The Walkmen: UFC Fight Night ‘Rothwell vs. Dos Santos’

Mike SloanApr 12, 2016

The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its maiden voyage into another European country on Sunday, as UFC Fight Night “Rothwell vs. Dos Santos” brought plenty of heavyweight action, some wicked knockouts and a slick submission to Zagreb Arena in Zagreb, Croatia. The assortment of walkout music used by the fighters was as varied as the combatants themselves.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos strode to the cage to Bill Conti’s “Gonna Fly Now,” the seminal them to the classic “Rocky.” He then proceeded to teach Ben Rothwell a magnificent boxing lesson in their five-round main event, earning 50-45 marks from all three judges. While he came up well short in a lopsided decision loss, Rothwell cast a dark shadow with his entrance. Composed by Wojciech Kilar, the haunting “Vampire Hunters” brought “Big Ben” the cage.

Other memorable tracks included The Immortals’ “Encounter the Ultimate” (Curtis Blaydes); Dire Straits’ “Money for Nothing” (Timothy Johnson); The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards’ “Flower of Scotland” (Robert Whiteford) and AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top” (Jared Cannonier).

A rundown follows:

UFC Fight Night ‘Rothwell vs. Dos Santos’ Walkout Songs
Ben Rothwell: Wojciech Kilar | “Vampire Hunters”
Junior dos Santos: Bill Conti | “Gonna Fly Now”
Gabriel Gonzaga: Danzig | “Mother”
Derrick Lewis: ABN Trae Tha Truth | “Umm Hmm”
Francis Ngannou: Fababy | “Ma Petite Paroles”
Curtis Blaydes: The Immortals | “Encounter the Ultimate”
Marcin Tybura: Zdzislawa Sosnicka | “Avenue of Stars”
Timothy Johnson: Dire Straits | “Money for Nothing”
Jan Blachowicz: Percival | “Lazare”
Igor Pokrajac: AC/DC | “Back in Black”
Maryna Moroz: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. The Teaching | “BomBom”
Cristina Stanciu: Goodbye to Gravity | “The Cage”
Zak Cummings: Brantley Gilbert | “Kick it in the Sticks”
Nicolas Dalby: Spiderbait | “Black Betty”
Damir Hadzovic: Darude | “Sandstorm”
Mairbek Taisumov: Nasheed | “Kuntu Maytan”
Ian Entwistle: Avicii | “Wake Me Up”
Alejandro Perez: La Original Band el Limon de Salvador Lizzaraga | “La Feria de San Marcos”
Filip Pejic: DMX | “The Rain”
Damian Stasiak: Duran Duran | “The Wild Boys”
Lucas Martins: CPM 22 | “Tarde De Outubro”
Robert Whiteford: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | “Flower of Scotland”
Cyril Asker: Major Lazer feat. Nyla and Fuse ODG | “Light It Up”
Jared Cannonier: AC/DC | “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll)”
Alessio Di Chirico: Rise Against | “Re-Education (Through Labor)”
Bojan Velickovic: Queen and David Bowie | “Under Pressure”