohammed
Quinonez: Jose Alberto and Christian
Bonfim: Gabriel and Ismael
Basharat: Javid and Farid


Sister Teams in the UFC
1) Shevchenko: Valentina and Antonina


Brother/Sister in the UFC
1) Inoue: Naoki and Mizuki


Brothers by Marriage
Tai Tuivasa and Tyson Pedro
Chris Weidman and Stephen Thompson
Ray Cooper and Ronald Jhun


Brother teams in MMA but not the UFC
Akagi: Yasuhiro and Toshimichi
Aliev: Nurullo and Alisher
Amagov: Adlan (UFC), Musa and Beslan
Amoussou: Karl (Bellator) and Bertrand
Asakura: Kai (Rizin) and Mikuru (Rizin)
Askarov: Askar (UFC) and Dzhambul
Badakshi: Abdul Aziz and Abdul Karim
Bagautinov: Ali (UFC) and Artur
Beebe: Chase (WEC/Bellator) and Carson (WSOF)
Boynazarov: Anvar (CS) and Firdavs
Burgos: Shane (UFC) and Ryan
Caceres: Alex (UFC) and Jose
Chorshanbiev: Chorshanbe and Azizkhan
Ciubotaru: Andrei and Vasily
Costa: Paulo (UFC) and Carlos
Cuk: Ivo and Markus
Dennis: Myron and Demoreo
Dodson: John (UFC) and Eric
Dugulubgov: Ozzy (WSOF) and Ashamaz
Durymanov: Alexander and Fedor
East: Cody (UFC) and Tyler
Edwards: Leon (UFC) and Fabian (Bellator)
Ekimov: Yakov and Denis
Emelianenko: Fedor (Pride/SF/Bellator) and Aleksander
Enomoto: Yasubey (KSW) and Felipe (One)
Ettl: Gerhard and Michael
Evloev: Movsar (UFC) and Selem
Ferguson: Josh (UFC) and BJ (Bellator)
Figlak: Michal (UFC) and Mateusz
Fodor: Caros (UFC) and Ben (Phoenix Jones) are adopted brothers
Foki: Matt (Pride) and Mal (Pride)
Freire: Patricky (Bellator) and Patricio (Bellator)
Goltsov: Denis (PFL) and Sergei
Goncharenov & Romankevich: Denis Goncharenok and Petr Romankevich
Groenhart: Murthel and Fernando
Guchmazov: Sarmat and Khristofor
Hassan: Hayder (UFC) and Mehdi
Healy: Pat (UFC) and Ryan (Bellator)
Horn & Anderson: Jeremy Horn and Matt Anderson are half-brothers
Inoue: Enson (Pride) and Egan
Johns: Miles (UFC) and Elijah
Kang: Denis (UFC) and Tommy
Koch: Erik (UFC) and Keoni
Kotani: Naoyuki (UFC) and Hiroki
Kudin: Alexei (Bellator) and Aleksandr
Lapilus: Taylor (UFC) and Damien
Latifi: Ilir (UFC) and Arben
Lawal: Muhammed (Bellator/SF) and Abdullah
Le: Thanh (One) and Vinh
Leone: Andrew (One) and Andrew (Bellator)
Lee: Kevin (UFC) and Keith
Lewis: Bevon (UFC) and Leivon
Liddell: Chuck (UFC) and Sean
Lima: Douglas (Bellator) and Dhiego (UFC)
Lloveras: Abner (UFC) and Jordi
Machida: Lyoto (UFC/Bellator) and Chinzo (Bellator)
Magomedov: Muslim and Tagir
Magomedov: Magomed "Tiger" (Bellator) and Shamil
Magomedsharipov: Zabit (UFC) and Khasan (Bellator)
Mashrapov: Tilek and Ali
Maslov: Aleksandr and Sergey
McCall: Ian (UFC) and Brad
McDonald: Michael (UFC) and Brad, and half-brother Justin Smitley (Bellator)
Meza: Yaotzin (UFC) and Victor (Bellator)
Mihajlovic: Bojan (UFC) and Damir
Minakov: Vitaly (Bellator) and Dmitry
Mousasi: Gegard (UFC/Bellator/SF) and Gewik
Murahama: Takaharu and Takehiro
Nemkov: Viktor (Bellator/PFL) and Vadim (Bellator)
Njokuani: Anthony (UFC) and Chidi (UFC/Bellator)
Franca & Nogueira: Alexandre Franca and Leonardo Nogueira
Overeem: Alistair (UFC) and Valentijn (Pride)
Palhares: Rousimar (UFC) and Rick
Penn: BJ (UFC) and Reagan
Pudzianowski: Mariusz (KSW) and Krystian
Rajewski: Lukasz (KSW) and Sebastian (KSW) and Robert and Mateusz
Richman: Mike (Bellator) and Sean
Rountree & Frelow: Khalil Rountree (UFC) and Donavon Frelow (CS) are step-brothers
Rua: Mauricio (UFC/Pride) and Murilo (Pride)
Ruziboev: Nursultan and Mashrobjon
Sarafian: Daniel (UFC) and Guilherme
Scoggins: Justin (UFC) and Jared (Bellator)
Shahbazyan: Edmen (UFC) and Leon (CS)
Sholinian: Liudvik (UFC) and Vardan
Spang: Chris and Andreas (Bellator)
Swanson: Cub (UFC) and Steve
Syler: Bentley (UFC) and Kevin
Tafa: Justin (UFC) and Junior
Tokov: Anatoly (Bellator) and Vladimir (Bellator)
Tumenov: Albert (UFC) and Cousins Bibert and Kazim
Vagabov: Vagab and Islam
Vanttinen: Marcus and Johan
Worthy: Khama (UFC) and Chaka
Yandiev: Adam (UFC) and Abukar
Zawada: David (UFC) and Martin (KSW)

