The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to the land of Disney as the mixed martial arts giant invaded the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, with a heavyweight title clash between defending champ Daniel Cormier and former king Stipe Miocic.
Cormier opted to go with a mashup of songs from 2Pac and Lil Wayne as he aimed to defend his throne at UFC 241. He used the late 2Pac’s “When We Ride On Our Enemies” and then cut right into Lil Wayne’s “Right Above It.” Conversely, former champ Miocic opted to use Machine Gun Kelly’s “Till I Die” in his quest to regain that belt “DC” snatched from him last year.
Other standout tracks of the night were “Dream On” from classic rockers Aerosmith (Paulo Costa); Nas’ “Hate Me Now” (Anthony Pettis); the haunting “California Dreaming” from the mamas and the Papas (Jodie Esquivel); and Sabina Mazo gave fight fans “Fu-Gee-La” from the unfortunately long-defunct The Fugees.
UFC 241 Walkout Tracks:
Daniel Cormier: 2Pac / Lil Wayne | “When We Ride On Our Enemies” / “Right Above It”Stipe Miocic: Machine Gun Kelly | “Till I Die”
Anthony Pettis: Nas | “Hate Me Now”
Nate Diaz: E40/Drake/Eminem | “Trained to Go” / “Used To” / “The Way I Am”
Yoel Romero: Juan Luis Guerra | “Soldado”
Paulo Henrique Costa: Aerosmith | “Dream On”
Gabriel Benitez: Tierra Santa | “Mejor Morir en Pie”
Sodiq Yusuff: Kanye West | “Power”
Derek Brunson: Nipsey Hussle | “Victory Lap”
Ian Heinisch: Bob Dylan | “Hurricane”
Devonte Smith: DJ Khalid feat. Big Sean | “Thank You”
Khama Worthy: Drake | “God’s Plan”
Raphael Assuncao: Tiago | “Podo Vir”
Cory Sandhagen: Macklemore | “Victory Lap”
Christos Giagos: Imagine Dragons | “Natural”
Drakkar Klose: Jay Rock | “Win”
Manny Bermudez: YG | “Go Loko”
Casey Kenney: Nipsey Hussle | “Status Symbol 3”
Hannah Cifers: Third Day | “Your Love Oh Lord”
Jodie Esquibel: The Mamas and the Papas | “California Dreaming”
Kyung Ho Kang: Maya | “Alive”
Brandon Davis: Kid Rock | “You Never Met a Motherf***er Quite Like Me”
Sabina Mazo: The Fugees | “Fu-Gee-La”
Shana Dobson: T.I. feat. Kanye West | “Swagga Like Us”