The Walkmen: UFC Fight Night ‘Rodriguez vs. Penn’

Mike SloanJan 16, 2017

UFC Fight Night 103 went down on Sunday in Phoenix, as mixed martial arts legend B.J. Penn made his return from a two-year layoff to meet fast-rising Mexican prospect Yair Rodriguez in the main event at the Talking Stick Resort Arena. The two featherweights turned to their roots when it came to their walkout songs.

Penn strode to the Octagon to Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s “Hawaii 78” and “E Ala E” -- a tribute to his native Hawaii. Meanwhile, Rodriguez saluted his Mexican heritage with Los Rielero del Norte’s “El Corrido de Chihuahua” ahead of the most significant opportunity of his career. Lightweights Joe Lauzon and Marcin Held went with Thousand Foot Krutch’s “Move” and Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling” in advance of their three-round co-headliner.

Other standout tracks included Ludacris’ “Grew Up a Screw Up” (Ben Saunders), Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” (John Moraga), AC/DC’s “TNT” (Bojan Mihajlovic), Johnny Cash’s “Hurt” (Cyril Asker), Rage Against the Machine’s “Calm Like a Bomb” (Frankie Saenz) and Shakira’s “Try Everything” (Nina Ansaroff).

A rundown of the remaining tracks follows:

UFC Fight Night 103 Walkout Songs
Court McGee: Eminem │ “Cinderella Man”
Sergio Pettis: DJ Esdco │ “Married to the Game”
Devin Powell: Eyenine │ “We’re Alive”
Drakkar Klose: Joey Bada$$ │ “Devastated”
Augusto Mendes: Natalie Grant │ “Ever Be”
Alexey Oleynik: Vladimir Vysotsky │ “Ballad of Fighting”
Viktor Pesta: Paul Engemann │ “Push it to the Limit”
Tony Martin: Future │ “Last Breath”
Alex White: Simple Plan │ “Last One Standing”
Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger: Bravvo, Stephanie Cayo & Sebastian Llosa │ “Let Me Go”
Chase Sherman: Gary Clark Jr. │ “Bright Lights”
Joachim Christensen: Denz feat. Seest │ “Gadesuperstjerne”
Dmitry Smoliakov: Rafael Khozak │ “The Heroes of Yore”