Cousins in the UFC:
Nurmagomedov: Khabib, Umar and Abubakar (Abubakar is cousin and adopted brother), plus Magomedali and Umar amateurs

Cousins in MMA:
Alexey Oleynik (UFC) and Alexander Butenko
Royce, Renzo and Roger Gracie (they have a separate category below)
Pat (Bellator) and Jeff Curran (UFC)
Rashid Magomedov (UFC) and Ali Isaev (PFL)
Zubaira Tukhubov (UFC) and Shamkhan Kataev
Mamed Khalidov (KSW) and Kerim Abzailov
Jairzinho Rozenstruik (UFC) and Gregory Milliard (Bellator)
Khamzat Chimaev (UFC) and Bilal Tipsaev
Shamil Zavurov and Shakhban Alkhasov
Mukhamed Berkhamov (Bellator) and Temryuk Berkhamov
Aliaskhab Khizriev (UFC) and Kurban Khizriev
Joe Soto (UFC) and Javy Ayala (Bellator)
Melvin Manhoef (SF/Bellator) and Cedric Manhoef
Johnny Walker (UFC) and Valter Ignacio

Brother/Sister teams in MMA:
Arteaga: Veta (Bellator) and Freddy
Barber: Maycee (UFC) and Wyatt (Bellator
Berto: Revelina Berto (TUF) and Edson Berto (Bellator)
Damm: Carina (All the Mans) and Rodrigo (UFC)
Justino: Cris (UFC) and Rafael
Karim: Anita Karim and Uloomi Karim Shaheen
Kichigin: Sisters Uslada, Yaroslava; Brothers Georgy, Grigory, Viktor
Lee: Angela (ONE) and Christian (ONE)
Mazany: Gina (UFC) and Dave
Namajunas: Rose (UFC) and Nojus
Northcutt: Colbey (ONE) and Sage (UFC)
Ostovich: Rachael (UFC) and Robby
Rakhmonov: Shavkat (UFC) and Sora Rakhmonov
Ribas: Amanda (UFC) and Arthur
Zamboanga: Denice (One) and Drex (One)

Sisters in MMA:
Lybarger: Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger (UFC) and Jillian

Spouses in MMA:
Mark De La Rosa (UFC) and Montana De La Rosa (UFC)
Randy Couture (UFC) and Kim Couture (SF)
Gilbert Melendez (UFC) and Keri Melendez (SF)
Ronda Rousey (UFC) and Travis Browne (UFC)
Rose Namajunas (UFC) and Pat Barry (UFC)
Miesha Tate (UFC) and Jonny Nunez (WSOF)
Thiago Santos (UFC) and Yana Kunitskaya (UFC)
Amanda Nunes (UFC) and Nina Ansaroff (UFC)
Benson Henderson (UFC) and Maria Henderson

Ex-spouses in MMA:
Cris Justino (UFC) and Evangelista Santos (SF/Bellator)
Miesha Tate (UFC) and Bryan Caraway (UFC)
J.P. Buys (UFC) and Cheyanne Vlismas (UFC)
Rachael Ostovich (UFC) and Arnold Berdon
Joe Stevenson (UFC) and Maia Kahaunaele (UFC)

