MMA Stars in the Gaming Arena

Within every sport, many athletes are avid gamers who are passionate about their video games. This includes the world of MMA, which consists of some of the most passionate gamers within sports.

Here is a list of the biggest MMA stars in the gaming area, as revealed by ExpressVPN.

Check out the list below to see what games these fighters love to play.

Demetrious Johnson

If we’re going to talk about MMA stars in the gaming area, we have to start off with Demetrious Johnson. Mighty Mouse is probably the most significant gamer in the MMA world, who actually makes a living off video games.

Johnson was one of the very first fighters to get into streaming and found incredible success. In many interviews, Demetrious has actually stated that he makes more from streaming his games than fighting in multiple interviews.

He has his own popular Twitch stream and YouTube channel, where he plays a variety of games from different genres. Demetrious is particularly good at fighting games and recently had a series of matches with AEW wrestler Kenny Omega.

Sean O’Malley

Reigning UFC Bantamweight Champion Sean O’Malley is one of the most popular MMA athletes who are gamers. Anytime O’Malley isn’t fighting or riling up potential opponents, he’s playing video games.

The bantamweight champ is a big fan of the Call of Duty franchise and does his own streaming on occasion. After beating Chito Vera in his latest title defense, Sean stated he’s been missing COD due to fight week. 

O’Malley is more than likely getting his COD hours in as we speak as he’s relaxing post-fight camp.

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson 

The legendary Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is another one of the big MMA athletes who are games. Since retiring from fighting, Rampage has done everything from hosting his own podcast to streaming his video games.

On Jackson’s weekly Twitch streams, he plays a variety of games, from fighters to first-person shooters. Rampage will routinely get thousands of views on his video game streams as fans laugh at his legendary trash talk.

Max Holloway

Max Holloway is another one of the most popular MMA athletes who are gamers. Whenever Max isn’t in the cage going to war, he’s probably playing video games with his son.

Holloway shares a lot of his gaming online and has even made fight announcements during his streaming sessions. On his YT and Twitch streams, Holloway has been seen playing everything from COD, GTA, Street Fighter, and UFC games.

He usually uploads to his YT channel playing a variety of different games, as well as the ones previously mentioned.

Mark Hunt

The last fighter we’ll spotlight on MMA athletes who are games is the KO king, Mark Hunt. Throughout Hunt’s extensive fighting career, he has delivered many classic knockouts within MMA and kickboxing.

But what you might not know about Mark is that he’s an avid gamer who loves first-person shooters. The New Zealand fighter has a particular love for Counter Strike, which he’s been playing for years.

Through his 10+ years of playing Counter Strike, Hunt has created quite a vast inventory for himself.