Family teams in MMA:
Allen: Father Pacer and Arnold Allen (UFC)
Barkalaev: Uncle Karimula and Nephew Ruslan Barkalaev
Balaev: Father Marat (ACA) and Alan Balaev - also unknown relation with Felix Balaev
Behring: Father Marcelo and Kywan Gracie Behring
Bollinger: Father Frankie and Cody Bollinger (Bellator)
Braga: Father Diego and Gabriel Braga
Brennan: Father Chris (Pride) and Lucas Brennan (Bellator)
Chivichyan: Uncle Gokor Chivichyan and Nephew Sako Chivitchian
Cooper: Father Ray Cooper Jr. and Ray Cooper III (PFL)
Couture: Father Randy (UFC) and Ryan Couture (UFC/Bellator)
Dandois: Mother Cindy (UFC) and brother Ben Dandois, and her daughters Lola Papadatos and Victoria Sabbar
Esch: Father Eric (Pride) and sons Brandon and Caleb
Ferguson: Father Kevin [Kimbo] (UFC) and Kevin Jr. Ferguson (Bellator) and Uncle Rhadi Ferguson
Gibson: Father Lance (UFC) and wife Julia Budd (Bellator), and son Lance Gibson Jr. (Bellator)
Glunder: Father Rodney (Pride) and Massaro Glunder
Gozali: Father Haim (Bellator) and Aviv Gozali (Bellator)
Gurgel: Husband Jorge (UFC) and Wife Zoila Frausto Gurgel (WSOF), and her sister Stephanie Frausto (Bellator)
Jackson: Father Quinton (UFC) and Raja Jackson
Kamaka: Father Kai Kamaka and sons Kai Kamaka III (UFC) and Zane (PFL) - related to Coopers
McKee: Father Antonio (UFC) and A.J. McKee (Bellator)
Mein: Father Lee and Jordan Mein (UFC)
Mir: Father Frank (UFC) and Bella
Novenyi: Father Norbert Sr. and Norbert Novenyi Jr. (Bellator)
Pa'aluhi: Father David Pa'aluhi and Daughter Raquel Canuto
Pedro: Father John and Tyson Pedro (UFC)
Piraev: Father Telman Piraev, and sons Marif and Akhmed and cousin Arsen Piraev
Silva: Father Antonio Silva (UFC) and Anne Ribeiro
Silveira: Father Marcus "Conan" and Joshua (PFL)
Shamrock: Father Ken (UFC) and Ryan Shamrock
Tynanes: Father Myles and Lowen (ONE) Tynanes
Umalatov: Uncles Gasan (UFC) and Magomed (PFL), and nephew Islam Umalatov
Watanabe: Father Yuichi and sons Kenshiro and Shooto (Rizin), and Mother ???
Yamamoto: Brother Norifumi "Kid" (UFC), Sister Miyuu and son Arsen Yamamoto (Both Rizin), also Husband to Miyuu Kyle Aguon (Rizin)
Yamamoto: Father Kenichi and Sora Yamamoto (Rizin)


The Gracie Family:
Rickson "By Armbar" Gracie
Royce Gracie
Renzo Gracie
Royler Gracie
Ralph Gracie
Ryan Gracie
Rodrigo Gracie
Daniel Gracie (Simoes)
Robin Gracie
Roger Gracie
Cesar Gracie
Ralek Gracie
Igor Gracie
Rolles Gracie
Neiman Gracie (Stambowsky)
Kron Gracie
Kyra Gracie (Guimaraes)
Khonry Gracie

And many more...

BROTHERS WHO HAVE FOUGHT EACH OTHER
Jeremiah Castillo vs. Angel Castillo
Caros Fodor vs Ben Fodor
Shunichi Shimizu vs Toshihiro Shimizu
Thomas Treadwell vs. Mike Treadwell
 
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no?
 
was expecting a list of explosive and athletic fighters
 
Anthony and Chidi Njokuani
Patricky and Patricio Frierre
Jake and Joe Ellenberger
Andreas and Chris Spang
Michael and Brad McDonald
Douglas and Diego Lima
Danillo and Yuri Villefort
Pat and Ryan Healy

Honorable mention: Pat and Jeff Curran are cousins.
 
Joe Ellenberger! That's the last one I needed. Thank you @Davemeddlehed!

And I think you're on to something with the top brother team on your list, with the Njokuanis, since Chidi will be in the UFC very soon after his Bellator contract is up.
 
Wait, Danillo and Yuri both fought in the UFC, so that's 18 if we count TUF appearances. If we don't, then we're down a few.
 
If we take out Frank and Ken because they're not blood related, we're back to 17 sets of brothers. I'll go back and listen to the broadcast again to make sure that's exactly what Anik said, and how he said it.
 
If we take out Frank and Ken because they're not blood related, we're back to 17 sets of brothers. I'll go back and listen to the broadcast again to make sure that's exactly what Anik said, and how he said it.
You are a brave soldier.
Not only listening to Anik, but 2x - that is legit insane
 
Rewatching this, Camozzi's nickname is Mantis and I missed that. All I can think of is:

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I was stupid enough to pick Camozzi for the upset last night.

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Didn't know there was a Nick Serra.. I wonder if he has that same annoying voice Matt has
 
Jon Anik: "The Camozzis the sixteenth brother tandem to fight in the UFC."
 
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